15 Aug 2012
Profile of the Class of 2016
More than half of this year's freshman class of 779 students hails from South Carolina. The Class of 2016 reported on Aug. 13 and broke previous admissions records to total applications and women who matriculated.
It is the 6th consecutive year that The Citadel has matriculated more than 700 freshmen. Here's a closer look at the Class of 2016.
|
Total Applications |
2,758 |
| Total matriculated | 779 |
| States represented | 36 |
| Top 9 states |
South Carolina Georgia, North Carolina, Virginia, Florida, |
| Foreign countries | 4 |
| Percent transfers | 6.5 percent (51) |
| Percent from high school | 93.8 percent (726) |
| Women | 64 (8.2 percent of the class) |
| African American | 60 (7.7 percent of the class) |
| Total minority | 160( 20.5 percent of the class |
| International students | 6 (.7 percent of the class) |
| South Carolina residents | 398 (51.2 percent) |
| Out of state/international | 379 (48.8 percent) |
| Average SAT score | 1089 |
| Above 1100 | 208 |
| Up to 1090 | 257 |
| Average high school GPA | 3.5 |
| Top 25 percent of high school class | 196 (34 percent) |
| Most subscribed majors | |
| Business Administration | 133 |
| Civil and environmental engineering | 106 |
| Criminal Justice | 105 |
| Political Science | 70 |
| History | 67 |
| Electrical engineering | 60 |
| Biology | 59 |
| Physical education | 53 |
| Computer science | 26 |
