Freshman Academic Profile

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The academic profile of the 2012 Freshman class:

Places us among the Top 50 major national private universities.
Positions Creighton among the Top 6 Private Midwestern Universities with over 4,000 undergraduates. Only the University of Notre Dame, University of Chicago, Northwestern University, Case Western Reserve University and Washington University in St. Louis have a higher enrolling freshman class academic profile.
Ranks Creighton among the Top 10 Catholic Universities in the nation.

Freshman Academic Profile

High School Grade Point Average		ACT Equivalent
Average GPA	3.76	Median ACT Equivalent	26.62
Middle 50%	3.5 - 4.00	Middle 50%	24-29
High School Rank		ACT Equvalent Range
Top 5%	21%	ACT Range	% of Creighton Class	National
Top 10%	40%	32 or higher	10%	Top 2%
Top 25%	72%	30 or higher	22%	Top 5%
Ranked #1 or #2 in their senior class	51	27 or higher	50%	Top 13%

Diversity of Freshmen

26% Students of color
19% First generation college students
25% Creighton legacies
60% Catholic students
42:58% Male:Female Student Ratio

Geographic Diversity

Creighton has more regional and national geographical diversity than most major Midwestern universities--and also more diversity than the West Coast and East Coast private universities.

23% of our freshman class is from less than 100 miles away.
15% of our freshman class is from 100 - 200 miles away.
20% of our freshman class is from 200 - 400 miles away.
42% of our freshman class is from more than 400 miles away.

210	from Nebraska	166	from Midwest	50	from Southwest
231	from Upper Midwest	169	from West/Mountain	44	from South/East/Abroad
		74	from Hawaii/Alaska

Service, leadership and activities for our 2012 Freshmen were impressive. They are successful and caring leaders with an amazing amount of creative energy.

Accomplishments/Involvement	Percent of Admits
Service or Church Organization Member	82%
Varsity Athletics	79%
Fine or Performing Arts	47%
Academic Club Member	46%
Student Government Representative	33%
Leadership or Service Award	13%
Newspaper, Literary Magazine, TV, Radio	18%
Debate/Mock Trail/Model UN	16%
Multicultural or Ethnic Organization Member	11%