By the 1880s, eight graduate students were enrolled in programs in art and archaeology, astronomy, biology, classics, geology, mathematics, philosophy, and physics.
Inspired by the design of Magdalen Tower at Oxford University, the architecture of the Graduate College features brown and gray Princeton stone and green and blue roofs.
Fellows of the college were to sit at the end of long refectory tables on raised platforms, dais, above the undergraduates.
Students, faculty, and guests were invited to sit with the dean of the graduate college at a monthly ceremony.
[12] Until the 1970s, dinner at Procter Hall opened with Latin grace spoken by a student, the Master (Professor), or the dean.
High Table continues to bring select students and faculty together for discussions and, during formal events, dinners jackets or academic gowns may also be worn.
Admission to the Graduate School is highly selective with an acceptance rate of approximately 11.7% across all disciplines.
[16] Graduate programs at Princeton University have been consistently ranked as some of the top in their respective fields.
[19][20] Princeton's Graduate School includes a university library system of over seven million volumes, making it one of the largest in the United States.
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