Who Chooses Creighton (and Why)?

Do you want to study and live with students from every walk of life? Do you want to be in classes with peers who will challenge you to excel? Do you want to lead people by being a person for others?

These are the kinds of students who have been admitted to the 2008 incoming class. Plus, these types of students chose Creighton last year.

Check out the 2008 Admitted Class Profile:

• Humble and Ambitious
• National
• Willing to Lead

Then, find out what our current Freshman Class said about their choice.

Humble and Ambitious

The incoming class has some of the most accomplished students to ever be admitted. More than one of out of four was in the top 5% of his or her graduating class. More than one-third had an ACT score that placed them in the top 7% of the nation. Despite their success, they remain humble, taking their excellent standings in stride.

• 15% ranked in the Top 2% of their high school^*
• 27% ranked in the Top 5% of their high school^*
• 43% ranked in the Top 10%^*
• 33% had a H.S. GPA of 4.0 or higher
• 73% were selected into the National Honors Society (academic and service leadership)
• The middle 50% of the enrolling class had an ACT between 25 and 30 (ACT Equivalent Mean=27.2)

  • 12% had ACT scores of 32 to 36–placing them in the Top 1% in the nation

  • 35% had ACT scores of 28 to 31–placing them in the Top 7% in the nation

• 92 National Merit Semi-Finalists (Top 1.5% Nationally)

Notes
* Among high schools that rank.

National

This year’s admitted class is noticeably national, with 65% of its students coming from over 400 miles away.  Most students come from urban areas, making the admitted class more cosmopolitan than most schools of Creighton’s size.

Where Creighton's 2008 Admitted Students Come From

920 – East, South, Southwest, West
750 – Greater Omaha Area
520 – Missouri and Kansas City Area
450 – Wisconsin and Illinois
430 – South Dakota, Iowa and remainders of Kansas and Nebraska
290 – Minnesota
280 – Colorado
100 – Indiana, Michigan and Ohio

Fun fact: Creighton has more Hawaiian students than any other university on the East Coast, in the South or in the Midwest.

Willing to Lead

Over 50% of students in the Creighton Freshman Class accomplished at least one of the following positions during their high school career:

• Student Body or Class President or Vice President
• Selected for Girls/Boys State
• President of their National Honors Society
• Editor of the school newspaper, literary magazine or yearbook
• Captain or MVP of a varsity sport team
• Selected for a National or State Level Leadership Conference
• . . . and some of these students held several of these positions. 

Leadership and Service During High School by Type of Activity

Leadership and Service During High School by Activity

How and Why the 2007 Enrolled Class Chose Creighton

Elite—Most Selective Top 30 Universities

130 admits were collected by our enrolled frosh—they turned these schools down for Creighton (35% selected Creighton and 65% enrolled at one of these universities) for the following reasons:

• More access to Faculty and more encouragement and support by the faculty … smaller classes and research options with faculty
• Preferred our size and that NO graduate students teach classes at Creighton
• More access to Leadership Programs and Performing Arts and Service Activities
• Felt they could live a more balanced life and accomplish bigtime goals
• Merit Awards and lower overall price which is about $10,000 less before any merit awards reduce that price further

Big 12, Big 10, Pac 10 Flagship state public schools—2 of 3 picked Creighton over these schools

800 admits collected at these 33 universities from students enrolled at Creighton—many were also invited to join their Honors Programs—for the following reasons:

• More access to faculty and NO graduate students teaching
• Viewed Creighton students as more motivated and leadership service oriented
• Stronger academic reputation on a national level
• Creighton has a national student body (most state schools have a huge in-state density)
• Placement rates into professional and graduate schools
• Strong academic and professional advising—students feel we help them focus and plan
• Graduation in four years not five years—saves time and money
• Opportunity for Research and work in chosen fields (internships)
• The Creighton Advantage—only 4% to 5% of applicants gain admissions to Creighton’s Medical and Dental School but about 50% of Creighton graduates gain admission at Creighton—10 times the rate of success of other students, the advantage is also extended to students in Pharmacy, Physical Therapy, Occupational Therapy, and Law School and MBA School

Other Jesuit Universities

620 admits collected at other Jesuit universities and colleges enrolled at Creighton (55% chose Creighton and 45% chose another Jesuit institution) for the following reasons:

• Academic Reputation
• Ideal Size and sense of a stronger campus Community and Service Orientation—“Jesuitness”
• National student body
• The Campus … it has its own identity and sense of space … overall beauty and safety
• Students seemed more spirited about being part of Creighton—sports teams, attendance at Basketball games (top 15 in the nation)
• Omaha Music scene—the top bands all perform in Omaha at the Quest Center—located less than a mile from campus
• Creighton offered more business internships and higher quality internships
• Creighton’s unique liberal arts curriculum with the sophistication of having more professional school choices than any other Jesuit option