Princeton University is a private Ivy League research 🏷️#university in Princeton, New Jersey, founded in 1746 as the College of New Jersey. It is the fourth-oldest institution of higher education in the 📝United States and one of nine colonial colleges chartered before the American Revolution. The university became coeducational in 1969 and has an endowment of $36.4 billion. Princeton enrolls approximately 9,000 students across its undergraduate and graduate programs, emphasizing both research excellence and liberal arts education through its distinctive residential college system and renowned eating clubs.