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{{University
|name=Princeton University
|image=
|text=rgb(248,139,46)
|background=black
|type=Private
|city= Borough of Princeton,
Princeton Township,
and West Windsor Township, New Jersey
|sports=baseball, basketball, crew heavyweight, crew lightweight, crew open, cross country, fencing, field hockey, football, golf, hockey, lacrosse, soccer, softball, sprint football, squash, swimming and diving, tennis, track and field, volleyball, water polo, wrestling<ref>http://www.goprincetontigers.com/</ref>
|colors=orange, black
|mascot=Tigers
|website=http://www.princeton.edu/
}}
'''Princeton University''' is an old<ref>
'''Princeton University''' is an old<ref>
Princeton considers itself to be the fourth oldest university in British North America.[http://www.princeton.edu/main/about/history/] Princeton, Penn, Brown, Columbia, Rutgers, and Dartmouth are all roughly the same age, originating within about a two-decade period from 1750 to 1770. Because institutional age is a point of pride, and because there is no firm definition of what constitutes "founding," colleges have a tendency to interpret history in such a way as to yield the earliest possible founding date. Until 1895, Princeton would generally have been considered the fourth oldest, Penn then stating its founding date as 1749, but in 1895 Penn alumni found an interpretation for a founding year of 1740, the date Penn now uses. Thus, Princeton and Penn both claim to be the fourth oldest.
Princeton considers itself to be the fourth oldest university in British North America.[http://www.princeton.edu/main/about/history/] Princeton, Penn, Brown, Columbia, Rutgers, and Dartmouth are all roughly the same age, originating within about a two-decade period from 1750 to 1770. Because institutional age is a point of pride, and because there is no firm definition of what constitutes "founding," colleges have a tendency to interpret history in such a way as to yield the earliest possible founding date. Until 1895, Princeton would generally have been considered the fourth oldest, Penn then stating its founding date as 1749, but in 1895 Penn alumni found an interpretation for a founding year of 1740, the date Penn now uses. Thus, Princeton and Penn both claim to be the fourth oldest.