All Jefferson Scholars excel in the areas of leadership, scholarship, and citizenship, the three criteria which form the basis of selection.

Jefferson Scholars are athletes, student government officers, debaters, journalists, musicians, and thespians. They are students of the liberal arts, of engineering, architecture, nursing, and commerce. They are political activists, researchers, and technology experts. Running the spectrum from liberal to conservative, they hail from small town and big city; from all over the nation and the world.

Jefferson Scholars enjoy the journey and the quest: for knowledge, for life experience, for involvement, but most of all for excellence.

As you have likely surmised, there is no formula for becoming a Jefferson Scholar. It is understandable, however, that one would desire quantitative data about the Jefferson Scholars. It is provided here with the disclaimer that statistics provided are but averages, and if there is one thing that does not exist, it is an “average” or “typical” Jefferson Scholar.