Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Overview

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a private not-for-profit institution located in New York, New York. The location of Cooper Union is great for students who prefer living in an urban area.

What Is Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Known For?

• Students who want to work more closely with their professors have an easier time at Cooper Union since the student to facuty ratio is 9 to 1.
• Although it may not be available for every major, the master's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Cooper Union.
• During a recent academic cycle, 29% of the faculty were full-time.
• A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Cooper Union makes roughly $83,847 a year. This is 106% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.

Where Is Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art?

Contact details for Cooper Union are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	7 East 7Th Street, New York, NY 10003-7120
Phone:	212-353-4100
Website:	www.cooper.edu

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How Do I Get Into Cooper Union?

You can apply to Cooper Union online at: https://cooper.edu/admissions/applying-to-cu

Admission Requirements for Cooper Union

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	1
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	1

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cooper Union?

The acceptance rate at Cooper Union is 22%, which means the school is highly selective when deciding who will be admitted and who won't. Even if you have great grades and test scores, that may not be enough. So be sure to look for ways to make your application memorable.

Approximately 48% of accepted students are men and 52% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 20%, and the acceptance rate for women is 26%.

Average Test Scores

About 49% of students accepted to Cooper Union submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 670 and 740. Math scores were between 720 and 790.

Cooper Union received ACT scores from 15% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 32 and 35. Math scores were between 30 and 0. Composite scores were between 31 and 35.

Can I Afford Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art?

The overall average net price of Cooper Union is $33,966. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At Cooper Union, approximately 20% of students took out student loans averaging $8,310 a year. That adds up to $33,240 over four years for those students.

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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 806 undergraduate students at Cooper Union, with 802 being full-time and 4 being part-time.

There are also 81 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 802 full-time undergraduates at Cooper Union, 56% are male and 44% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	222
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	93
White	255
International Students	114
Other Races/Ethnicities	82

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art. At this time, 19 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 46 countries are represented at Cooper Union. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, South Korea, and India.

Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art Undergraduate Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Master’s	TOTAL
Fine & Studio Arts	46	0	46
Electrical Engineering	26	11	37
Civil Engineering	27	7	34
General Architecture	30	0	30
Mechanical Engineering	24	2	26
Chemical Engineering	21	4	25
General Engineering	6	0	6
Drafting & Design Engineering Technology	0	4	4
TOTAL	180	28	208

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Beyond My Ken under License

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