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Cornell University Overview

Cornell University is a private not-for-profit institution situated in Ithaca, New York. Ithaca is a great location for students who prefer city over country life.

What Is Cornell University Known For?

4,155 Undergraduate Awards
$57,504 Avg Cost After Aid
7% Acceptance Rate
  • Students at Cornell may have an easier time interacting with their teachers since the student to faculty ratio at the school is 9 to 1.
  • Although it may not be available for every major, the doctor's degree is the highest award a student can attain at Cornell.
  • In a recent academic period91% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from Cornell makes roughly $104,043 a year. This is 155% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average Cornell student 4.1 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is Cornell University?

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Contact details for Cornell are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone: 607-255-2000
Website: www.cornell.edu

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How Do I Get Into Cornell?

You can apply to Cornell online at: https://www.commonapp.org/

Admission Requirements for Cornell

Submission Required?
High School GPA 5
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 Cornell?

7% Acceptance Rate
55% Of Accepted Are Women
37% Submit SAT Scores
If you plan to apply to Cornell, make sure you don't wait until the last minute to fill out your application. The school is one of the most selective in the United States and has a low acceptance rate of 7%. If you are admitted, that's something to brag about!

Approximately 45% of accepted students are men and 55% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 7%, and the acceptance rate for women is 8%.

Average Test Scores

About 37% of students accepted to Cornell submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 710 and 770. Math scores were between 760 and 800.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Cornell University  ( 710 to 770 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for Cornell University  ( 760 to 800 )
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800
Cornell received ACT scores from 14% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 34 and 36. Math scores were between 32 and 0. Composite scores were between 33 and 35.

ACT English Scores for Cornell University  ( 34 to 36 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for Cornell University  ( 33 to 35 )
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Can I Afford Cornell University?

$57,504 Net Price
27% Take Out Loans
The overall average net price of Cornell is $57,504. 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 Cornell, approximately 27% of students took out student loans averaging $8,309 a year. That adds up to $33,236 over four years for those students.

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Cornell University Undergraduate Student Diversity

14,693 Full-Time Undergraduates
54% Women
48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 14,743 undergraduate students at Cornell, with 14,693 being full-time and 50 being part-time.

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There are also 8,877 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 14,693 full-time undergraduates at Cornell, 46% are male and 54% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cornell University students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 3,065
Black or African American 1,052
Hispanic or Latino 2,151
White 5,096
International Students 1,431
Other Races/Ethnicities 1,898

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at Cornell University. At this time, 49 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 120 countries are represented at Cornell. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, India, and Canada.

Cornell University Undergraduate Concentrations

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

Major Bachelor’s Master’s Doctor’s TOTAL
Computer Science 507 290 26 823
Business Administration & Management 0 574 9 583
Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods 0 403 0 403
Computer Information Systems 206 175 7 388
Human Resource Management 273 95 2 370
Hospitality Management 290 70 1 361
Electrical Engineering 100 164 22 286
General Biology 254 0 16 270
Agricultural Economics & Business 254 0 0 254
Operations Research 73 163 9 245
Economics 157 67 21 245
Mechanical Engineering 132 85 23 240
Legal Research 0 193 4 197
Biological & Biomedical Sciences (Other) 176 0 0 176
Law 0 0 175 175
Architectural Sciences & Technology 72 79 0 151
Biomedical Engineering 44 81 19 144
Political Science & Government 116 11 9 136
Public Administration 0 130 0 130
Systems Engineering 0 124 5 129
Mathematics 103 21 5 129
Veterinary Medicine 0 0 120 120
Statistics 35 71 7 113
Engineering-Related Fields 0 109 0 109
Chemical Engineering 41 47 17 105
General Agriculture 57 45 0 102
Chemistry 45 34 22 101
Physics 48 20 29 97
Food Science Technology 31 39 25 95
Civil Engineering 36 50 9 95
Natural Resources Conservation 79 9 7 95
Human Development & Family Studies 90 1 0 91
Animal Science 81 2 6 89
Information Technology 0 80 0 80
Public Health 33 47 0 80
Health & Medical Administrative Services 0 77 0 77
Communication & Media Studies 64 4 6 74
General Psychology 70 0 0 70
Sociology 47 9 12 68
Materials Engineering 16 42 7 65
General English Literature 44 7 11 62
Agricultural Engineering 27 18 7 52
Engineering Physics 18 27 7 52
Plant Sciences 19 15 15 49
Area Studies 37 9 3 49
Sustainability Science 0 47 0 47
Nutrition Science 29 7 9 45
Public Policy 44 0 1 45
Fine & Studio Arts 36 6 2 44
Landscape Architecture 3 37 0 40
Linguistics & Comparative Literature 21 8 10 39
History 24 6 7 37
Biomathematics & Bioinformatics 31 0 5 36
Real Estate 0 34 0 34
Philosophy 25 5 4 34
Environmental Engineering 33 0 0 33
Urban & Regional Planning 28 0 3 31
Romance Languages 18 4 7 29
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering 0 21 7 28
Biological & Physical Science 26 0 0 26
Textile & Apparel Studies 25 0 0 25
Classical Languages & Literature 11 7 3 21
Liberal Arts General Studies 21 0 0 21
Geological & Earth Sciences 14 3 3 20
Music 8 6 6 20
Biochemistry, Biophysics & Molecular Biology 0 2 17 19
Astronomy & Astrophysics 10 5 4 19
Child Development & Psychology 0 12 7 19
Anthropology 6 8 5 19
Microbiological Sciences & Immunology 0 11 6 17
Ecology, Evolution & Systematics Biology 0 0 15 15
International Agriculture 14 0 0 14
Ethnic Studies 8 3 3 14
Applied Mathematics 0 8 5 13
Archeology 4 9 0 13
Science, Technology & Society 8 3 1 12
Genetics 0 0 11 11
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology 9 1 1 11
Zoology 5 0 5 10
Other Social Sciences 0 6 4 10
Design & Applied Arts 0 5 5 10
Other Visual Art 9 0 0 9
Botany/Plant Biology 0 0 7 7
General Engineering 7 0 0 7
Writing Studies 0 7 0 7
Community Organization & Advocacy 0 5 2 7
East Asian Languages 0 4 2 6
Drama & Theater Arts 0 3 3 6
Neurobiology & Neurosciences 0 0 5 5
Industrial Production Technology 0 3 1 4
Engineering Mechanics 0 1 3 4
Medieval Studies 0 2 2 4
Historic Preservation 0 3 0 3
Religious Studies 3 0 0 3
Architectural History 0 0 2 2
Behavioral Science 0 0 2 2
Horticulture 0 0 0 0
Veterinary Biomedical and Clinical Sciences 0 0 0 0
Environmental Design 0 0 0 0
General Architecture 0 0 0 0
Architecture (Other) 0 0 0 0
Pharmacology & Toxicology 0 0 0 0
General Education 0 0 0 0
Nuclear Engineering 0 0 0 0
Food, Nutrition & Related Services 0 0 0 0
Housing 0 0 0 0
Germanic Languages 0 0 0 0
Slavic, Baltic & Albanian Languages 0 0 0 0
Other Health Professions 0 0 0 0
Other Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies 0 0 0 0
Natural Resource Management 0 0 0 0
Culinary Arts 0 0 0 0
Dance 0 0 0 0
Film, Video & Photographic Arts 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 4,155 3,779 848 8,782

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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