Cornell is a private, Ivy League university and the land-grant university for New York State. Cornell's mission is to discover, preserve, and disseminate knowledge; produce creative work; and promote a culture of broad inquiry throughout and beyond the Cornell community. Cornell also aims, through public service, to enhance the lives and livelihoods of our students, the people of New York, and others around the world. Our faculty, students, alumni, and staff strive toward these objectives in a context of freedom with responsibility. We foster initiative, integrity, and excellence, in an environment of collegiality, civility, and responsible stewardship. As the land-grant ...show more »
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| Institution Type | 4-year, Private not-for-profit |
| Special Learning Opportunities | ROTC (Army, Navy, Air Force) Study abroad |
| Student Services | Academic/career counseling service Employment services for students Placement services for completers |
| Credit Accepted | Advanced placement (AP) credits |
| Religious Affiliation | Not applicable |
| Federal Aid | Eligible students may receive Pell Grants and other federal aid (e.g. Direct Loans). |
| Degrees/Certificates Offered | One but less than two years certificate Bachelor's degree Master's degree Doctor's degree - research/scholarship Doctor's degree - professional practice |
| Campus Setting | City: Small |
| Disability Services Student | 4% |
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At Cornell University, 54.0% percent of first-time undergrads receive financial aid, 54.0% receive grants and/or scholarships (an average of $22,556), and 31% receive loans ($4,479 on average). On-campus room and board costs about $12,160. Off campus it is around $12,160. Taking into account total living expenses and financial aid, the average net cost of attending Cornell University is $26,242 per year. |
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In Fall 2009, 34,371 people applied to Cornell University. Of the applicants, 19.0% were admitted (18.0% male & 20.0% female ) and 48.0% accepted (49.0% male and 48.0% female) |
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| Percent of In-State Undergrads | 30.0% |
| Full Time Retention Rate | 96.0% |
| Four-Year Graduation Rate | 85.0% |
| Six-Year Graduation Rate | 92.0% |
| Overall Graduation Rate | 92.0% |
| Admissions | |
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| Yearly Application Deadline | 1/2 |
| Admissions Office Phone | 607-254-4636 |
| Admissions Office Email | info@cornell.edu |
| Admissions Office Address | Day Hall Lobby Cornell University Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| Admissions Transfer URL | http://www.cornell.edu/admissions/ |
| Admissions Website | http://www.cornell.edu/admissions/ (find financial aid info here) |
| Application Website | http://app.commonapp.org/application/applicantlogin.aspx?d=1189017177203 |
| Application Fee | $70 |
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In order to be accepted to Cornell University, you should have:
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| Test Scores | |
| SAT Reading (25th Percentile) | 630 |
| SAT Reading (75th Percentile) | 730 |
| SAT Math (25th Percentile) | 660 |
| SAT Math (75th Percentile) | 770 |
| ACT Composite (25th Percentile) | 29 |
| ACT Composite (75th Percentile) | 33 |
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| Program Name | Certificate | Associate | Bachelor | Master | Doctorate |
| Agriculture, agriculture operations, and related sciences | 446 | 61 | 44 | ||
| Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations | 0 | ||||
| Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding | 5 | ||||
| Agricultural Animal Breeding | 0 | 0 | |||
| Agricultural Business and Management, General | 0 | ||||
| Agricultural Economics | 223 | 7 | 10 | ||
| Agriculture, General | 49 | 32 | |||
| Agronomy and Crop Science | 0 | 3 | 13 | ||
| Animal Sciences, General | 134 | 3 | 5 | ||
| Food Science | 17 | 11 | 6 | ||
| Horticultural Science | 2 | 1 | |||
| International Agriculture | 7 | ||||
| Ornamental Horticulture | 3 | 4 | |||
| Plant Sciences, General | 16 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Architecture and related services | 144 | 84 | 5 | ||
| Architectural History and Criticism, General | 1 | 0 | 2 | ||
| Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD) | 68 | 31 | |||
| Architecture and Related Services, Other | 1 | ||||
| City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning | 27 | 31 | 3 | ||
| Environmental Design/Architecture | 34 | 12 | |||
| Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD) | 14 | 9 | |||
| Area, ethnic, cultural, and gender studies | 56 | 15 | 3 | ||
| African-American/Black Studies | 2 | 9 | |||
| American/United States Studies/Civilization | 22 | ||||
| Asian Studies/Civilization | 18 | 2 | 0 | ||
| East Asian Studies | 0 | 0 | |||
| Gay/Lesbian Studies | 3 | ||||
| German Studies | 1 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Near and Middle Eastern Studies | 10 | 1 | |||
| Biological and biomedical sciences | 409 | 12 | 67 | ||
| Animal Genetics | 0 | 3 | |||
| Animal Physiology | 1 | 5 | |||
| Biochemistry | 2 | 6 | |||
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 92 | ||||
| Biology/Biological Sciences, General | 291 | ||||
| Biometry/Biometrics | 20 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Biophysics | 0 | 1 | |||
| Botany/Plant Biology | 0 | 5 | |||
| Ecology | 1 | 4 | |||
| Entomology | 6 | 2 | 6 | ||
| Environmental Toxicology | 2 | 3 | |||
| Evolutionary Biology | 0 | 5 | |||
| Immunology | 1 | ||||
| Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology | 0 | 14 | |||
| Molecular Biology | 0 | 3 | |||
| Pharmacology | 3 | ||||
| Plant Pathology/Phytopathology | 3 | 6 | |||
| Zoology/Animal Biology | 0 | 0 | |||
| Business, management, marketing, and related support services | 481 | 618 | 15 | ||
| Business Administration and Management, General | 467 | 5 | |||
| Hotel/Motel Administration/Management | 246 | 58 | 3 | ||
| Labor and Industrial Relations | 235 | 69 | 7 | ||
| Real Estate | 24 | ||||
| Communication, journalism, and related programs | 58 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Communication Studies/Speech Communication and Rhetoric | 58 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Computer and information sciences and support services | 92 | 100 | 23 | ||
| Computer Science | 62 | 100 | 21 | ||
| Information Technology | 30 | 2 | |||
| Education | 2 | 20 | 2 | ||
| Agricultural Teacher Education | 1 | ||||
| Biology Teacher Education | 1 | ||||
| Chemistry Teacher Education | 3 | ||||
| Education, General | 1 | 13 | 2 | ||
| Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education | 0 | ||||
| Mathematics Teacher Education | 2 | ||||
| Physics Teacher Education | 0 | ||||
| Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education | 1 | ||||
| Engineering | 633 | 439 | 111 | ||
| Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical Engineering | 21 | 4 | |||
| Agricultural/Biological Engineering and Bioengineering | 97 | 15 | 8 | ||
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 50 | 4 | |||
| Chemical Engineering | 84 | 20 | 16 | ||
| Civil Engineering, General | 50 | 38 | 13 | ||
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | 90 | 83 | 17 | ||
| Engineering Mechanics | 2 | 11 | |||
| Engineering Physics | 37 | 13 | 12 | ||
| Engineering, General | 11 | ||||
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 6 | ||||
| Materials Engineering | 34 | 15 | 10 | ||
| Mechanical Engineering | 104 | 50 | 9 | ||
| Nuclear Engineering | 0 | ||||
| Operations Research | 120 | 94 | 7 | ||
| Systems Engineering | 38 | ||||
| Engineering technologies/technicians | 26 | ||||
| Engineering/Industrial Management | 26 | ||||
| English language and literature/letters | 77 | 19 | 8 | ||
| Creative Writing | 7 | ||||
| English Language and Literature, General | 77 | 12 | 8 | ||
| Family and consumer sciences/human sciences | 145 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Foods, Nutrition, and Wellness Studies, General | 43 | ||||
| Housing and Human Environments, General | 0 | 0 | |||
| Human Development and Family Studies, General | 102 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics | 45 | 23 | 14 | ||
| Classics/Classical Languages, Lit & Linguistics, General | 6 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Comparative Literature | 6 | 7 | 3 | ||
| East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 0 | 2 | |||
| French Language and Literature | 6 | ||||
| German Language and Literature | 3 | 0 | 0 | ||
| Italian Language and Literature | 1 | ||||
| Linguistics | 7 | 7 | 4 | ||
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General | 8 | 5 | |||
| Russian Language and Literature | 1 | ||||
| Spanish Language and Literature | 15 | ||||
| Health professions and related clinical sciences | 0 | 25 | 93 | ||
| Health/Health Care Administration/Management | 24 | ||||
| Pre-Medicine/Pre-Medical Studies | 0 | ||||
| Veterinary Medicine (DVM) | 81 | ||||
| Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sci, Gen (Cert,MS,PhD) | 1 | 12 | |||
| History | 71 | 14 | 6 | ||
| History and Philosophy of Science and Technology | 0 | 0 | |||
| History, General | 71 | 14 | 6 | ||
| Legal professions and studies | 66 | 190 | |||
| American/US Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (LLM, MCJ, JSD/SJD) | 66 | 2 | |||
| Law (LLB, JD) | 188 | ||||
| Liberal arts and sciences, general studies and humanities | 14 | ||||
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 14 | ||||
| Mathematics and statistics | 29 | 53 | 19 | ||
| Applied Mathematics | 8 | 5 | |||
| Mathematics, General | 29 | 16 | 11 | ||
| Statistics, General | 29 | 3 | |||
| Multi/interdisciplinary studies | 43 | 18 | 25 | ||
| Historic Preservation and Conservation | 5 | ||||
| Medieval and Renaissance Studies | 5 | 3 | |||
| Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other | 36 | ||||
| Neuroscience | 1 | 10 | |||
| Nutrition Sciences | 2 | 9 | |||
| Science, Technology and Society | 7 | 5 | 3 | ||
| Natural resources and conservation | 37 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Environmental Science | 0 | ||||
| Natural Resource Economics | 0 | 0 | |||
| Natural Resources/Conservation, General | 37 | 8 | 9 | ||
| Personal and culinary services | 0 | ||||
| Institutional Food Workers | 0 | ||||
| Philosophy and religious studies | 27 | 6 | 4 | ||
| Philosophy | 24 | 6 | 2 | ||
| Religion/Religious Studies | 3 | 2 | |||
| Physical sciences | 76 | 50 | 68 | ||
| Astronomy | 1 | 7 | 5 | ||
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General | 16 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Chemistry, General | 29 | 21 | 33 | ||
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other | 15 | ||||
| Geology/Earth Science, General | 0 | 1 | 2 | ||
| Physics, General | 15 | 20 | 28 | ||
| Psychology | 65 | 0 | 6 | ||
| Developmental and Child Psychology | 0 | 3 | |||
| Psychology, General | 65 | 0 | 3 | ||
| Public administration and social service professions | 73 | 70 | 6 | ||
| Community Organization and Advocacy | 0 | 1 | 0 | ||
| Public Administration | 68 | ||||
| Public Policy Analysis | 73 | 1 | 6 | ||
| Social sciences | 343 | 47 | 50 | ||
| Anthropology | 16 | 5 | 10 | ||
| Archeology | 4 | 0 | |||
| Development Economics and International Development | 15 | ||||
| Economics, General | 143 | 9 | 16 | ||
| Political Science and Government, General | 122 | 13 | 12 | ||
| Social Sciences, Other | 0 | 2 | 2 | ||
| Sociology | 58 | 3 | 10 | ||
| Visual and performing arts | 90 | 18 | 13 | ||
| Art History, Criticism and Conservation | 19 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Dance, General | 1 | ||||
| Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General | 5 | 3 | 3 | ||
| Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts | 25 | 2 | 3 | ||
| Film/Cinema Studies | 9 | ||||
| Fine Arts and Art Studies, Other | 0 | ||||
| Fine/Studio Arts, General | 24 | 6 | |||
| Music Theory and Composition | 0 | 0 | |||
| Music, General | 7 | 3 | |||
| Musicology and Ethnomusicology | 5 | 1 | |||
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