Cornell University
Common Data Set 2021-22
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Acceptance Rate
35.0%
Applications
5,852
Admitted
2,048
Enrolled
9,570
All Extracted Fields
A. General Information
- Zipcode
- Yes
- Country:
- No
- If yes, please provide the URL of the corresponding Web page:
- Mailing Address:
- We invite you to indicate if there are items on the CDS for which you cannot use the requested analytic convention, cannot provide data for the cohort requested, whose methodology is unclear, or about which you have questions or comments in general. This information will not be published but will help the publishers further refine CDS items.
- City/State/Zip/Country:
- Name of College/University:
- (607) 255-5241
- Street Address Line 2:
- 410 Thurston Avenue
- Street Address Line 3:
- Ithaca, NY 14850
- City
- (607) 255-0659
- State
- admissions@cornell.edu
- Admissions Toll-Free Phone Number (Out-of-State Area Code):
- If your academic year has changed because of the COVID-19 pandemic, please indicate as other below.
- If there is a separate URL for your school’s online application, please specify:
- Differs by program (describe):
- Classify your undergraduate institution:
- X
B. Enrollment And Persistence
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: males
- 26
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: males
- 7115
- Total degree-seeking: males
- 1807
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: males
- 2999
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: males
- 43
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: males
- 15503
- All other degree-seeking: males
- 10079
- Total degree-seeking: males
- 25582
- Total All Part-Tim Students: Males
- 2888
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: females
- 25
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: females
- 8335
- Total degree-seeking: females
- 1890
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 2757
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: females
- 62
- Degree-seeking, first-time: females
- 583
- All other degree-seeking: females
- 338
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 1160
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: females
- 14
- Degree-seeking, first-time: females
- 217
- All other degree-seeking: females
- 203
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: females
- 3718
- Degree-seeking, first-time first-year students: Unknown
- 1
- Other first-year, degree-seeking: Unknown
- 35
- Total degree-seeking: Unknown
- 45
- All other undergraduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 248
- Total undergraduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
- 2
- Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
- 2285
- All other degree-seeking: Unknown
- 1129
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 5265
- Total graduate Full-Time Students: Unknown
- 43
- Degree-seeking, first-time: Unknown
- 821
- All other degree-seeking: Unknown
- 1032
- All other graduates enrolled in credit courses: Unknown
- 15451
- Total all undergraduates
- 301
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- Recipients of a Subsidized Stafford Loan who did not receive a Pell Grant
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- Students who did not receive either a Pell Grant or a subsidized Stafford Loan
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Black or African American, non-Hispanic
- Total (sum of 3 columns to the left)
- American Indian or Alaska Native, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Asian, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Native Hawaiian or other Pacific Islander, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Two or more races, non-Hispanic
- 0
- Race and/or ethnicity unknown
- 0
- TOTAL
- 0
C. First-Time, First-Year Admission
- Total first-time, first-year males who applied
- 2613
- Total first-time, first-year females who applied
- 3239
- Total first-time, first-year females who were admitted
- 2048
- Total first-time, first-year males who enrolled
- 5852
- Total first-time, first-year females who enrolled
- 3718
- Percent who had GPA of 4.0
- n/a
- Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99
- 0
- Total part-time, first-time, first-year males who enrolled
- No
- Percent who had GPA of 4.0
- n/a
- Percent who had GPA between 3.75 and 3.99
- 0
- Percent who had GPA between 3.25 and 3.49
- Percent
- Percent who had GPA between 3.00 and 3.24
- 0.842
- Percent who had GPA between 2.50 and 2.99
- 0.965
- Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
- 0.996
- Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
- 0.004
- Percent who had GPA below 1.0
- 0
- Total
- 0.223
- Percent who had GPA between 2.0 and 2.49
- Top half +
- Percent who had GPA between 1.0 and 1.99
- bottom half = 100%
- Total first-time, first-year who applied
- No
- Can on-line application fee be waived for applicants with financial need?
- Yes
- Yes, on a rolling basis:
- C14
- Does your institution offer an early decision plan (an admission plan that permits students to apply and be notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date and that asks students to commit to attending if accepted) for first-time, first-year applicants for fall enrollment?
- X
- Other early decision plan closing date: Month
- Yes
- Other early decision plan closing date: Day
- Yes
- Please provide significant details about your early decision plan:
- Early Decision
- Do you have a nonbinding early action plan whereby students are notified of an admission decision well in advance of the regular notification date but do not have to commit to attending your college?
- mid-December
- Is your early action plan a “restrictive” plan under which you limit students from applying to other early plans?
- 1930
- Does your institution require or recommend a general college-preparatory program for degree-seeking students?
- C6
- Science
- Very Important
- Foreign language
- X
- History
- X
- Computer Science
- X
- Visual/Performing Arts
- X
- Science
- Important
- Social studies
- X
- Explain:
- Racial/ethnic status
- Interview
- ADMISSION
- Extracurricular activities
- Require
- Please provide additional information if the importance of any specific academic or nonacademic factors differ by academic program.
- If your institution will make use of the SAT in admission decisions for first-time, first-year, degree-seeking applicants for Fall 2023 please indicate which ONE of the following applies (regardless of whether the Essay score will be used in the admissions process):
- ACT Only
- SAT essay
- AP
- C8G
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: 200-299
- 25th Percentile
- SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing: Total
- 1450
- SAT Math: 200-299
- 75th Percentile
- SAT Math: Total
- 1540
- SAT Composite: 1400-1600
- 33
- SAT Composite: 1200-1399
- n/a
- SAT Composite: 1000-1199
- n/a
- SAT Composite: 800-999
- n/a
- ACT Composite: 30-36
- 0.2109
- ACT Composite: 24-29
- 0.0119
- ACT Composite: 18-23
- 0.0013
- ACT Composite: 12-17
- n/a
- ACT Composite: 6-11
- n/a
- ACT Composite: Below 6
- 1
- ACT English: 30-36
- 0.0877
- ACT English: 24-29
- 0.0105
- ACT English: 18-23
- n/a
- ACT English: 12-17
- n/a
- ACT English: 6-11
- n/a
- ACT English: Below 6
- 1
D. Transfer Admission
- Does your institution enroll transfer students? (If no, please skip to Section E)
- X
- If yes, may transfer students earn advanced standing credit by transferring credits earned from course work completed at other colleges/universities?
- X
- Describe additional requirements for transfer admission, if applicable:
- Report the lowest grade earned for any course that may be transferred for credit:
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
- 45-60
- Maximum number of credits or courses that may be transferred from a two-year institution:
- credit hours
- Number
- Yes
- Unit Type
- No
- Males
- 2712
- Females
- 5908
- Males
- 500
- Females
- 929
- Males
- 362
- Females
- 655
- Fall
- X
- Summer
- D4
- Essay or personal statement
- X
E. Academic Offerings and Policies
- Accelerated program
- X
- Comprehensive transition and postsecondary program for students with intellectual disabilities
- X
- Cross-registration
- X
- Distance learning
- X
- Double major
- X
- English as a Second Language (ESL)
- X
- Exchange student program (domestic)
- X
- Honors Program
- X
- Independent study
- X
- Internships
- X
- Liberal arts/career combination
- X
- Student-designed major
- X
- Study abroad
- X
- Computer literacy
- X
- History
- X
- Physical Education
- X
- Intensive writing
- X
- Mathematics
- X
F. Student Life
- Campus Ministries
- X
- Choral groups
- X
- Concert band
- X
- Dance
- X
- Drama/theater
- X
- International Student Organization
- X
- Jazz band
- X
- Literary magazine
- X
- Marching band
- X
- Model UN
- X
- Music ensembles
- X
- Musical theater
- X
- Pep band
- X
- Radio station
- X
- Student government
- X
- Student newspaper
- X
- Student-run film society
- X
- Symphony orchestra
- X
- Yearbook
- X
- Men's residence halls
- X
- Apartments for married students
- X
- Special housing for disabled students
- X
- Special housing for international students
- X
- Fraternity/sorority housing
- X
- Cooperative housing
- X
- Theme housing
- X
- Wellness housing
- X
- Other housing options (specify):
- X
G. Annual Expenses
- Required Fees:
- 17088
- Food and housing (on-campus):
- 10426
- Housing Only (on-campus):
- 6662
- Required Fees:
- 17088
- Food and housing (on-campus):
- 10426
- Housing Only (on-campus):
- 6662
- Transportation:
- 2008
- Transportation
- 2008
- Books and supplies:
- 10426
- Housing only:
- 6662
- Food only:
- 17088
- Food and housing total*
- 2774
- Transportation:
- 2008
H. Financial Aid
- a) Students notified on or about (date): Month
- a) Students notified on or about (date):
- a) Students notified on or about (date): Day
- a) Students notified on or about (date):
- If yes, starting date (Month):
- Yes
- If yes, starting date (Day):
- Yes
- Academic Year
- X
- Institutional methodology (IM)
- X
- Federal
- 17856597
- State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
- 7130943
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 324414974
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 22160260
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 371562774
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 27579910
- or within____weeks of notification.
- 2022-05-01 00:00:00
- Federal Work-Study
- 8619920
- State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
- 1099172
- Total Self-Help
- 37299002
- Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
- 0
- Athletic Awards
- 0
- Federal
- 0
- State all states, not only the state in which your institution is located
- 0
- Institutional: Endowed scholarships, annual gifts and tuition funded grants, awarded by the college, excluding athletic aid and tuition waivers (which are reported below).
- 0
- Scholarships/grants from external sources (e.g. Kiwanis, National Merit) not awarded by the college
- 2103265
- Federal Direct Unsubsidized Stafford Loans
- X
- Federal Direct PLUS Loans
- X
- Federal Nursing Loans
- X
- Specify:
- College/university loans from institutional funds
- Total Scholarships/Grants
- 2103265
- Student loans from all sources (excluding parent loans)
- 5841433
- State and other (e.g., institutional) work-study/employment (Note: Excludes Federal Work-Study captured above.)
- 0
- Total Self-Help
- 5841433
- Parent Loans
- 13690818
- Tuition Waivers Note: Reporting is optional. Report tuition waivers in this row if you choose to report them. Do not report tuition waivers elsewhere.
- 0
- Athletic Awards
- 0
- Federal Pell Grants
- H13
- State scholarships/grants
- X
- Private scholarships
- X
- College/university scholarship or grant aid from institutional funds
- X
- United Negro College Fund
- X
- Federal Nursing Scholarship
- X
- Specify:
- Federal Nursing Scholarship
- Alumni affiliation
- Non-Need Based
- Alumni affiliation
- Need-Based
- If your institution has recently implemented any major financial aid policy, program, or initiative to make your institution more affordable to incoming students such as replacing loans with grants, or waiving costs for families below a certain income level please provide details:
- State/district residency
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- 3718
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 2342
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 1879
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 1879
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 1842
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 1307
- G. Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 0
- H. Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 1879
- I. On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 1
- J. The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 55604
- K. Average need-based scholarship and grant award of those in line e
- 51026
- L. Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f
- 4798
- M. Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f who were awarded a need-based loan
- 4630
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- 15399
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 8407
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 7318
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 7318
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 7174
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 4880
- G. Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 0
- H. Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 7318
- I. On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 1
- J. The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 53938
- K. Average need-based scholarship and grant award of those in line e
- 49390
- L. Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f
- 4841
- M. Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f who were awarded a need-based loan
- 4818
- A. Number of degree-seeking undergraduate students (CDS Item $B$1 if reporting on Fall 2024 cohort)
- 52
- B. Number of students in line a who applied for need-based financial aid
- 23
- C. Number of students in line b who were determined to have financial need
- 23
- D. Number of students in line c who were awarded any financial aid
- 23
- E. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 23
- F. Number of students in line d who were awarded any need-based self-help aid
- 15
- G. Number of students in line d who were awarded any non-need-based scholarship or grant aid
- 0
- H. Number of students in line d whose need was fully met (exclude PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 23
- I. On average, the percentage of need that was met of students who were awarded any need-based aid. Exclude any aid that was awarded in excess of need as well as any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 1
- J. The average financial aid package of those in line d. Exclude any resources that were awarded to replace EFC (PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans)
- 41911
- K. Average need-based scholarship and grant award of those in line e
- 36432
- L. Average need-based self-help award (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f
- 5898
- M. Average need-based loan (excluding PLUS loans, unsubsidized loans, and private alternative loans) of those in line f who were awarded a need-based loan
- 5543
- Provide the number of students in the 2024 undergraduate class who started at your institution as first-time students and received a bachelor's degree between July 1, 2023 and June 30, 2024. Exclude students who transferred into your institution.
- 3227
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 1216
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 1121
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 741
- D. State loan programs.
- 0
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 227
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 0.38
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 0.35
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 0.23
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 0.07
- A. Any loan program: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized, institutional, state, private loans that your institution is aware of, etc. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 26865
- B. Federal loan programs: Federal Perkins, Federal Stafford Subsidized and Unsubsidized. Include both Federal Direct Student Loans and Federal Family Education Loans.
- 13657
- C. Institutional loan programs.
- 6381
- E. Private student loans made by a bank or lender.
- 55641
- Institutional need-based scholarship or grant aid is available
- X
- If institutional financial aid is available for undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents, provide the number of undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents who were awarded need-based or non-need-based aid:
- 201
- Average dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 69338
- Total dollar amount of institutional financial aid awarded to undergraduate degree-seeking nonresidents:
- 13936935
- CSS Profile
- X
- Specify:
- International Student’s Certification of Finances
- FAFSA
- H8
- CSS Profile
- X
- Noncustodial Profile
- X
- Other (specify):
- X
- Specify:
- Business/Farm Supplement
I. Instructional Faculty And Class Size
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 1891
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 405
- C. Total number who are females
- 755
- D. Total number who are males
- 1136
- E. Total number who are nonresidents (international)
- 136
- F. Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree
- 1780
- G. Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s
- 96
- H. Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s
- 12
- I. Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.)
- 3
- J. Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students
- 314
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 331
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 55
- C. Total number who are females
- 158
- D. Total number who are males
- 173
- E. Total number who are nonresidents (international)
- 20
- F. Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree
- 197
- G. Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s
- 74
- H. Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s
- 23
- I. Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.)
- 37
- J. Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students
- 18
- A. Total number of instructional faculty
- 2222
- B. Total number who are members of minority groups
- 460
- C. Total number who are females
- 913
- D. Total number who are males
- 1309
- E. Total number who are nonresidents (international)
- 156
- F. Total number with doctorate, or other terminal degree
- 1977
- G. Total number whose highest degree is a master’s but not a terminal master’s
- 170
- H. Total number whose highest degree is a bachelor’s
- 35
- I. Total number whose highest degree is unknown or other (Note: Items f, g, h, and i must sum up to item a.)
- 40
- J. Total number in stand-alone graduate/professional programs in which faculty teach virtually only graduate-level students
- 332
- Fall 2025 Student to Faculty ratio
- 9
- based on ____ students
- 15366
- and ____ faculty
- 1702
- 2-9
- 322
- 10-19
- 948
- 20-29
- 313
- 30-39
- 174
- 40-49
- 123
- 50-99
- 286
- 100+
- 157
- Total
- 2323
- 2-9
- 150
- 10-19
- 569
- 20-29
- 462
- 30-39
- 123
- 40-49
- 90
- 50-99
- 35
- 100+
- 14
- Total
- 1443
J. Disciplinary Areas of Degrees Conferred
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 0
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 0
- Agriculture
- 0.1039
- Natural resources and conservation
- 0.0239
- Architecture
- 0.0262
- Area, ethnic, and gender studies
- 0.007
- Communication/journalism
- 0.021
- Computer and information sciences
- 0.1535
- Engineering
- 0.1535
- Foreign languages, literatures, and linguistics
- 0.0078
- Family and consumer sciences
- 0.0229
- English
- 0.0117
- Liberal arts/general studies
- 0.0036
- Biological/life sciences
- 0.1328
- Mathematics and statistics
- 0.0177
- Interdisciplinary studies
- 0.0101
- Philosophy and religious studies
- 0.0039
- Physical sciences
- 0.0278
- Psychology
- 0.0166
- Public administration and social services
- 0.019
- Social sciences
- 0.0852
- Visual and performing arts
- 0.012
- Health professions and related programs
- 0.006
- Business/marketing
- 0.1247
- History
- 0.0091
- TOTAL (should = 100%)
- 0.9999000000000001