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- World ranking
- =16QS 2027Source
- Tuition · international
- $65,204per year · 2023
- Acceptance rate
- 8.8%2024
About Cornell University
Cornell was founded in 1865 by Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White and opened in Ithaca, New York, in 1868 as a nonsectarian university open to students regardless of background. It is New York's federal land-grant institution, and several of its colleges are state-supported statutory colleges, so it has both private and public functions. Besides the Ithaca campus, it runs Weill Cornell Medicine and Cornell Tech in New York City and a medical college in Qatar.
At a glance
- Founded
- 1865
- Type
- Private
- Campus
- Several campuses
Ithaca, United States42.441, -76.497
Open on mapRankings
- QSQS=16World · 2027Source
- THETHE=18World · 2026Source
- WebometricsWebometrics#6World · 2026United States #5Source
- CWURCWUR#14World · 2026United States #11Source
- ARWUARWU#12World · 2026Source
- NCSES HERDNCSES HERD#10United States and outlying areas · Total R&D expenditures · 2024Source
- URAPURAP#22World · 2025United States #6Source
Admissions & how to apply
- Check the entry requirements for your course and qualifications.
- Apply on the university’s own application page.
- Pay the application fee ($80).
Application fee
- Per application$80Source
Costs & aid
International tuition$65,204per year · 2023
- Fees$810
- Room & board2023$18,554
US net price$33,934
What US families pay after grants, by household income. International students usually pay the full price.
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Programmes
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Campus & media
Outcomes
- Admit rate
- 8.8%
- SAT average
- 1535
- ACT middle
- 34
- Graduate in 4 years
- 85.8%
- Graduate in 6 years
- 94.5%
- Return after year one
- 98.4%
- Pell grant students
- 22%
- Students with federal loans
- 20.5%
- Median debt
- $12,000
Median earnings after starting
Student body
US government and university data. Figures describe past students, not your own chances. Source
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