Also known as

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
7,629
43.9% Female
56.1% Male

Institution Overview

School Type
Private not-for-profit (no religious affiliation)
Region
Mid East DE DC MD NJ NY PA
Academic Calendar
Semester
Setting
City: Small

Academics

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Full Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Part Time Graduate Enrolled
Yes
Total # of Programs
310
Number of Programs Available (in Category Selected Above)
Master's
118
Doctoral Research
99
Doctoral Professional
2
Distance
2
Degrees Offered
Master's
Doctor's (Research)
Doctor's (Professional)

Student Body

Demographics
0.25%
American Indian or Alaska Native
9.07%
Asian
2.86%
Black or African American
4.76%
Hispanic or Latino
0.07%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
35.37%
White
2.06%
Two or more races
5.49%
Unknown
40.08%
Non-resident Alien

Admissions

Application Fee
$95
Admissions Office Web Address
admissions.cornell.edu/

Tuition & Aid

Average Tuition
$29,500

Academics: Programs - Overview

Academic
Yes
Occupational
No
Continuing Professional
No
Recreational or avocational
No
Highest Degree offered
Doctor's degree - research/scholarship and professional practice

Distance Learning Options

Grad programs or courses
Yes

Degree Programs Offered (in Category Selected Above)

Master's
118
Master's (Distance)
2
Doctor's Degree Research
99
Doctor's Degree Professional
2
Program Area Program Type Program Format
Campus Distance
Aerospace, Aeronautical and Astronautical/Space Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
African-American/Black Studies Master's Degree Yes No
Agricultural and Horticultural Plant Breeding Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Animal Breeding Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agricultural Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Agriculture, General Master's Degree Yes No
Agronomy and Crop Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Genetics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Physiology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Animal Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Anthropology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Applied Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Archeology Master's Degree Yes No
Architectural History and Criticism, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Architecture and Related Services, Other Master's Degree Yes No
Art History, Criticism and Conservation Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Asian Studies/Civilization Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Astronomy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biochemistry Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Bioengineering and Biomedical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biology Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Biometry/Biometrics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Biophysics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Botany/Plant Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Business Administration and Management, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 Yes
No
Chemical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Chemistry Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Chemistry, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
City/Urban, Community and Regional Planning Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Civil Engineering, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Communication, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Community Organization and Advocacy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Comparative Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Computational Biology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Computer Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Creative Writing Master's Degree Yes No
Development Economics and International Development Master's Degree Yes No
Developmental and Child Psychology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Drama and Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Earth Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
East Asian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
East Asian Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Ecology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Economics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Education, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Electrical and Electronics Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering Mechanics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering Physics/Applied Physics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Engineering/Industrial Management Master's Degree Yes No
English Language and Literature, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Entomology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Environmental Design/Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Environmental Toxicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Evolutionary Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Family and Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Fashion/Apparel Design Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Fiber, Textile and Weaving Arts Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Fine/Studio Arts, General Master's Degree Yes No
Food Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Geology/Earth Science, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
German Language and Literature Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
German Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Health/Health Care Administration/Management Master's Degree Yes No
Historic Preservation and Conservation Master's Degree Yes No
History and Philosophy of Science and Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
History, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Horticultural Science Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Housing and Human Environments, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Human Development and Family Studies, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Immunology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Information Technology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
International Agriculture Master's Degree Yes No
Labor and Industrial Relations Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Landscape Architecture Master's Degree Yes No
Law Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Linguistics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Materials Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mathematics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Mathematics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Mechanical Engineering Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medical Microbiology and Bacteriology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Medieval and Renaissance Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Microbiology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Molecular Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music Theory and Composition Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Music, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Musicology and Ethnomusicology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Natural Resource Economics Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Natural Resources/Conservation, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Near and Middle Eastern Studies Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Neurobiology and Behavior Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Neuroscience Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Nuclear Engineering Doctoral – Research Yes No
Nutrition Sciences Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Operations Research Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Ornamental Horticulture Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Pharmacology Doctoral – Research Yes No
Philosophy Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Physics Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Physics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Plant Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Political Science and Government, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Psychology, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Public Administration Master's Degree Yes No
Public Policy Analysis, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Real Estate Master's Degree Yes No
Religion/Religious Studies Doctoral – Research Yes No
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education Master's Degree Yes No
Science, Technology and Society Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Social Sciences, Other Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Sociology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Speech Communication and Rhetoric Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Statistics, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Systems Engineering Master's Degree Yes Yes
Veterinary Medicine Doctoral – Professional Yes No
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No
Zoology/Animal Biology Master's Degree
Doctoral – Research		 Yes
Yes		 No
No

Faculty

TotalInstructional StaffResearchPublic Service
Total 2,774 1,802 773 199
With faculty status 1,802 1,802 0 0
Tenured 1,107 1,107 0 0
On tenure track 320 320 0 0
Not on tenure track 375 375 0 0
Multi-year contract 275 275 0 0
Annual contract 28 28 0 0
Less-than annual contract 72 72 0 0
Without faculty status 972 0 773 199

Graduate Assistantships

Graduate Assistantships
Yes
Graduate Assistantship
Teaching
Research

Additional Information

State-Approved Teacher Certification?
No
Medical Degree Offered?
Yes
Institution Has a Hospital?
No

Overview

Average Tuition
$29,500
Financial aid office web address
finaid.cornell.edu/
Tuition fee varies by residency status
Yes
Typical Room
$8,112
Typical Board
$5,566
Tuition & Fees
Amount
Full time Average Tuition$29,500
Full time Fees$81
Part time, per credit hour$1,310

Tuition & Fees By Program

ProgramIn-state TuitionIn-state FeesOut-of-State TuitionOut-of-State Fees
Law $59,900 $81 $59,900 $81
Veterinary Medicine $32,750 $81 $48,050 $81

Tuition Plan Options

Alternative Tuition Plans Offered
No
Tuition Guaranteed Plan
No
Prepaid Tuition Plan
No
Tuition Payment Plan
No
Other Alternative Tuition Plan
No

Institutional Enrollment

Total Post-Bac Enrollment
7,629
43.9% Female
56.1% Male

Post-Bac Race / Ethnicity

Demographics
0.25%
American Indian or Alaska Native
9.07%
Asian
2.86%
Black or African American
4.76%
Hispanic or Latino
0.07%
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander
35.37%
White
2.06%
Two or more races
5.49%
Unknown
40.08%
Non-resident Alien

Gender
Race / Ethnicity Men Women
American Indian Or Alaska Native 8 11
Asian 398 294
Black Or African American 102 116
Hispanic Or Latino 193 170
Native Hawaiian OrOther Pacific Islander 4 1
Non-resident Alien 1,776 1,282
White 1,513 1,185
Two Or More Races 81 76
Unknown 206 213

Services offered

Service Offered
Academic Career Counseling ServiceYes
Employment Services For StudentsYes
Placement Services For CompletersYes

Advanced Awards/ Degrees Conferred Statistics

Award: Master's degree
Total
2,428
60.1% Male
39.9% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - research/scholarship
Total
487
58.3% Male
41.7% Female

Award: Doctor's degree - professional practice
Total
278
45.3% Male
54.7% Female

Overview

Library Facilities at Institution
Yes
On-Campus Housing Available?
Yes

Services offered

Service Offered
Remedial servicesNo
On-campus day care for student's childrenNo
None of the above services are offeredYes

Admissions Office Contact

Address
300 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853
Phone
607-255-2000
Fax
Email
National Center for Education Statistics (NCES), Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), Provisional Release as of October, 2016.
Surveys: Institutional Characteristics (2015), Data File: [HD2015], [IC2015], [IC2015_AY]; Surveys: Completions (2015), Data File: [C2015_A],[C2015DEP]; Surveys: 12-Month Enrollment (2015), Data File: [EFFY2015]; Surveys: Employees by Assigned Position (2014), Data File: [EAP2014]


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