Cornell University
Cornell University admitted 8.8% of applicants. Students who submitted scores typically had 1500–1570 on the SAT. Its average net price after aid was $33,934 a year. Within six years, 95% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 8.8%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Considered if submitted
- SAT middle 50%
- 1500–1570
- ACT middle 50%
- 33–35
Cost
- Cost of attendance, before aid
- $92,093 a year
- Average net price after aid
- $33,934 a year
- Net price for families earning under $30,000
- $6,371 a year
- Tuition and fees
- $72,270 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 95%
- Students who return for a second year
- 98%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $113,531 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $12,000
Students
- Undergraduates
- 15,995
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 22%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 9 to 1
- Campus setting
- City
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Computer and information sciences
- 19%
- Engineering
- 15%
- Business, management and marketing
- 11%
- Agriculture, animal and plant sciences
- 11%
- Biological and biomedical sciences
- 10%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Amherst College MA · 9% admitted
- Williams College MA · 8.3% admitted
- Rice University TX · 8% admitted
- Northwestern University IL · 7.7% admitted
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- Barnard College NY · 8.8% admitted
More colleges in New York
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
- CUNY New York City College of Technology NY · 80% admitted
- Rochester Institute of Technology NY · 67% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.