Student-Faculty Ratio
12:1
Full-Time Student Population
20,540
Part-Time Student Population
69
Full-Time Instructional Faculty
1,747
Part-Time Instructional Faculty
187
Faculty with Terminal Degree
92%
Average Faculty Salary
$121,471
Full-Time Retention Rate
97%
Programs/Majors Offered
145
Academic/Career Counseling?
Yes
Class Sizes
- Fewer than 20 Students: 58%
- 20 to 49 Students: 25%
- 50 or More Students: 17%
Instructional Programs
Occupational:
NoAcademic:
YesContinuing Professional:
NoRecreational/Avocational:
NoAdult Basic Remedial:
NoSecondary (High School):
NoSpecial Credit Opportunities
Advanced Placement (AP) Credits:
YesDual Credit:
NoLife Experience Credits:
NoUndergraduate Schools/Divisions
- College of Agriculture and Life Sciences
- College of Architecture, Art, and Planning
- College of Arts and Sciences
- College of Engineering
- College of Human Ecology
- School of Hotel Administration
- School of Industrial and Labor Relations
Degrees Awarded
- Bachelor's degree
- Doctorate - Professional practice
- Doctorate - Research/scholarship
- Master's degree
Most Popular Majors
- Biology and Biological Sciences: 2%
- Business Administration and Management: 4%
- Hotel and Resort Management: 2%
- Labor and Industrial Relations: 2%
Special Study Options
Study abroad
Best Places to Study
- Mann Library
- Olin Library
- Uris Library
Tips to Succeed
- Consult the librarians for comprehensive information on indispensable research.
- Don't ever fall behind.
- Don't limit yourself to specific groups.
- Explore everything Cornell has to offer.
- Find an advisor you get along with and can talk to candidly.
- Get involved in campus clubs/activities, but don't spread yourself too thin.
- Plan ahead of time and develop a course of action first semester of freshman year.
- Seek professors and TAs out in supplementary office hours.
- Stay in touch with professors.
- Study from your notes, not the textbook.
- Take advantage of the Cornell career services office.
- Take advantage of the many study areas, library stacks, and computer labs.
Did You Know?
- Cornell is the only Ivy League university that is also in the state's federal land-grant institution. The motto in English is "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study" (Ezra Cornell). The board of trustees includes student, faculty, and staff voting members. It was the first among all U.S. colleges and universities to allow undergraduates to borrow books from its libraries.
- On October 8, 1997, an astonishingly large, voluptuous pumpkin appeared nestled atop Cornell's McGraw Tower. The pumpkin was thought to weigh up to 60 lbs. and sat pinned to the 173-foot tower for several weeks. It was an incredible prank that made national news.
- Cornell's Uris Hall displays brains in jars. One of the brains is of murderer Edward Rulloff (now the name of a Collegetown restaurant). Also among the 70 pickled brains is a pickled piece of the pumpkin mentioned above.