The Libe Cafe in Olin Library
On-campus recruiters from major industries snap up Cornell graduates even before they graduate.
Cornell is home to four National Science Foundation National Research Centers and a number of other national user facilities.
Cornell's Schoellkopf Field is the home of Big Red football, field hockey and men's lacrosse.
Statistics
Overview
| Founded | 1865 | By Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White. |
| Opened | 1868 | Morrill Hall was the first building constructed on the main Ithaca campus, which today includes more than 260 major buildings on 745 acres. |
| Identity | Public and private | Cornell is the federal land-grant institution of New York State, a private endowed university, a member of the Ivy League/Ancient Eight, and a partner of the State University of New York. It has been described as the first truly American university because of its founders' revolutionarily egalitarian and practical vision of higher education, and is dedicated to its land-grant mission of outreach and public service. |
| Colleges and schools | 14 | Seven undergraduate units and four graduate and professional units in Ithaca, two medical graduate and professional units in New York City, and one in Doha, Qatar. |
Faculty and Staff, 2008–09
| Faculty | * 2,908 |
| Staff | ** 12,842 |
* Regular full-time and part-time professorial faculty members. Weill Cornell Medical College-NYC medical division units have additional external affiliations with 1,326 full-time and part-time faculty members elsewhere. Weill Cornell Medical College and Weill Cornell Graduate School of Medical Sciences, both in New York City, and Weill Cornell Medical College in Doha, Qatar.
** Regular full-time and part-time non-professorial-faculty academic employees (instruction, research, extension, and library) and regular full-time and part-time nonacademic employees.
Student Enrollment, Fall 2008*
| Number Enrolled | |
|---|---|
| Undergraduate | 13,846 |
| Graduate/professional, Ithaca | 6,427 |
| Total undergraduate and graduate/professional, Ithaca | 20,273 |
| Total Weill medical graduate/professional | 1,052 |
| Total university | 21,325 |
* On-campus and off-campus registrants; includes participants in one-semester or two-semester study-abroad programs or other temporary off-campus activities, and participants in employee degree programs.
Student Gender and Ethnicity, Fall 2008
| Male | Female | Minority* | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Undergraduates | 51% | 49% | 30% |
| Graduate/professional students: Ithaca | 58% | 42% | 16% |
| Graduate/professional students: Medical-NYC | 44% | 56% | 28% |
| Graduate/professional students, Medical-Qatar - Pre-Medical Program: - Medical-Degree Program: |
50% 46% |
50% 54% |
* Combined percentage of self-declared African Americans, Asian Americans, Hispanic Americans and Native Americans in the U.S. citizen/legal resident portion of the student population.
Regional Origin, Fall 2008*
| Middle Atlantic | 20% |
| Midwest | 7% |
| New England | 10% |
| New York State | 34% |
| Southeast | 7% |
| Southwest | 3% |
| Far West | 10% |
| International, and United States possessions | 9% |
* Ithaca campus only
Grant Aid, 2008-09
| Family Income | Those Receiving Grant Aid* |
|---|---|
| $0-$59,999 | 97% |
| $60,000-$119,999 | 93% |
| $120,000 and above | 58% |
* Total enrollment in 2007�08 was 13,510. Number of students receiving need-based grant aid was 6,008. In addition, 70 financially independent students received need-based aid.
Degrees Granted, 2007–08
| Bachelor's degrees | 3,431 |
| Master's degrees | 1,750 |
| Doctoral degrees | 517 |
| J.D. | 190 |
| M.D. | 96 |
| D.V.M. | 83 |
| Total university | 6,067 |
Living Graduates, August 2008
Total university: 245,027
| Middle Atlantic | 17% |
| Midwest | 5% |
| New England | 17% |
| New York State | 27% |
| Southeast | 8% |
| Southwest | 5% |
| Far West | 14% |
| International, and United States possessions | 7% |