Ithaca, New York · Private nonprofit · 4-year · Small city
Overview
Cornell University is a private nonprofit four-year institution based in Ithaca, New York. Its campus is in a small city. It enrolled 26,793 students in fall 2024, including 16,128 undergraduates and 10,665 graduate students. It is a land-grant institution. It holds the Carnegie R1 designation for very high research activity.
Cornell University offers certificates, bachelor's degrees, master's degrees, doctoral degrees, and professional doctorates across 171 programs. Its largest programs by number of graduates are Computer Science, Information Technology, and Business Administration and Management. It awarded 9,154 degrees and certificates in 2024-25.
98% of full-time first-year students return for a second year. The student-to-faculty ratio is 9 to 1.
Key figures
26,793
Students enrolled
98%
First-year retention
9,154
Degrees and certificates awarded, 2024-25
171
Programs and majors
9:1
Student-to-faculty ratio
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Delivery modes
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Program levels
CertificateBachelorMasterPhDProfessional
Programs and majors offered 171
Graduate counts are degrees and certificates awarded in each program between July 2024 and June 2025. Largest fields are listed first.