Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Admissions Prediction

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Official Admissions Statistics 2016 - 2017

Admission Overview

Applicants	44,965
Admitted	6,337
Acceptance rate	14.1%
Yield rate	52.3%

Acceptance Rate by Gender

Cornell University Acceptances by Gender

25th to 75th Percentile of Admitted Students

This graph shows the 25th to 75th percentile SAT scores of admitted students at Cornell University.

Cornell University's average SAT scores fall between:

Verbal: 650 and 750
Math: 680 and 780
Writing: 31 and 34

Degree Completions

View All This table shows the number of students who graduated with a degree in the following fields:

Major	Men	Women	Total
Aerospace, Aeronautical & Astronautical Engineering	11	0	11
African-American/Black Studies	1	2	3
Agribusiness/Agricultural Business Operations	0	0	0
Agricultural & Horticultural Plant Breeding	1	2	3
Agricultural Animal Breeding	0	0	0
Agricultural Business & Management, General	0	0	0
Agricultural Economics	120	69	189
Agricultural Teacher Education	0	0	0
Agricultural/Biological Engineering & Bioengineering	28	42	70
Agriculture, General	31	35	66
Agronomy & Crop Science	0	0	0
American/U.S. Law/Legal Studies/Jurisprudence (LL.M., M.C.J., J.S.D./S.J.D.)	26	34	60
American/United States Studies/Civilization	6	9	15
Animal Genetics	1	1	2
Animal Physiology	0	0	0
Animal Sciences, General	23	85	108
Anthropology	2	4	6
Apparel & Textiles, General	0	1	1
Applied Mathematics	5	1	6
Archeology	0	4	4
Architectural History & Criticism	0	0	0
Architecture & Related Programs, Other	2	0	2
Architecture (BArch, BA/BS, MArch, MA/MS, PhD)	26	27	53
Art History, Criticism & Conservation	6	12	18
Asian Studies/Civilization	8	8	16
Astronomy	4	1	5
Atmospheric Sciences & Meteorology, General	4	3	7
Biochemistry	0	0	0
Biological & Biomedical Sciences, Other	50	142	192
Biology Teacher Education	0	0	0
Biology/Biological Sciences, General	151	171	322
Biomedical/Medical Engineering	65	53	118
Biometry/Biometrics	5	11	16
Biophysics	0	0	0
Botany/Plant Biology	0	0	0
Business Administration/Management	452	173	625
Chemical Engineering	53	46	99
Chemistry Teacher Education	0	0	0
Chemistry, General	21	15	36
City/Urban, Community & Regional Planning	9	17	26
Civil Engineering, General	13	20	33
Classics & Classical Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	4	2	6
Communication, General.	27	58	85
Communications Studies/Speech Communication & Rhetoric	0	0	0
Community Organization & Advocacy	0	0	0
Comparative Literature	1	4	5
Computational Biology.	2	0	2
Computer & Information Sciences, General	6	8	14
Computer Science	172	67	239
Creative Writing.	3	5	8
Dance, General	0	0	0
Development Economics & International Development	2	3	5
Developmental and Child Psychology.	0	8	8
Drama & Dramatics/Theatre Arts, General	0	0	0
Earth Science Teacher Education.	0	0	0
East Asian Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	0	1	1
East Asian Studies	0	0	0
Ecology	1	1	2
Economics, General	121	72	193
Education, General	0	0	0
Electrical, Electronics & Communications Engineering	62	30	92
Engineering Mechanics	0	0	0
Engineering Physics	18	4	22
Engineering, General	13	10	23
English Language & Literature, General	12	35	47
Entomology	5	3	8
Environmental Design/Architecture	7	15	22
Environmental Toxicology	1	0	1
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering	13	16	29
Evolutionary Biology	0	0	0
Family & Consumer Sciences/Home Economics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Fashion/Apparel Design	1	5	6
Fiber, Textile & Weaving Arts	2	22	24
Film/Cinema Studies	0	0	0
Fine Arts & Art Studies, Other	0	0	0
Fine/Studio Arts, General	8	23	31
Food Science	11	27	38
Foods, Nutrition, & Wellness Studies, General	0	0	0
French Language & Literature	0	3	3
Gay/Lesbian Studies	1	3	4
Geological & Earth Sciences/Geosciences, Other	5	9	14
Geology/Earth Science, General	0	0	0
German Language & Literature	0	2	2
German Studies	0	1	1
Health/Health Care Administration/Management	7	18	25
Historic Preservation & Conservation	2	4	6
History & Philosophy of Science & Technology	0	0	0
History, General	19	17	36
Horticultural Science	0	0	0
Hotel/Motel Administration/Management	133	138	271
Housing & Human Environments, General	0	5	5
Human Development & Family Studies, General	8	84	92
Immunology	0	0	0
Industrial Management	29	10	39
Information Technology	23	28	51
Institutional Food Worker	0	0	0
International Agriculture	8	13	21
Italian Language & Literature	0	0	0
Labor & Industrial Relations	144	139	283
Landscape Architecture (BS, BSLA, BLA, MSLA, MLA, PhD)	3	10	13
Law (LL.B., J.D.)	92	91	183
Liberal Arts & Sciences/Liberal Studies	1	2	3
Linguistics	6	5	11
Materials Engineering	9	16	25
Mathematics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Mathematics, General	31	10	41
Mechanical Engineering	99	39	138
Medical Microbiology & Bacteriology	0	0	0
Medieval & Renaissance Studies	1	1	2
Microbiology, General	0	0	0
Molecular Biology	1	0	1
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, Other.	0	0	0
Music Theory & Composition	0	0	0
Music, General	3	2	5
Musicology & Ethnomusicology	2	2	4
Natural Resource Economics	0	0	0
Natural Resources/Conservation, General	24	38	62
Near & Middle Eastern Studies	3	6	9
Neurobiology and Behavior.	0	0	0
Neuroscience.	0	0	0
Nuclear Engineering	0	0	0
Nutrition Sciences	8	49	57
Operations Research	58	49	107
Ornamental Horticulture	7	3	10
Pharmacology	1	1	2
Philosophy	12	5	17
Physics Teacher Education	0	0	0
Physics, General	25	8	33
Plant Pathology/Phytopathology	0	1	1
Plant Sciences, General	14	8	22
Political Science & Government, General	51	48	99
Psychology, General	11	36	47
Public Administration	48	67	115
Public Policy Analysis	22	36	58
Real Estate	14	3	17
Religion/Religious Studies	0	0	0
Romance Languages, Literatures, & Linguistics, General	3	2	5
Russian Language & Literature	0	1	1
Science Teacher Education/General Science Teacher Education	0	0	0
Science, Technology & Society	0	1	1
Social Sciences, Other	0	0	0
Sociology	12	29	41
Spanish Language & Literature	2	3	5
Statistics, General	2	5	7
Systems Engineering	56	14	70
Veterinary Medicine (DVM)	17	81	98
Veterinary Sciences/Veterinary Clinical Sciences, General (Cert, MS, PhD)	2	2	4
Visual & Performing Arts, Other	2	9	11
Viticulture and Enology.	2	2	4
Zoology/Animal Biology	0	0	0
Total	2639	2566	5205

Parchment Member Admissions Statistics

Parchment Members' Admissions Results

Applied	17121
Reported Results	1858
Accepted	790 (43%)
Rejected	1068
Attending	218
Yield Rate	28%

Admitted Members' Score Range

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	3.80	3.93	4.00
SAT I	2070	2220	2306
Selectivity Index™	767	883	946

Rejected Members' Score Range

	25th	50th	75th Percentile
GPA	3.57	3.76	3.91
SAT I	1971	2130	2241
Selectivity Index™	695	804	891

Stats last calculated: Monday 20th of August 2012 09:00:04 AM

Newest applicant: 25 days, 21 hours, and 20 minutes ago.

All the above data except for Parchment Member Statistics is 'official' -- meaning that it was reported directly by this college -- and comes from the 2016 - 2017 academic year.

Cornell University discussion

James posted 'Awesome! Congrats and well done.'
14 years ago
James posted 'Multiple Cornell admissions decisions have been reported now, so it looks like these came out today--at least, for some.'
14 years ago
James posted 'Their official stuff just says "Mid-December" so anything before Dec 15 is a gift ;-)'
14 years ago
James posted 'Here's a list of people who got into Cornell on our site with an SAT below 1900. (Note that some took the test when it was out of 1600.)

http://college.mychances.net/college/search/profiles/index.php?proximal_selector=&hs_name=&state=&year_entering=&sex='
14 years ago
James posted 'This is a great point, Brent. We should pivot to being a matchmaking site, so that hot incoming freshmen can meet one another and already be locked into long-term relationships on day 1! Hit92 and aannathaif, you'll be our first couple. Good luck!

;-)'
14 years ago

Peer Colleges

20% Princeton University

19% University of Pennsylvania

19% Brown University

18% Columbia University in the City of New York

18% Yale University

17% Stanford University

15% Duke University

15% University of California, Berkeley

13% Dartmouth College

13% Massachusetts Institute of Technology