Student Population at Cornell

The following chart compares Cornell's student enrollment with similarly ranked schools, all colleges nationwide, Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges, 4-Years Colleges, and Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York.

Cornell has significantly larger enrollment compared to similarly ranked schools (average: 16,951 students). The enrollment is larger than the Private (not-for-profit), 4-Years Colleges in New York average (2,948 students).

The below chart compares the student population between Cornell University and similar colleges.

By gender, there are 12,696 male and 14,097 female students attending Cornell. The male-to-female student ratio is 0.90 to 1 and the ratio is than national average (the national average is 0.75 to 1).

The following table and chart show the student population by gender and attending status at Cornell.

By age, there are 22,141 students whose age under twenty five and 1,907 students whose age is over thirty years old at Cornell University.

Especially, 6,925 students are younger than eighteen and 2 students are older than sixty five.

The following table and chart show the student population by student age at Cornell University.

At Cornell University, 2,099 students (7.83% of total enrollment) take online classes to get their degrees. Among them, 527 students enrolled exclusively in online classes (i.e. no off-line attendance required) and others are taking online courses with off-line courses. The following tables describe the number of students who enrolled in one or more online courses.

By location of enrolled students, 91 students live in New York where Cornell University is located in and 402 students have enrolled from other states.