Microsoft Word - Profile2021-first-year no SAT table.docx

PROFILE:CLASSOF2025



CLASSOF2025ENROLLINGFIRST‐YEARSTUDENTS

3,765first‐yearstudentsareexpectedtoenrollforFall2021



 55.0%arewomen;45.0%aremen

 62.1%attendedpublichighschools

 14.7%aredescendantsofCornellalumni

 19.4%arefirst‐generationcollege

 6.1%arerecruitedathletes

 Theaverageageis 18



ENROLLMENTBYCORNELLCOLLEGE/SCHOOL



ENDOWEDSECTOR



CollegeofArts&Sciences 1,285

CollegeofEngineering 897

SCJohnsonCollegeofBusiness,HotelSchool 174

CollegeofArchitecture,Art&Planning 137



CONTRACTSECTOR



CollegeofAgriculture&LifeSciences 604

SCJohnsonCollegeofBusiness,DysonSchool 175

CollegeofHumanEcology 325



SchoolofIndustrial&LaborRelations 168



STANDARDIZEDTESTS:TEST‐ OPTIONALFORFALL2021

PERCENTOFENROLLINGSTUDENTSSUBMITTINGSATSCORES:40.8%

PERCENTOFENROLLINGSTUDENTSSUBMITTINGACTSCORES:19.7%



 25

Percentile 50

Percentile 75

Percentile

SATEvidence‐basedReading&Writing** 700 730 760

SATMath 750 780 800

SATTotal 1450 1510 1540

ACTComposite 33 34 35

 



First‐yeardepositorsexpectedtoen rollbasedonJulydata;thisfiguremaydifferfromofficial6

weekregistrationfigures.

**ThehigherofthenewSATsectionscoresortheoldSATscoreequivalentsbasedonCollegeBoardconcorda ncetables.



HIGHSCHOOLCLASSRANK

PERCENTOFENROLLINGSTUDENTSSUBMITTINGHIGHSCHOOLCLASSRANK:22.4%

Toptenthofgraduatingclass 84.2%

Topquarterofgraduatingclass 96.4%

Tophalfofgraduatingclass 99.6%



FINANCIALAID



Full‐timefirst‐yearstudents 3,765

Studentswhoappliedforaid 2,237 59.4%

Studentsqualifiedforneed‐basedfinancialaid 1,857 49.3%

Studentsawardedneed‐basedgrantaidfromCornellsources 1,751 46.5%



Averageneed‐basedgrantawardfromCornellfunds $49,022

Averageloanamountofferedinaidpackage

$5,932



ETHNICITYAND RACE:INSTITUTIONALREPORTING

Consistentwithpracticesestablishedbythefederalgovernmentandinuseacrosshighereducation,thefollowing

reportingframeworkcountseachstudentwithinasinglecategory.Basedonthesecategories,

 27.9%identifythemselvesasunder‐representedminorities(URM).URMisdefinedasAmericanIndian

(U.S.),Black(U.S),Hawaiian/PacificIsle(U.S.)or

anycombinationincludingoneormoreofthese

categories.AllstudentsofHispanicethnicity,regardlessofrace,arealsoconsideredURM.

 53.1%identifythemselvesasstudentsofcolor.ThisgroupincludesURMplusAsian(U.S.)andMultiRace

non‐URM(U.S.).

U.S.Citizens,PermanentResidents,andRefugees

Hispanic(U.S.)

588 15.6

 

Non‐Hispanic/Latinoethnicity,byrace

AmericanIndian(U.S.) 13 0.3%

Asian(U.S.) 834 22.2%

Black(U.S.) 338 9.0%

Hawaiian/PacificIsle(U.S.) 7 0.2%

White(U.S.) 1,173 31.2%

MultiRaceURM(U.S.) 103 2.7%

MultiRacenon‐URM(U.S.) 117 3.1%

Unknown(U.S.) 207 5.5%

 

International,ofany

ethnicityandrace 385 10.2%







ETHNICITYAND RACE:U.S.CITIZENS’SELF‐REPORTS

ToreflectthemanywaysinwhichU.S.citizens,permanentresidents,andrefugeesself‐identifycombinationsof

ethnicityand/orrace,thefollowingfiguresshowtheproportioncheckingeachoption.Thetotalswillsumto

greaterthan100%,sincestudentsmayselectmorethanone.Internationalstudentsarenotincluded.

TotalU.S.

Citizens,PermanentResidents,andRefugees: 3,380

IndicatedHispanic 588 17.4%

IndicatedAmericanIndian 76 2.2%

IndicatedAsian 1,015 30.0%

IndicatedBlack 463 13.7%

IndicatedHawaiian/PacificIsle 31 0.9%

IndicatedWhite 1,706 50.5%

 



GEOGRAPHICDIVERSITY

MembersoftheClassof2025residein49ofthe50UnitedStatesplusWashingtonDC,Guam,PuertoRico,andthe

USVirginIslands.NoenteringstudentsresideinWyoming.Internationalstudentsarecitizensof64countries.



REGIONALREPRESENTATION(bylocationofschool)

NewYork 1,195 31.7%

Mid‐Atlantic

701 18.6%

West 458 12.2%

NewEngland 367 9.7%

International 396 10.5%

Midwest 245 6.5%

Southeast 234 6.2%

Southwest 167 4.4%

Blank/Unknown 2 0.1%



 



CLASSOF 2025 ADMISSIONS STATISTICS



OVERVIEW EarlyDecision RegularDecision Total

Applicants 9,017 58,363 67,380

Admits 1,930 3,922 5,852

Enrolling 1,868 1,897 3,765





WAITLIST



Numberofqualifiedapplicantsofferedaplaceonthewaitlist 7,746

Numberacceptingaplaceonthewaitlist 5,800

Numberofferedfalladmissionfromthewaitlist 24

