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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 628 buildings on more than 2000 acres.
Identity Public & 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 & Schools 15 Eight 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. The Cornell Tech campus in New York City is the latest addition.
Green College Rank 8 With its wide-ranging, university-wide endeavors to make our little blue planet a more verdant place, Cornell University ranked No. 8 in the 2021 Princeton Review's Guide to 416 Green Colleges.

Faculty and Staff, Fall 2020
* Regular full-time and part-time professorial faculty members.

** Staff include non-professorial academic employees (instruction, research, extension, and library) and non academic employees. Ithaca campus only (includes Cornell Tech).
Faculty *1,695
Academic Professionals 1129
Non-Professional Academic Staff **7420

Student Enrollment, Fall 2020*
* 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.
Undergraduate 14,743
Graduate 6,239
Professional 2,638
Total university 23,620

Student Gender, Ethnicity and Citizenship, Fall 2020*

*Based on students in entering classes only.

** 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. Actual counts may be higher, as some minorities do not report ethnic status.
Female Male Minority** International
Undergraduates 54% 46% 48% 10%
Graduates 47% 53% 20% 47%
Professional 47% 53% 25% 30%

Student Region of Origin, Fall 2020*
* Ithaca campus only. Includes undergraduate, graduate, and professional sudents. Ithaca campus only (includes Cornell Tech). Student home region at time of matriculation. "Middle States" region includes Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Delaware and Washington D.C.
New York State 27%
Middle States 12%
New England 7%
Midwest 6%
South 8%
Southwest 3%
West 11%
Territories <1%
USA, Unknown 2%
International 22%

Degrees Granted, 2018-2019*
* Academic year includes degrees granted from July 1 through June 30. Ithaca campus only.
Bachelor's degrees 3,796
Master's degrees 2,778
PhD, JSD and DMA 531
D.V.M. 97
J.D. 194
Total university 7,396