Student Population at Cornell University

2023 Student Population	Undergraduate	Graduate
25,898	15,735	10,163

For the academic year 2022-2023, total of 25,898 students have enrolled in Cornell University with 15,735 undergraduate and 10,163 graduate students.

By gender, 12,213 male and 13,685 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,694 students in average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

382 students are enrolled exclusively, and 2,692 students are enrolled in some online courses.

You can check the student demographics by gender ratio, race/ethnicity, age distribution, and online enrollment.

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Student Population by Gender

Cornell University has a total of 25,898 enrolled students for the academic year 2022-2023. 15,735 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,163 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,213 male and 13,685 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school. The gender distribution is based on the 2022-2023 data.

Total Student Enrolled By Gender
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	25,898	15,735	10,163
Men	12,213	7,162	5,051
Women	13,685	8,573	5,112

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,840 White, 1,523 Black, and 4,637 Asian students out of a total of 25,898 are attending at Cornell University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the next chart (Academic year 2022-2023 data).

All Students

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Total)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	61	31	30
Asian	4,637	1,988	2,649
Black	1,523	680	843
Hispanic	2,900	1,393	1,507
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	22	12	10
White	7,840	3,840	4,000
Two or more races	1,113	492	621
Race Unknown	1,367	648	719

Undergraduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Undergraduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	40	22	18
Asian	3,670	1,526	2,144
Black	1,150	507	643
Hispanic	2,311	1,111	1,200
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	21	11	10
White	5,147	2,484	2,663
Two or more races	862	381	481
Race Unknown	943	427	516

Graduate

Race/Ethnicity Distribution (Graduate)
Race	Total	Men	Women
American Indian or Native American	21	9	12
Asian	967	462	505
Black	373	173	200
Hispanic	589	282	307
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islanders	1	1	0
White	2,693	1,356	1,337
Two or more races	251	111	140
Race Unknown	424	221	203

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cornell has 188 students under 18 years old and 5 students over 65 years old. There are 19,352 students under 25 years old, and 6,546 students over 25 years old out of 25,898 total students.

Cornell has 15,592 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 143 students aged 25 and over.

It has 3,760 graduate students aged under 25 and 6,403 students aged 25 and over.

All Students

Student Age Distribution (Total)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	188	122	66
18-19	6,866	3,875	2,991
20-21	7,495	4,087	3,408
22-24	4,803	2,540	2,263
25-29	3,953	1,951	2,002
30-34	1,573	680	893
35-39	580	235	345
40-49	337	145	192
50-64	98	48	50
Over 65	5	2	3

Undergraduate

Student Age Distribution (Undergraduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women
Under 18	188	122	66
18-19	6,863	3,874	2,989
20-21	7,276	3,957	3,319
22-24	1,265	580	685
25-29	108	29	79
30-34	16	4	12
35-39	10	3	7
40-49	7	3	4
50-64	2	1	1

Graduate

Student Age Distribution (Graduate)
Age	Total	Men	Women

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially who want to continue education and work in field. At Cornell University, 382 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 2,692 students are enrolled in some online courses.

60 students lived in New York or jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 322 students live in other State or outside of the United States.

Online Student Population
	All Students	Enrolled Exclusively Online Courses	Enrolled in Some Online Courses
All Students	25,898	382	2,692
Undergraduate	15,735	0	812
Graduate	10,163	382	1,880

Online Student Population by Locality
	New York Residents	Other States in U.S.	Outside of U.S.
All Students	60	297	25
Undergraduate	0	-	0
Graduate	60	297	25

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 15,735 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 631 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 4.01%.

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)
	Number of Students
Regular Full-time	15,054
Transfer-in Full-time	631
Regular Part-time	50
Transfer-in Part-time	0

Student Population at Cornell University

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