Enrollment Trends at Cornell

The student population at Cornell University is 25,898 (15,735 undergraduate and 10,163 graduate students) . The number of students has increased by 4,474 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at Cornell is 60.76% which is increased by 1,474 over last 10 years. The graduate student population increased by 3,000 and it has been increasing. The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

382 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 4,041.54% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 23,151 where 25,898 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

60.76% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.24% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,474 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,000 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.12 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in Cornell than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at Cornell University since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	21,424	14,261	7,042	7,219	7,163	4,000	3,163
2013-14	21,593 169	14,393 132	7,050 8	7,343 124	7,200 37	4,024 24	3,176 13
2014-15	21,679 86	14,282 -111	7,024 -26	7,258 -85	7,397 197	4,148 124	3,249 73
2015-16	21,904 225	14,315 33	6,935 -89	7,380 122	7,589 192	4,288 140	3,301 52
2016-17	22,319 415	14,566 251	6,989 54	7,577 197	7,753 164	4,322 34	3,431 130
2017-18	23,016 697	14,907 341	7,086 97	7,821 244	8,109 356	4,536 214	3,573 142
2018-19	23,600 584	15,182 275	7,139 53	8,043 222	8,418 309	4,559 23	3,859 286
2019-20	24,027 427	15,043 -139	6,939 -200	8,104 61	8,984 566	4,760 201	4,224 365
2020-21	23,620 -407	14,743 -300	6,781 -158	7,962 -142	8,877 -107	4,687 -73	4,190 -34
2021-22	25,582 1,962	15,503 760	7,150 369	8,353 391	10,079 1,202	5,144 457	4,935 745
2022-23	25,898 316	15,735 232	7,162 12	8,573 220	10,163 84	5,051 -93	5,112 177
Average	23,151	14,812	7,027	7,785	8,339	4,502	3,838

Cornell University Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 14,812 where 15,735 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	14,261	14,245	7,041	7,204	16	1	15
2013-14	14,393	14,380	7,048	7,332	13	2	11
2014-15	14,282	14,269	7,021	7,248	13	3	10
2015-16	14,315	14,303	6,932	7,371	12	3	9
2016-17	14,566	14,556	6,986	7,570	10	3	7
2017-18	14,907	14,898	7,084	7,814	9	2	7
2018-19	15,182	15,175	7,137	8,038	7	2	5
2019-20	15,043	15,038	6,939	8,099	5	0	5
2020-21	14,743	14,693	6,743	7,950	50	38	12
2021-22	15,503	15,450	7,115	8,335	53	35	18
2022-23	15,735	15,685	7,132	8,553	50	30	20
Average	14,812	14,812	7,016	7,774	14,812	11	11

Cornell University Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 8,339 where 10,163 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell University since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,163	7,101	3,973	3,128	62	27	35
2013-14	7,200	7,148	3,997	3,151	52	27	25
2014-15	7,397	7,333	4,123	3,210	64	25	39
2015-16	7,589	7,514	4,255	3,259	75	33	42
2016-17	7,753	7,671	4,294	3,377	82	28	54
2017-18	8,109	8,025	4,501	3,524	84	35	49
2018-19	8,418	8,324	4,522	3,802	94	37	57
2019-20	8,984	8,883	4,723	4,160	101	37	64
2020-21	8,877	8,282	4,385	3,897	595	302	293
2021-22	10,079	9,558	4,849	4,709	521	295	226
2022-23	10,163	9,413	4,656	4,757	750	395	355
Average	8,339	8,339	4,389	3,725	8,339	113	113

Cornell University Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 30.27% and the percentage of black students is 5.88% at Cornell University. 17.90% of enrolled students is Asian.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornell University over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	58	2,907	1,035	1,902	15	8,630	694
2013-14	59	3,026	1,061	1,961	8	8,590	756
2014-15	64	3,129	1,059	1,994	15	8,599	762
2015-16	69	3,223	1,069	2,099	19	8,423	795
2016-17	80	3,317	1,108	2,231	17	8,319	804
2017-18	67	3,405	1,165	2,347	24	8,258	813
2018-19	69	3,512	1,260	2,506	20	8,072	857
2019-20	60	3,709	1,274	2,556	22	8,063	916
2020-21	56	3,926	1,367	2,698	24	7,937	940
2021-22	69	4,360	1,467	2,862	23	8,137	1,076
2022-23	61	4,637	1,523	2,900	22	7,840	1,113
Average	65	3,559	1,217	2,369	19	8,261	866

Cornell University Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

382 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 1% of total students. The number of online students has increased 4,041.54% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at Cornell University from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	21,679	0	65	21,614
2015-16	21,904	0	469	21,435
2016-17	22,319	36	430	21,853
2017-18	23,016	169	374	22,473
2018-19	23,600	204	309	23,087
2019-20	24,027	123	852	23,052
2020-21	23,620	6,167	16,126	1,327
2021-22	25,582	160	2,837	22,585
2022-23	25,898	382	2,692	22,824
Average	23,516	805	2,684	20,028

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