Cornell University Student Population

How many students at Cornell? For the academic year 2024-2025, a total of 26,793 students have enrolled in Cornell University with 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 graduate students.

By gender, 12,696 male and 14,097 female students are attending the school.

It has significantly more students compared to similar colleges (19,644 students on average - private (not-for-profit) Research University (very high research activity)).

527 students are enrolled exclusively, and 1,572 students are enrolled in some online courses.

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

Student Population by Gender

Cornell University has a total of 26,793 enrolled students for the academic year 2024-2025. 16,128 students have enrolled in undergraduate programs and 10,665 students joined graduate programs.

By gender, 12,696 male and 14,097 female students (the male-female ratio is 47:53) are attending the school.

• Enrollment Trends

Student Distribution by Race/Ethnicity

By race/ethnicity, 7,485 White, 1,484 Black, and 5,451 Asian students out of a total of 26,793 are attending at Cornell University. Comprehensive enrollment statistic data by race/ethnicity is shown in the chart below (academic year 2024-2025 data).

Cornell University is highly diverse with a diversity index of 86.2% measured by Census Bureau Diversity Index. The institution demonstrates strong racial and ethnic diversity among its student body.

• Total
• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Student Age Distribution

By age, Cornell has 6,925 students under 18 years old and 2 students over 65 years old. There are 22,141 students under 25 years old, and 4,652 students over 25 years old out of 26,793 total students.

Cornell has 16,080 undergraduate students aged under 25 and 48 students aged 25 and over.

In graduate schools at Cornell, 3 students are younger than 18 and 2 students are older than 65. It has 6,061 graduate students aged under 25 and 4,604 students aged 25 and over.

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• Undergraduate
• Graduate

Online Student Enrollment

Distance learning, also called online education, is very attractive to students, especially those who want to continue education and work in the field. At Cornell University, 527 students are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,572 students are enrolled in some online courses.

91 students who live in New York or the jurisdiction in which the school is located are enrolled exclusively in online courses and 436 students live in another State or outside of the United States.

• Online Population
• By Locality

Transfer-in Students (Undergraduate)

Among 16,128 enrolled in undergraduate programs, 503 students have transferred-in from other institutions. The percentage of transfer-in students is 3.12%.