Enrollment Trends at Cornell

Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 11 years is 24,302 where 26,793 students are attending the school for the academic year 2024-2025.

60.19% of total students is undergraduate students and 39.81% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has increased by 1,813 and the graduate enrollment has increased by 3,076 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.11 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 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Level Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2015-16	21,904	14,315	6,935	7,380	7,589	4,288	3,301
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
2023-24	26,264 366	16,051 316	7,300 138	8,751 178	10,213 50	5,042 -9	5,171 59
2024-25	26,793 529	16,128 77	7,333 33	8,795 44	10,665 452	5,363 321	5,302 131
Average	24,302	15,217	7,081	8,136	9,085	4,775	4,310

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 11 years is 15,217 where 16,128 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	16,051	15,899	7,235	8,664	152	65	87
2024-25	16,128	15,972	7,263	8,709	156	70	86
Average	15,217	15,217	7,057	8,110	15,217	25	26

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 11 years is 9,085 where 10,665 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2024-2025. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at Cornell University since 2015.

• Trends Table
• By Gender Chart
• By Status Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
		Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
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
2023-24	10,213	9,435	4,618	4,817	778	424	354
2024-25	10,665	9,778	4,872	4,906	887	491	396
Average	9,085	9,085	4,568	4,121	9,085	208	189

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 27.94% and the percentage of black students is 5.54% at Cornell University. 20.34% of enrolled students is Asian. Hispanic students comprise 10.30% of the student body.

Over the past 10 years, the racial composition has shifted. The percentage of white students decreased from 38.45% to 27.94%. Asian enrollment grew from 14.71% to 20.34%. Black student enrollment increased from 4.88% to 5.54%. Hispanic student representation expanded from 9.58% to 10.30%.

The overall racial diversity, measured by the Census Bureau Diversity Index, is 0.8650 which indicates that highly diverse. This increased from 0.8176 a decade ago, suggesting that racial diversity has improved.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at Cornell University over the past 11 years (2015-2025).

• Trends Table
• Interactive Chart
• Downloadable Chart

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
	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
2023-24	53	4,976	1,561	2,932	29	7,586	1,103
2024-25	49	5,451	1,484	2,760	28	7,485	1,171
Average	63	4,052	1,328	2,589	23	8,012	959