Cornell University is a private institution that was founded in
1865.
It
has a total undergraduate enrollment of 14,393,
its setting is rural,
and the campus size is 745 acres.
It utilizes a semester-based academic calendar.
Cornell University's ranking in the 2015 edition of Best Colleges
is National Universities,
15.
Its tuition and fees are $47,286 (2014-15).
Cornell University, located in Ithaca, N.Y., has more than 500 student
organizations on campus, which range from the Big Red Marching Band to
the International Affairs Society. First-year students live together on
north campus, and the university has housing options for upperclassmen
and graduate students, though many choose to live off campus. Cornell
has a thriving Greek life, with around 70 total fraternity and sorority
chapters. Cornell has more than 30 NCAA Division I varsity teams that
compete in the Ivy League. The Cornell Big Red are perhaps best known
for their successful men’s lacrosse team, which won seven consecutive
Ivy League titles from 2003 to 2009. Cornell also has a strong hockey
program.
Cornell’s 14 colleges and schools each admit their own students and
provide their own faculty, even though every graduate receives a degree
from Cornell University. Cornell’s two largest undergraduate colleges
are the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Agriculture and
Life Sciences. Its graduate schools include the highly ranked S.C. Johnson Graduate School of Management, College of Engineering, Law School, Weill Cornell Medical College and a well-regarded program in education. Cornell is also well known for its top-ranked College of Veterinary Medicine and
the highly esteemed School of Hotel Administration. One of Cornell’s
oldest traditions is Dragon Day, during which a dragon built by
first-year architecture students is paraded through campus and then
burned during a bonfire celebrating the coming of spring. Notable alumni
include U.S. Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg, author E.B.
White and Bill Nye, the "Science Guy."
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