Cornell Student Population and Demographics

Cornell Student Population

There are 23,620 students including 14,743 undergraduate and 8,877 graduate students at Cornell University for academic year 2020-2021. By attending status, there are 22,975 full-time and 645 part-time students with gender distribution of 11,468 male and 12,152 female students. Cornell University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 6,167 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Cornell University has a total enrollment of 23,620 with a gender distribution of 48.55% male (11,468 students) and 51.45% female (12,152 students). There are 6,781 male and 7,962 female students in undergraduate school and 4,687 male and 4,190 female students are attending graduate school at Cornell University.

Student Population By Gender
Cornell University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,620	11,468	12,152
Undergraduate	14,743	6,781	7,962
Graduate	8,877	4,687	4,190
Full-time	22,975	11,128	11,847
Part-time	645	340	305

[Chart] Cornell University 2021 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Cornell University has 22,975 full-time and 645 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 14,693 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 50 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 8,282 students are full-time and 595 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Cornell University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	23,620	22,975	645
Undergraduate	14,743	14,693	50
Graduate	8,877	8,282	595
Men	11,468	11,128	340
Women	12,152	11,847	305

[Chart] Cornell University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Cornell University, 6,167 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 16,126 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 23,620 students. In undergraduate schools, 14,727 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 7,566 students are attending some online courses.

2021 Distance Learning Enrollment
Cornell University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	23,620	14,743	8,877
Online Exclusively	6,167	4,485	1,682
In Some Online Classes	16,126	10,242	5,884
Not In Online Classes	1,327	16	1,311

[Chart] Cornell University Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

Race/Ethnicity Distribution

This section analyzes the student population by race/ethnicity at Cornell University. There are 56 American Indian/Native American, 7,937 White, 1,367 Black/African American, 3,926 Asian, 2,698 Hispanic, 24 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,079 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Cornell University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	23,620	11,468	12,152
American Indian/Native American	56	24	32
Asian	3,926	1,712	2,214
Black/African American	1,367	617	750
Hispanic	2,698	1,418	1,280
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	24	14	10
White	7,937	4,042	3,895
Two More	940	400	540
Race Un-Known	1,526	679	847

[Chart] Cornell UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

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