Cornell University Student Population and Demographics

Cornell Student Population

There are 26,793 students including 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 graduate students at Cornell University for the academic year 2024-2025. By attending status, there are 25,750 full-time and 1,043 part-time students with gender distribution of 12,696 male and 14,097 female students.

Cornell University is offering the distance learning opportunity (online degree program) and total 527 students have enrolled online program exclusively.

Student Gender Distribution

Cornell University has a total enrollment of 26,793 with a gender distribution of 47.39% male (12,696 students) and 52.61% female (14,097 students). There are 7,333 male and 8,795 female students in undergraduate school and 5,363 male and 5,302 female students are attending graduate school at Cornell University.

Student Population By Gender
Cornell University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,793	12,696	14,097
Undergraduate	16,128	7,333	8,795
Graduate	10,665	5,363	5,302
Full-time	25,750	12,135	13,615
Part-time	1,043	561	482

[Chart] Cornell University 2025 Gender Distribution of Enrollment

Enrollment by Attending Status

Cornell University has 25,750 full-time and 1,043 part-time students. In undergraduate school, 15,972 students are attending classes with full-time status, and 156 students are attending with part-time status. In graduate school, 9,778 students are full-time and 887 are part-time students.

Student Population By Attendance Status
Cornell University
	Total	Full-time	Part-time
Total	26,793	25,750	1,043
Undergraduate	16,128	15,972	156
Graduate	10,665	9,778	887
Men	12,696	12,135	561
Women	14,097	13,615	482

[Chart] Cornell University Enrollment by Attending Status

Distance Learning (Online Class) Enrollment

At Cornell University, 527 students have enrolled exclusively in online courses and 1,572 students have enrolled in some online courses out of total 26,793 students.

In undergraduate schools, 593 students take at least one online course and in graduate schools, 1,506 students are attending some online courses.

2025 Distance Learning Enrollment
Cornell University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	26,793	16,128	10,665
Online Exclusively	527	0	527
In Some Online Classes	1,572	593	979
Not In Online Classes	24,694	15,535	9,159

[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 49 American Indian/Native American, 7,485 White, 1,484 Black/African American, 5,451 Asian, 2,760 Hispanic, 28 Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander, and 1,216 students with other races.

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
Cornell University
	Total	Men	Women
Total	26,793	12,696	14,097
American Indian/Native American	49	26	23
Asian	5,451	2,414	3,037
Black/African American	1,484	664	820
Hispanic	2,760	1,260	1,500
Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	28	15	13
White	7,485	3,576	3,909
Two More	1,171	524	647
Race Un-Known	1,422	692	730

[Chart] Cornell UniversityRace/Ethnicity Distribution

Student Age Distribution

The following table and chart show the student enrollment by age distribution at Cornell University.

Age Distribution
Cornell University
	Total	Undergraduate	Graduate
Total	26,793	16,128	10,665
Under 18	6,925	6,922	3
Age 18-19	8,008	7,768	240
Age 20-21	4,010	1,261	2,749
Age 22-24	3,198	129	3,069
Age 25-29	2,745	31	2,714
Age 30-34	1,108	6	1,102
Age 35-39	446	7	439
Age 40-49	281	4	277
Age 50-64	70	0	70
Over 64	2	0	2
Age Un-Known	0	0	0

[Chart] Cornell University 2025 Age Distribution of Enrollment

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