Cornell University: Acceptance Rates & Statistics

Cornell Early Admissions

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Cornell University has again decided to not disclose its admissions’ numbers until the end of the yearly cycle. The university, however, announced that applications for its early round of the Class of 2026 numbered 9,555 and that 1,831 students were accepted.

For the Class of 2025, Cornell admitted 1,930 out of 9,017 early decision applicants (about a 27 percent increase over the past year’s ED applicant numbers), for a 21.4 percent acceptance rate (a 1.2 percent decrease from the Class of 2024). Those admitted are estimated to comprise 49 percent of the Class of 2025. Interestingly, the number of women admitted this year increased by four percentage points to 55 percent. Students of color comprise 59.3 percent of admitted students. 14.7 percent are legacy and 6.1 percent are athletes.

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Cornell University Overall

Cornell announced that it admitted 4,994 applicants from a pool of more than 68,000 to the Class of 2027. In previous years, Cornell received 71,164 applications for admission to the Class of 2026 and admitted 5,168 students. 5,852 students out of 67,380 applicants were admitted to the Class of 2025.

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