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#61 Best Undergraduate Teaching
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#23 Best Value Schools
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#23 Undergraduate Research/Creative Projects
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#9 Best Undergraduate Engineering Programs
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#27 Accounting
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#19 Entrepreneurship
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#17 Finance
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#16 Management
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#29 Management Information Systems
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#26 Marketing
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#17 Production / Operation Management
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#9 Quantitative Analysis
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#10 Real Estate
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#17 Aerospace /Aeronautical / Astronautical
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#3 Biological / Agricultural
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#16 Biomedical
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#14 Chemical
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#11 Civil
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#9 Computer
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#11 Electrical / Electronic / Communications
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#8 Environmental / Environmental Health
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#6 Industrial / Manufacturing
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#8 Materials
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#10 Mechanical
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#3 Best Colleges for Veterans
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#19 Most Innovative Schools
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#224 Top Performers on Social Mobility
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#64 First-Year Experiences
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#27 Service Learning
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#18 Co-ops/Internships
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#4 Writing in the Disciplines
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#45 Study Abroad
Cornell University is ranked #17 in National Universities. Schools are ranked according to their performance across a set of widely accepted indicators of excellence. Read more about how we rank schools.
U.S. News Overall Score
Score
83
Outcomes (35%)
Outcomes rank
26
Graduation and retention rank
10
Average 6-year graduation rate (17.6%)
94%
Average first-year student retention rate (4.4%)
97%
Social Mobility Rank
224
6-year graduation rate of students who received a Pell Grant (2.5%)
92%
6-year graduation rate of students who did not receive a Pell Grant (2.5%)
95%
Predicted graduation rate (8%)
97%
Overperformance(+)/Underperformance(-)
-2
Expert Opinion (20%)
Peer assessment score (out of 5)
4.6
Faculty Resources (20%)
Faculty resources rank
26
Faculty compensation rank (7%)
20
Percent of faculty who are full-time (1%)
93.6%
Full-time faculty with Ph.D or terminal degree (3%)
93%
Class Size Index (8%)
Classes with fewer than 20 students
56.8%
Classes with 50 or more students
17%
Student-faculty ratio (1%)
9:1
Student Excellence (10%)
Student excellence rank
18
SAT/ACT 25th-75th percentile (7.75%)
1390-1540
First-year students in top 10 percent of high school class (2.25%)
83%
Financial Resources (10%)
Financial resources rank
18
Alumni Giving (5%)
Alumni giving rank
21
Average alumni giving rate
26.1%
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Ranking Factors
- U.S. News Overall Score
- Outcomes (35%)
- Expert Opinion (20%)
- Faculty Resources (20%)
- Student Excellence (10%)
- Financial Resources (10%)
- Alumni Giving (5%)
