Tuition and Financial Aid

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Calculating Cost to Attend

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    Estimated Cost of Attendance

    The estimated cost of attendance approximates the total costs to attend before financial aid is applied. It is not the price an eligible financial aid applicant pays to attend Cornell.

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    Financial Aid

    Cornell’s student aid programs ensure a world-class university experience is accessible and affordable for all eligible students.

Financial Aid Calculator

A Cornell Education is a Worthy Investment

In a survey of the Cornell Engineering Class of 2024, 95% of our students had a job offer or had been admitted into a graduate school program within six months of graduation. Of those who entered the workforce, the average starting salary was $111,492.

Top Employers of Cornell Engineers Have Included:


  • Amazon


  • Apple


  • BlackRock


  • Boeing


  • Capital One


  • Deloitte


  • Disney


  • Goldman Sachs


  • Google


  • IBM


  • Intel


  • JPMorgan Chase & Co.


  • Meta


  • Microsoft


  • Netflix


  • NVIDIA


  • Oracle


  • Samsung


  • SpaceX


  • Stripe


Our Commitment to Affordability

Cornell, like many of its peer institutions, does not award scholarships based upon athletic or academic merit. Rather, our commitment is to strive to ensure that all students demonstrating the intellectual strength to attend Cornell can afford a Cornell education.

Understanding Aid at Cornell

  • Financial Need

    Cornell has made the commitment to students who demonstrate financial need by meeting that need with one or more financial aid components: grants and scholarships, loans and student employment.

  • Enhanced Financial Aid for Competitive Recruitment

    To improve Cornell’s competitiveness in recruiting and enrolling undergraduate students, we will increase grant aid funds by matching the family contribution components and lower loan level of financial aid offers from other Ivy League schools, as well as Stanford, Duke, and MIT.

  • Need-Blind Admissions

    Cornell University practices need-blind admissions for U.S. citizens and eligible non-citizens, which means your ability to pay is not factored into the admissions process. Eligible non-citizens include permanent residents, refugees and asylees, and students who hold DACA status.

  • International Students and Undocumented Applicants

    For international students and undocumented applicants without DACA status, admissions decisions will be need-aware. This means they will be evaluated for admission with consideration of the ability of students or their parents to pay educational costs.