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Located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Cornell College is a private not-for-profit institution. The location of Cornell College is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

36 Undergraduate Degrees
$32,924 Avg Cost After Aid (Undergrad)
82% Acceptance Rate

Where Is Cornell College?

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Contact details for Cornell College are given below.

Contact Details
Address: 600 First St. Sw, Mount Vernon, IA 52314-1098
Phone: 319-895-4000
Website: www.cornellcollege.edu
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CornellCollege
Twitter: https://twitter.com/CornellCollege

How Do I Get Into Cornell College?

You can apply to Cornell College online at: www.cornellcollege.edu/admissions/apply-to-cornell/index.shtml

Admission Requirements for Cornell College

Submission Required?
High School GPA required
High School Rank considered but not required
High School Transcript considered but not required
College Prep Program recommended
Recommendations considered but not required
SAT or ACT Scores considered but not required
TOEFL considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into Cornell College?

82% Acceptance Rate
57% Of Accepted Are Women
36% Submit SAT Scores
With an acceptance rate of 82%, Cornell College may not be as selective as some schools, but you should not take admittance for granted. Be sure to submit the best application you can.

Approximately 43% of accepted students are men and 57% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 79%, and the acceptance rate for women is 85%.

Average Test Scores

About 36% of students accepted to Cornell College submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 548 and 650. Math scores were between 520 and 630.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for Cornell College  ( 548 to 650 )
200
800

SAT Math Scores for Cornell College  ( 520 to 630 )
200
800
Cornell College received ACT scores from 68% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 21 and 30. Math scores were between 22 and 27. Composite scores were between 23 and 29.

ACT English Scores for Cornell College  ( 21 to 30 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for Cornell College  ( 22 to 27 )
1
36
ACT Composite Scores for Cornell College  ( 23 to 29 )
1
36

Can I Afford Cornell College?

$32,924 Net Price
63% Take Out Loans
3.3% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of Cornell College is $32,924. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

It's not uncommon for college students to take out loans to pay for school. In fact, almost 66% of students nationwide depend at least partially on loans. At Cornell College, approximately 63% of students took out student loans averaging $8,160 a year. That adds up to $32,640 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at Cornell College is 3.3%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

Cornell College Undergraduate Student Diversity

993 Full-Time Undergraduates
48% Women
19% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 999 undergraduate students at Cornell College, with 993 being full-time and 6 being part-time.

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There are also 3 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 993 full-time undergraduates at Cornell College, 52% are male and 48% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of Cornell College students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 23
Black or African American 64
Hispanic or Latino 72
White 737
International Students 45
Other Races/Ethnicities 52

Geographic Diversity

Iowa students aren't the only ones who study at Cornell College. At this time, 31 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Over 20 countries are represented at Cornell College. The most popular countries sending students to the school are China, Vietnam, and Japan.

Online Learning at Cornell College

143 Took All Classes Online
1,002 Took At Least One Class Online
In 2019-2020, 1,002 students took at least one online class at the school.

Cornell College Business Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major Bachelor’s TOTAL
Finance 11 11
Management Science 9 9
Business Economics 8 8
Other Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods 7 7
Actuarial Science 1 1
General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration 0 0
TOTAL 36 36

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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