Financial Aid

Application Timeline

November 1 | CSS PROFILE; prior year tax returns due
Mid-December | Financial aid notifications sent to admitted students
Early January | Deposit due to Admissions
February 15 | Final aid application requirements due

February 15 |All financial aid application requirements due
Early April | Financial aid notifications sent to admitted applicants
May 1 | Deposit due to Admissions
June 1 | Financial Aid Certification form due

March 1 | All financial aid application requirements due
By June 15 | Financial aid notifications to sent to admitted students
By July 1 | Deposit due to Admissions

October 1 | All financial aid application requirements due
Mid-December/Early January | Financial aid notifications sent to admitted applicants
Early January | Deposit due to Admissions

November 1 | Early Decision applicants
February 15 | Regular Decision applicants
March 1 | Fall Transfer applicants

January | renewal applications available
March 1 | renewal applications due for Engineering Co-op students
April 19 | Summer Session aid application due
May 10 | renewal applications due for all continuing students
June - August | financial aid decisions posted to Student Center
August 7 | Fall Bursar bill due
November 25 | Winter Session financial aid application due

It starts here...

FinAid Frontpage

News

Mon, 6/10

Final Deadline for 2013-14 Fall Transfers: July 1, 2013

Mon, 5/20

Final Deadline for 2013-14 Regular Decision Freshman: June 14, 2013

Thu, 3/14

Final Deadline for 2013-14 Early Decision Freshman: May 1, 2013

Tue, 3/12

Federal Verification 2013-14

Resources

Need-based Grant Recipients by Income:

Retention/Persistence:

First-year students returning after their first year: 96%

First-year students who entered in fall 2004 and graduated

within six years: 93% (includes five-year program in

architecture and dual-degree candidates)

Undegraduate Enrollment by College (Fall 2011)

Agriculture and Life Sciences	3,496
Architecure, Art, and Planning	504
Arts and Sciences	4,308
Engineering	2,820
Hotel Administration	890
Human Ecology	1,179
Industrial and Labor Relations	911

Academics:

Courses Offered: 4,000+

Undergraduate Major/Interdisciplinary

Programs: 100+

Class of 2016 Financial Aid:

Full-time first-year students	3,270
Number who applied for aid	2,234
Number determined to have financial need	1,649
Number awarded financial aid	1,649
Number receiving need-based scholarship/ grant aid	1,550
Average need-based scholarship/ grant award	$35,687

2012-2013 Costs:
2010-2011 Costs:

Endowed Colleges

Tuition and fees	$43,413
Housing	$8,112
Dining	$5,566
Books & supplies	$820
Personal expenses	$1,680
Total	$59,591

Contract Colleges

New York State Resident

Tuition and fees	$27,273
Housing	$8,112
Dining	$5,566
Books & supplies	$820
Personal expenses	$1,680
Total	$43,451

Nonresident

Tuition and fees	$43,413
Housing	$8,112
Dining	$5,566
Books & supplies	$820
Personal expenses	$1,680
Total	$59,591

Our unique financial aid initiatives exemplify our commitment to providing need-based aid and making Cornell affordable for admitted students.

Parent Contribution Initiative

Families with a total family income of less than $60,000, and total assets of less than $100,000 (including primary home equity), will have no parent contribution. Learn more.

Loan Initiatives

Students from families with a total annual income under $60,000 will have no student loans as part of their financial aid package, reducing the debt owed by the student and/or family after graduation. Learn more.

Award Matching Initiative

Cornell will commit to increasing grant aid by matching the family contribution components and lower loan level of financial aid offers from other Ivy League schools. Cornell will strive to match family contribution components and lower loan level offers from Stanford, MIT, and Duke as well.