Do you learn better when you can focus on one thing at a time? At Cornell we study and teach one subject at a time for 18 days on a unified schedule that makes time for athletics, the arts, and social groups. It's a little unconventional, but it works-an average of 93% of Cornell graduates complete their degree in 4 years, and 96% of the class of 2019 who sought employment are now employed. Choose from 49 majors, 11 pre-professional programs, 6 cooperative programs, or design your own major with a specific career path in mind.

Academic Programs

  • Art & Design
  • Business
  • Economics
  • Education
  • Engineering
  • Finance/Accounting
  • Government/Political Science
  • Health Science
  • Liberal Arts
  • Music
  • Performing Arts
  • Research
  • Science
  • Social Science
  • Technology
  • Visual Arts

Student experience

  • Athletics
  • Cheer/Dance
  • Co-op/Internship Opportunities
  • Disability Services
  • Esports
  • Greek Life
  • Intramural/Club Sports
  • LGBTQIA Services
  • Mock Trial
  • On-Campus Housing
  • Study Abroad
  • Undergraduate Research

Application information

Find out about requirements, fees, and deadlines

First-year

First year students at Cornell are incoming students who are attending a residential college for the first time, coming from high school or home school. First year students may have completed courses for credit at a local college or community college and can request to have those credits applied towards their graduation requirements. Fall semester applications open in August and are accepted until our class is filled.

Transfer

Cornell considers transfer students to be any student who has completed college work after high school graduation or home school equivalent. Transfer students may be choosing to switch institutions to complete their undergraduate degree, or they be returning to college after a break. Students who have completed an A.A. degree often transfer to Cornell to complete their four-year degree. Cornell works with community colleges nationwide to admit students who have earned an A.A. degree, conferring junior status when they enter Cornell. Applications are accepted for fall and spring entry each ye

Additional Information

Cornell follows the Ingenuity curriculum, embracing the power of creative imagination. Ingenuity encourages being thoughtful, original, and inventive, using the strengths of a liberal arts education to apply ideas to solve problems and meet challenges through hands-on experience in learning. 

Visit us

Cornell College offers multiple group visit days throughout the year where students and families can see presentations, tour campus, and participate in discussions with faculty, staff and students. We also encourage individual visits to campus whenever classes are in session. Students can customize their individual visit experience and attend class in a major of interest; meet with faculty, admission staff, financial aid staff, coaches, and current students; attend sporting or arts events, tour campus, and try out our award-winning dining hall.

In my book there is no better college, and it produces much more than its share of writers, scholars, and executives.

Loren Pope, Author of "Colleges that Change Lives"
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Admissions office

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School location
Address

600 First St SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314, United States of America

Phone number

(800) 747-1112

Region

Midwest

Midwest