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University Factbook

The Factbook provides a compilation of current and recent historical information about Cornell (excluding the Medical Campus).  Scroll down for data relating to student admissions, student enrollment, and employees.

Admissions

Profile of the Freshman Class of 2015 (pdf)
Profiles from other years

Enrollment

Data are included for undergraduate, graduate and professional students, and are counted as of the the sixth week of the semester.

For the most commonly requested information about student enrollment, click on the “Enrollment at a Glance” thumbnail, right.

Enrollment at a Glance

For more a detailed, interactive look at student enrollment patterns, click on the “Custom detail on students” thumbnail, right.  There are five tabs in this workbook:

  • Enrollment headcounts
  • World region (at time of matriculation) headcounts
  • Region of the US (at the time of matriculation) headcounts
  • World map
  • USA map
Custom detail on students

Academic Employees

Academic employees include ranked professors, instructors, lecturers, teaching associates, research and extension associates, librarians, and archivists. We exclude student employees, temporary employees, casual employees, and those on layoff or leave status. Because postdocs are temporary employees, they are not included here.  With this document and going forward, headcounts are aligned with staff headcounts and are as of November 1.

For the most commonly requested information about faculty and other academic employees, click on the “Academics at a Glance” thumbnail, right.

For more a detailed, interactive look at faculty and other academic employees, click on “Custom detail on academics” thumbnail, right. There are six tabs in this workbook:

  • Faculty headcounts
  • Other academic headcounts
  • Ethnicity headcounts
  • Age
  • Tenures and promotion
  • Faculty hires and departures

Academics at a Glance

Custom detail on academics

Nonacademic Employees

When counting employees, we exclude student employees, temporary employees, casual employees, and those on layoff or leave status.  Headcounts are as of November 1 each year.

For the most commonly requested information about academic employees, click on the “Staff at a Glance” thumbnail, right.

For more a detailed, interactive look at nonacademic employees, click on the “Custom detail on staff” thumbnail, right. There are five tabs in this workbook:

  • Sector of the university (endowed colleges, contract colleges, physical plant, etc.), headcounts
  • Sector of the university, graph
  • College
  • Age
  • Major occupational group

Questions about the Factbook can be directed to:

Deborah Fyler, djf5@cornell.edu
(607)  255-8655
Institutional Research & Planning
440 Day Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

Staff at a Glance

Custom detail on staff