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Cornell College

Work 600 First Street Mount Vernon, IA 52314
Work(800) 747-1112
  • 88Rank
  • 54Score
Tier 1
College Category:
Liberal Arts Colleges

Overview : Cornell College

General Information  
Institutional Control: Private
Year founded: 1853
Religious affiliation: United Methodist
Academic calendar: other
Total number of undergraduates: 1,083
Setting rural
Endowment: $77,623,213
Fall Admissions  
Application deadline: 3/1
Application fee: $30
Fall 2007 Acceptance rate: 45.5 %
Selectivity: more selective
Expenses  
Costs: 2008-2009 Tuition and Fees: $27,850
Mission  
School mission Cornell College is recognized as one of the nation's finest and most distinctive liberal arts colleges, offering its students one extraordinary experience after another, in the classroom, on campus, and around the world. Founded in 1853, Cornell's historic hilltop campus is the home of an attractively diverse student body of 1,083 who come from 45 states and 20 countries. Cornell's student-faculty ratio of 11:1 enables its exceptional faculty to provide students with highly personalized attention, and the lively pace of the One-Course-At-A-Time (OCAAT) academic calendar keeps students focused and engaged by their studies. Since all classes are on a standard schedule, students are able to pursue their extracurricular interests with the same passion they pursue their coursework.

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