Cornell Comparisons

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Compare with New York Public Colleges

Compare with New York Public Colleges for Cornell University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY	$58,383 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Binghamton University Vestal, NY	$58,747 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Albany Albany, NY	$58,448 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY	$58,378 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	$61,932 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Queens College Queens, NY	$61,776 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY City College New York, NY	$61,974 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	$61,850 lower in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Military Academy West Point, New York	$69,314 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY	$60,361 lower in-state tuition	65% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY	$60,562 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College at Geneseo Geneseo, NY	$60,315 lower in-state tuition	57% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Buffalo State University Buffalo, NY	$60,781 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY	$61,862 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY	$60,688 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Oneonta Oneonta, NY	$60,483 lower in-state tuition	61% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Cortland Cortland, NY	$60,440 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY	$60,489 lower in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at New Paltz New Paltz, NY	$60,742 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY	$61,824 lower in-state tuition	83% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY at Fredonia Fredonia, NY	$60,483 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY	$60,725 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	$60,011 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY	$60,279 lower in-state tuition	69% higher acceptance rate	Compare
SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY	$60,689 lower in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY	$68,419 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with New York Private Colleges

Compare with New York Private Colleges for Cornell University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
New York University New York, NY	$6,518 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Syracuse University Syracuse, NY	$3,786 lower in-state tuition	37% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY	$2,531 higher in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Fordham University Bronx, NY	$4,399 lower in-state tuition	50% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Colgate University Hamilton, NY	$992 higher in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Rochester Rochester, NY	$2,234 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Barnard College New York, NY	$574 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY	$1,716 higher in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY	$5,233 lower in-state tuition	54% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hofstra University Hempstead, NY	$11,654 lower in-state tuition	59% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY	$10,040 lower in-state tuition	58% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY	$2,024 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Pratt Institute Main Brooklyn, NY	$7,469 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Ithaca College Ithaca, NY	$15,774 lower in-state tuition	60% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hamilton College Clinton, NY	$354 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Clarkson University Potsdam, NY	$9,916 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY	$2,878 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY	$2,452 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Union College Schenectady, NY	$275 lower in-state tuition	35% higher acceptance rate	Compare
St Lawrence University Canton, NY	$3,414 lower in-state tuition	45% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	$4,197 lower in-state tuition	55% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY	$27,839 lower in-state tuition	44% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New York Institute of Technology Old Westbury, NY	$22,754 lower in-state tuition	72% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Yeshiva University New York, NY	$17,514 lower in-state tuition	47% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Houghton University Houghton, NY	$50,884 lower in-state tuition	80% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Elmira College Elmira, NY	$30,338 lower in-state tuition	68% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY	$22,494 lower in-state tuition	12% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Touro University New York, NY	$46,864 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY	$1,957 lower in-state tuition	40% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Webb Institute Glen Cove, NY	$6,100 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Public Colleges

Compare with Regional Public Colleges for Cornell University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Penn State Main Campus University Park, PA	$48,670 lower in-state tuition	52% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland College Park College Park, MD	$57,505 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Virginia Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	$47,511 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Delaware Newark, DE	$52,504 lower in-state tuition	62% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Amherst Amherst, MA	$51,542 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus Pittsburgh, PA	$47,388 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rutgers University New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	$51,385 lower in-state tuition	49% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	$48,270 lower in-state tuition	43% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Naval Academy Annapolis, Maryland	$69,314 lower in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Vermont Burlington, VT	$50,256 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Maryland Baltimore County Baltimore, MD	$56,058 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	$49,340 lower in-state tuition	56% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA	$54,674 lower in-state tuition	71% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Massachusetts Lowell Lowell, MA	$52,348 lower in-state tuition	74% higher acceptance rate	Compare
United States Coast Guard Academy New London, Connecticut	$69,314 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with Regional Private Colleges

Compare with Regional Private Colleges for Cornell University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
Harvard University Cambridge, MA	$7,638 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Princeton University Princeton, NJ	$6,626 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD	$4,084 lower in-state tuition	3% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Boston University Boston, MA	$1,212 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	$628 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Yale University New Haven, CT	$2,064 lower in-state tuition	5% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Villanova University Villanova, PA	$1,538 lower in-state tuition	18% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Georgetown University Washington, DC	$1,297 lower in-state tuition	4% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	$3,068 lower in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	$1,388 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Brown University Providence, RI	$2,098 higher in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA	$6,918 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Northeastern University Boston, MA	$3,152 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
George Washington University Washington, DC	$1,604 lower in-state tuition	38% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Drexel University Philadelphia, PA	$6,902 lower in-state tuition	70% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	$1,046 lower in-state tuition	4% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA	$1,502 lower in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Tufts University Medford, MA	$1,390 higher in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI	$6,626 lower in-state tuition	10% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Emerson College Boston, MA	$12,258 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	$4,334 lower in-state tuition	17% higher acceptance rate	Compare
American University Washington, DC	$10,543 lower in-state tuition	53% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Babson College Wellesley, MA	$12,162 lower in-state tuition	8% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Amherst College Amherst, MA	$1,166 higher in-state tuition	0% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Lafayette College Easton, PA	$3,916 lower in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bentley University Waltham, MA	$8,314 lower in-state tuition	36% higher acceptance rate	Compare
University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA	$4,084 lower in-state tuition	13% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA	$3,820 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Brandeis University Waltham, MA	$1,234 lower in-state tuition	31% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Seton Hall University South Orange, NJ	$16,144 lower in-state tuition	64% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Williams College Williamstown, MA	$754 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH	$2,706 lower in-state tuition	28% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Providence College Providence, RI	$5,764 lower in-state tuition	42% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Oberlin College Oberlin, OH	$1,948 lower in-state tuition	25% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT	$1,028 higher in-state tuition	7% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Haverford College Haverford, PA	$1,374 higher in-state tuition	3% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Fairfield University Fairfield, CT	$10,964 lower in-state tuition	24% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA	$6,509 lower in-state tuition	63% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Wellesley College Wellesley, MA	$2,138 lower in-state tuition	5% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Middlebury College Middlebury, VT	$1,714 lower in-state tuition	2% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Kenyon College Gambier, OH	$2,206 higher in-state tuition	22% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ	$5,852 lower in-state tuition	39% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	$12,164 lower in-state tuition	66% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA	$2,674 lower in-state tuition	30% higher acceptance rate	Compare
The College of Wooster Wooster, OH	$7,674 lower in-state tuition	51% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Dickinson College Carlisle, PA	$3,664 lower in-state tuition	33% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Trinity College Hartford, CT	$1,456 higher in-state tuition	20% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME	$1,482 lower in-state tuition	2% lower acceptance rate	Compare
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA	$1,480 higher in-state tuition	19% higher acceptance rate	Compare

Compare with National Colleges

Compare with National Colleges for Cornell University
College	In-state tuition	Acceptance rate	Compare
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	$2,783 higher in-state tuition	1% higher acceptance rate	Compare
Northwestern University Evanston, IL	$992 lower in-state tuition	1% lower acceptance rate	Compare

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Last updated: August 2026