Cornell University

Ithaca, NY

Cornell University says, 'An education in the liberal arts and sciences does not entail the acquisition of particular skills or of a prescribed body of knowledge, but rather a broad spectrum of study in a number of fields in which students learn to think in complex ways about information, experiences, and the challenges they will encounter throughout their lives.' [Source]

Website: http://www.cornell.edu/

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15,043
Undergraduate
Enrollment

87%
4-Year
Graduation Rate

$57,222
Tuition & Fees
(annually)

General Education Requirements

Composition

YES

Literature

Foreign Language

YES

U.S. Government/History

Economics

Mathematics

YES

Science

YES

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FIRE Speech Code School Rating

A yellow light institution maintains policies that could be interpreted to suppress protected speech or policies that, while clearly restricting freedom of speech, restrict relatively narrow categories of speech.

Warning: FIRE believes that free speech is not only a moral imperative, but also an essential element of a college education. However, private universities, as private associations, possess their own right to free association, which allows them to prioritize other values above the right to free speech if they wish to do so. Therefore, when a private university clearly and consistently states that it holds a certain set of values above a commitment to freedom of speech, FIRE warns prospective students and faculty members of this fact. Six schools surveyed for this report meet these criteria.

OASES of Excellence

Program on Freedom and Free Societies

Curriculum last evaluated: 7/30/2019

2018-19 enrollment and tuition data, and four-year graduation rates for first-time, full-time freshmen who enrolled in Fall 2012, are derived from the National Center for Education Statistics’ College Navigator.