Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by the American academic and philanthropist Ezra Cornell with the historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institu…
Cornell University is a private Ivy League land-grant research university based in Ithaca, New York, United States. The university was co-founded by the American academic and philanthropist Ezra Cornell with the historian and educator Andrew Dickson White in 1865. Since its founding, Cornell University has been a co-educational and nonsectarian institution. As of fall 2024, the student body included 16,128 undergraduate and 10,665 graduate students from all 50 U.S. states and 130 countries.
Motto: "I would found an institution where any person can find instruction in any study"