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Tuition Rates and Fees

The Office of the Bursar provides monthly e-billing statements to each student, twelve times per year. Fall tuition expenses are billed in July, and spring tuition expenses are billed in December. Tuition and fees are due before registration can be permitted. Monthly statements include new charges and credits for both the Bursar and CornellCard accounts.

Below is the table of 2009-10 academic-year tuition and student activity fee rates. Various other departmental expenses, other than tuition, may include Housing and Dining, Fraternities and Sororities, Transportation, Fitness Centers, Health Insurance, CIT Services.


Endowed College Units
Undergraduate Students
Per Semester
Per Year
Architecture, Art and Planning; Arts and Sciences; Engineering; Hotel Administration; Unclassified, through the Internal Transfer Division $18,875
$37,750
Graduate Students
Per Semester
Per Year
Research degrees (M.A., M.S., M.S./Ph.D., Ph.D), M.F.A. and D.M.A. programs, and non-degree students $14,750
$29,500
Professional degrees/certificates (CIPA, FALCON, M.Arch.I, M.Arch.II, M.Eng., M.P.S. Africana Studies, M.S.P. Applied Statistics, M.P.S. Real Estate) $18,875
$37,750
Graduate Hotel School Programs Please consult your college business office
Graduate Law School Programs Please consult your college business office

Note: As part of a multi-year effort to lower research-based graduate tuition, the Graduate School has moved to a two-tiered tuition system based on the type of degree being pursued. Please consult the Graduate School Web site for more information.

Professional School Students
Per Semester
Per Year
Johnson Graduate School of Management   (For additional programs and fees, please contact the Johnson Graduate School of Management)
  • Two-year program – entering students
$23,575 $47,150
  • Two-year program – second-year students
$23,350 $46,700
Law School
  • Entering students and second-year students
$24,475 $48,950
  • Third-year students
$24,025 $48,050
  • LL.M. (one-year program)
$25,765 $51,530

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Contract College Units (tuition rates are tentative)
Undergraduate Students Per Semester
Per Year
Agriculture and Life Sciences; Human Ecology; Industrial and Labor Relations
  • New York State resident
$10,805 $21,610
  • Nonresident
$18,875 $37,750
Graduate School Students
   
Research degrees (M.A., M.S., M.S./Ph.D., Ph.D) and non-degree students (formerly contract rate)
$10,400 $20,800
Professional degrees (M.A.T., M.F.S., M.H.A., M.I.L.R., M.L.A., M.P.S., M.R.P) except M.P.S. ILR NYC (formerly contract rate)
$12,350 $24,700
M.P.S. ILR NYC
$9,438 $18,876

Note: As part of a multiyear effort to lower research-based graduate tuition, the Graduate School has moved to a two-tiered tuition system based on the type of degree being pursued. Please consult the Graduate School Web site for more information.

Professional School Students Per Semester Per Year
College of Veterinary Medicine
  • New York State resident, D.V.M. Program
$13,250 $26,500
  • Nonresident, D.V.M. Program
$19,750 $39,500

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Other Tuition and Fees
Student Activities Fees (tentative rates)
Per Semester
Per Year
Undergraduate Students
$102 $204
Graduate and Professional Students
$35 $70
In Absentia Fees
Per Semester
Per Year
Undergraduate Students
$200  
Graduate and Professional Students
$200  
Law and Management (JGSM) Students
$75  
Other Tuition Fees
Per Semester
Per Year
Extramural Study/Summer Session
$970**  

**Regular session rate per credit hour. Special Programs rates may vary.

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