Cornell's Commitment to Diversity

Graph Data

Percent of 2006 Seniors Who Have Seriously Questioned or Rethought Their...
  1. Own political beliefs/values?
    • Peer Schools: 66.1%
    • Cornell: 60.1%
  2. Own religious beliefs?
    • Peer Schools: 51.5%
    • Cornell: 44.3%
  3. Beliefs about religions other than their own?
    • Peer Schools: 68.6%
    • Cornell: 61.9%
  4. Beliefs about a race/ethnic group other than their own?
    • Peer Schools: 65.6%
    • Cornell: 58.4%
  5. Beliefs about people with sexual orientations other than their own?
    • Peer Schools: 54.7%
    • Cornell: 50.9%

Percent of Undergraduate Student Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity
  1. Black
    • 1985: 4.60%
    • 1995: 4.20%
    • 2005: 4.80%
  2. Hispanic
    • 1985: 3.70%
    • 1995: 6.00%
    • 2005: 5.40%
  3. Asian
    • 1985: 8.30%
    • 1995: 16.80%
    • 2005: 15.90%
  4. Native American
    • 1985: 0.25%
    • 1995: 0.47%
    • 2005: 0.47%
  5. White
    • 1985: 79.24%
    • 1995: 59.53%
    • 2005: 56.57%
  6. International
    • 1985: 3.10%
    • 1995: 5.90%
    • 2005: 7.50%

Percent of Students Who Are Female
  1. Undergraduate:
    • 1985: 45.70%
    • 1995: 47.00%
    • 2005: 50.00%
  2. Graduate:
    • 1985: 34.00%
    • 1995: 38.40%
    • 2005: 41.30%

Percent of Undergraduates Who Receive Pell Grants: Fall 2005
  • Berkeley: 31.51%
  • Columbia: 15.37%
  • Cornell: 14.02%
  • Dartmouth: 13.72%
  • MIT: 13.38%
  • Michigan: 12.77%
  • Stanford: 12.29%
  • Chicago: 11.69%
  • Brown: 10.86%
  • Duke: 9.31%
  • Yale: 9.23%
  • Northwestern: 8.81%
  • Penn: 8.63%
  • Harvard: 7.85%
  • Princeton: 7.71%
  • Virginia: 7.46%

Percent of Freshman Political Views
  1. Far Left
    • Peer Schools: 4.2%
    • Cornell: 5.5%
  2. Liberal
    • Peer Schools: 40.8%
    • Cornell: 40.0%
  3. Middle-of-the-Road
    • Peer Schools: 36.1%
    • Cornell: 37.3%
  4. Conservative
    • Peer Schools: 17.7%
    • Cornell: 15.7%
  5. Far Right
    • Peer Schools: 1.3%
    • Cornell: 1.5%

Percent of Freshman Religious Preference
  1. None
    • Cornell: 29.8%
    • Peer Schools: 25.6%
  2. Jewish
    • Cornell: 16.6%
    • Peer Schools: 15.3%
  3. Catholic
    • Cornell: 20.4%
    • Peer Schools: 20.7%
  4. Named Christian Denomination
    • Cornell: 18.6%
    • Peer Schools: 23.1%
  5. "Other Christian"
    • Cornell: 6.9%
    • Peer Schools: 7.1%
  6. Eastern or "Other Religion"
    • Cornell: 7.8%
    • Peer Schools: 8.3%

Percent of Regular, Full-Time Non-Academic Employees by Race/Ethnicity
  1. Black
    • 1995: 3.00%
    • 2000: 2.90%
    • 2005: 3.10%
  2. Hispanic
    • 1995: 0.90%
    • 2000: 1.00%
    • 2005: 1.40%
  3. Asian
    • 1995: 1.60%
    • 2000: 2.00%
    • 2005: 2.80%
  4. Native American
    • 1995: 0.16%
    • 2000: 0.22%
    • 2005: 0.15%
  5. White
    • 1995: 94.36%
    • 2000: 93.84%
    • 2005: 92.55%

Percent of Regular, Full-Time Non-Academic Employees Who Are Female
  1. Exempt
    • 1995: 49.80%
    • 2000: 52.40%
    • 2005: 51.20%
  2. Non-Exempt
    • 1995: 63.60%
    • 2000: 62.10%
    • 2005: 62.70%

Percent of Faculty by Race/Ethnicity
  1. Black
    • 1995: 2.59%
    • 2000: 3.09%
    • 2005: 3.32%
  2. Hispanic
    • 1995: 1.56%
    • 2000: 2.24%
    • 2005: 2.32%
  3. Asian
    • 1995: 4.93%
    • 2000: 6.51%
    • 2005: 7.40%
  4. Native American
    • 1995: 0.39%
    • 2000: 0.26%
    • 2005: 0.44%
  5. White
    • 1995: 90.50%
    • 2000: 87.90%
    • 2005: 86.50%

Percent of Faculty Who Are Female
  • 1990: 16.00%
  • 1995: 19.30%
  • 2000: 21.80%
  • 2005: 24.90%