Cornell University

Cornell University is a unique private Ivy League institution that also functions as the land-grant university for New York State. This blend gives it both elite private schools (e.g., Arts & Sciences, Engineering) and state-funded statutory colleges (e.g., Agriculture, Human Ecology, Industrial and Labor Relations). It is world-famous for its College of Agriculture and Life Sciences and the School of Hotel Administration. It targets a wide range of students, from theoretical physicists to future farmers.

Tuition varies between private and statutory colleges. Cornell scores well for its distinctive public-private hybrid model, its strength in applied fields, its stunning rural campus in Ithaca, and the breadth of its practical and theoretical offerings.