Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA
Cornell College admitted 2,015 of 2,522 applicants for the fall 2024 entering class (79.9%).
Every figure on this page is published by the college or a federal survey, and carries the source it came from. They describe the fall 2024 entering class, a read on the school, not a prediction about any one applicant.
What stands out at Cornell College
Three things Cornell College published, ranked by how much each could change what you actually do, not by how impressive it looks. Every one describes a class that has already enrolled.
Cornell College reports that test scores are not considered at all.
That is the school’s own answer on the form it fills in every year. A score you send is not read as part of the decision here.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
The admit rate rose from 61% to 81% over 5 years.
Both ends are measured rates from the federal survey, for classes that have already enrolled: a rate that moved, not a forecast.
Source: the federal IPEDS survey, over 5 years
8% of the enrolled class sent an SAT.
The SAT band on this page describes that share of the class, not all of it. Another 17% sent an ACT.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Every figure, in full
The same measured fields on every one of these pages. Nothing is filled in where the school published nothing.
Acceptance rate
79.9%
2,015 admitted of 2,522 applicants
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
SAT, middle 50%
1130–1260
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
ACT, middle 50%
23–30
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Average GPA of admitted students
3.60
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an SAT
8%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Enrolled students who sent an ACT
17%
Counted per test: a student may send both.
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Where do you actually stand at Cornell College?
The figures above describe a class that already enrolled. GoodGoblin reads them against your own transcript, scores and activities, then builds the balanced list, the essay plan and the deadline calendar around what it finds.
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How the rate has moved
Two measured admit rates from the federal survey, the years apart it reports them. A rate that moved, not a forecast.
Over 5 years the admit rate rose from 61% to 81%.
What Cornell College says it weighs
The school's own words, from the form it fills in every year. Ranked as it ranks them.
- GPAvery important
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Essayimportant
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Course rigorconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Recommendationsconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
- Class rankconsidered
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
Not considered
- Test scores
Source: their Common Data Set, fall 2024
What students actually pay
Net price after grants and scholarships: not the sticker price.
Average net price: $23,634 a year.
- Family income under $30k
- $16,409
- $30k–$48k
- $18,513
- $48k–$75k
- $20,177
- $75k–$110k
- $22,944
- Over $110k
- $29,298
Source: the College Scorecard
Essays on this application
1 essay prompt on the application: 1 optional.
Published deadlines
Each date is read from the college's own materials and re-checked on a schedule.
- Regular DecisionMay 1, 2027
Verified July 11, 2026 · Source
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