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Cornell College
600 First St. SW
Mount Vernon, IA 52314-1098		 General information
 (319) 895-4000

Type of institution: Private not-for-profit, 4-year or above
Federal Aid: Institution has a Program Participation Agreement with the US Department of Education for eligible students to receive Pell Grants and other federal aid.
Degrees offered: Bachelor degrees
Carnegie classification: Baccalaureate Colleges--Arts & Sciences
Number of students: 1,083 (2007)
2009-2008 Undergraduate application fee:$ 30

About this School
:''This article is about the liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. For the unaffiliated university in Ithaca, New York, see Cornell University. Cornell College is a 1,200-student Liberal arts college in Mount Vernon, Iowa. Originally called the Iowa Conference Seminary, the school was founded in 1853 by Reverend George Bryant Bowman. Two years later, in 1855, the name was changed to Cornell College, in honor of iron tycoon William Wesley Cornell. (William Wesley Cornell was a distant relative of Ezra Cornell, who later founded Cornell University in Ithaca, New York in 1865.) From the very beginning, Cornell has accepted women into all degree programs. In 1858, Cornell was the first college west of the Mississippi to grant a baccalaureate degree to a woman. Mary Fellows, a member of the first graduating class from Cornell College, received a bachelor's degree in mathematics. In 1871, Harriette J. Cooke became the first female college professor in the United States to become a full professor with a salary equal to that of her male colleagues. Cornell College is listed as one of the Princeton Review's Best 357 Colleges. Cornell students study one course at a time (abbreviated to "OCAAT" or "the block plan"). Since 1978, school years have been divided into nine "blocks" of three-and-a-half weeks each (each followed by a four-day "block break" to round out to four weeks), during which students are enrolled in a single class; what would normally be covered in a full semester's worth of class at a typical university is covered in just seventeen-and-one-half Cornell class days. Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado, and Tusculum College in Tusculum, Tennessee, are the only other colleges operating under this academic calendar.
 
Academic year prices for full-time, first-time undergraduate students
Tuition and Fees2009-20082008-20072007-2006
In-State$ 27,850$ 26,280$ 24,800
Out of State$ 27,850$ 26,280$ 24,800
Books and Supplies$ 750$ 720$ 720
On-Campus
Room and board$ 7,220$ 6,970$ 6,660
Other Expenses$ 1,440$ 1,270$ 1,560
Off Campus
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Off Campus w/ family
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Financial aid 2006-2007

Financial aid to full-time, first-time undergraduate students

Type of AidPercentage of students receiving aidAverage amount of aid they received
Federal Grants (scholarship/fellowship) 23% $ 4,038
State/Local grants (scholarship/fellowship) 21% $ 4,038
Institutional grants (scholarship/fellowship) 73% $ 14,792
Loans to students 71% $ 3,890
 
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