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Cornell University Cornell University College of Arts and Sciences Cornell University

College of Arts and Sciences, Liberal Arts at Cornell University

Liberal Arts at Cornell

The College of Arts and Sciences by the Numbers

  • Undergraduates: 4,100
  • Graduate Students: 1,500
  • Full-time faculty: 600
  • Professorial faculty teaching undergraduates: 100%
  • Professorial faculty advising undergraduates: 100%
  • Undergraduate students each faculty member advises(average): 12
  • Advising deans in the college's advising office: 12
  • Undergraduate Arts & Sciences courses offered each year: 2,200 (over half the courses taught at Cornell)

Courses

Arts and Sciences students also enjoy access to more than 2,000 courses in the six professional and applied colleges at Cornell.

New courses added each year: 250
Courses are offered in over 40 languages

Contact the College

Cornell University
147 Goldwin Smith Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853 -3201

Questions about admissions:

as_admissions@cornell.edu

607-255-4833 or 607-255-5004

Questions for advisors:

as_advising-mailbox@cornell.edu

607-255-4833 or 607-255-5004

For me personally the most fun will be hearing the complete works of Bach played on an instrument that I have never heard before, a type of instrument that you just do not encounter. This is not the organ of your corner church or of any corner church anywhere nearby.

Peter Lepage
Harold Tanner Dean of
the College of Arts and Sciences
McGraw

McGraw Hall on the Arts Quad