Multicultural Students at Cornell University
Cornell's students have only one common denominator: intellectual curiosity. Beyond that, we celebrate differences and remain committed to the egalitarian vision of our founder, Ezra Cornell, who established "an institution where any person can find instruction in any study."
Currently, more than a quarter (28 percent) of our undergraduates are African American, Asian American, Latino, and Native American students, or from multi-racial backgrounds. International students from some 120 countries make up another 8 percent of the total student population.
Included in the more than 800 clubs and organizations open to all Cornell students are hundreds sponsored by the African American, Asian American, Latino, Native American, and international student communities on campus. In addition, Cornell's Office of Minority Educational Affairs provides counseling, campuswide advocacy, leadership training, a prefreshman summer program, work-study and internship referrals, and more.
Check out the links below for more information.
- Affirmative Action (Cornell President's Statement)
- African Development, Institute for
- Africana Studies and Research Center
- American Indian Program
- Asian American Studies
- Asian Studies
- Diversity and Inclusiveness
- East Asia Program
- Higher Education Opportunity Program (HEOP)/Educational Opportunity Program (EOP)/Collegiate Science and Technology Entry Program (CSTEP)
- Latin American Studies
- Latino Studies
- Minority Educational Affairs, Office of
- Multicultural Student Programs in Cornell's undergraduate colleges:
- Agriculture and Life Sciences
- Architecture, Art, and Planning Office for Diversity and Inclusiveness
- Engineering Diversity
- Human Ecology
- Near Eastern Studies
- South Asia Program
- Southeast Asia Program
