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Jan. 23, 2006
Cornell trustees approve plan for 4.8 percent endowed tuition increase

At its meetings in New York City, Friday, Jan. 20, and in Ithaca, Saturday, Jan. 21, the Cornell University Board of Trustees approved a set of planning parameters for the 2006-07 budget that calls for a 4.8 percent tuition increase for most students in the endowed colleges. The 4.8 percent increase sets tuition for Cornell's endowed undergraduate and Graduate School students at $32,800 for the 2006-07 academic year. Currently the tuition is $31,300.

The approved planning parameters also call for increases for the 2006-07 academic year for undergraduate students enrolled in the contract colleges: a 5 percent increase for New York state residents, to $18,060; a 5 percent increase for nonresident first-year through third-year students, to $31,700; and a 5.2 percent increase for nonresident fourth-year students, to $30,500. Consultation with the State University of New York trustees will take place before these tuitions are finalized.

Ithaca campus professional school tuition and other fees for 2006-07 approved by the trustees are:

  • Johnson Graduate School of Management: Tuition was increased by 6.7 percent to $38,000. Summer tuition for the 12-month option was increased by 7.9 percent to $23,800.
  • Cornell Law School: Tuition for entering students was increased by 7.5 percent to $40,580. For continuing students, tuition increased 7.1 percent to $39,640 for second-year students and $38,850 for third-year students. For the one-year LL.M. program, tuition was increased by 7.5 percent to $42,500.
  • Veterinary Medicine: Tuition for resident students was increased by 4.5 percent to $23,000. Tuition for nonresident students was increased by 4.8 percent to $33,000.
  • Undergraduate student activity fees increased by 8.4 percent to $181, as recommended by the Student Assembly.
  • Graduate and professional student activity fees increased by 12.9 percent to $70, as recommended by the Graduate and Professional Student Assembly.
  • Undergraduate housing rates (double room average) were increased by 5.1 percent to an average of $6,390.
  • The full-plan dining contract was increased by 4 percent to $4,336.

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