The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

New York, NY · Private (nonprofit)
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Acceptance rate
20.7%
SAT · 50th
6-yr grad
81.1%
Retention 91.9%
Undergrads
842
8:1 S-F
Admissions
20.7%
— admitted
from — apps
Overall admit rate20.7%
Test scores
SAT composite · 50th %ile
SAT
255075
R&W653700748
Math642698753
Comp
ACT
255075
Comp283134
Cost & aid
$46,820
tuition (full-time)
Tuition$46,820
Room & board$19,090
Books$1,800
Academics
8 : 1
student-faculty ratio
91.9% retention
Student-faculty8 : 1
Retention91.9%
4-year graduation52.1%
6-year graduation81.1%
Enrollment
842
undergraduates
Total undergraduates842
Female53%
Pell recipients (freshmen)27.9%
Rankings
no rankings on file
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Classifications & designations
Private (nonprofit) college
Institutional control
211 member schools
SourceGroupMembers
Institutional controlPrivate (nonprofit) college211
Geographic groupingNew York colleges40
Groups derived from CDS + IPEDS fields. Curated national memberships (AAU, HBCU, Common App, etc.) being added — see task queue.
Application timeline & requirements
no application-fee data
Main websitehttps://www.cooper.edu/
Deadlines and requirements from the school's Common Data Set §C3–C6 (Deadlines & Notification, ED/EA, HS Coursework).
Peers by the numbers
Carnegie Mellon Un…
closest algorithmic match
across selectivity, size, profile
SchoolAdmitSATSize
Carnegie Mellon University PA · Private (nonprofit)11.1%15407K
Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA · Private (nonprofit)4.6%15504K
Stevens Institute of Technology NJ · Private (nonprofit)50.7%14204K
New York University NY · Private (nonprofit)9.1%152029K
Peer set computed algorithmically from CDS metrics (admit rate, SAT/ACT band, size) plus IPEDS classification. Not measured cross-application behavior.