Cooper Union — All Rankings Are Wrong

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Basic Information

Type Private

Geographical Reach National

Location New York, NY

Population 14,000,000

Website https://www.cooper.edu/

Weather

Comfortable Days 105 (50%)

Sunshine Hours 2,535 (41%)

Days Without Precipitation 243 (42%)

Demographics

Total Undergraduates 845

Men / Women 47% / 53%

From State 52%

From Region 12%

Racial/Ethnic

Asian 31%

White 28%

Hispanic 13%

International 11%

Mixed 7%

Black 6%

Native American 0%

Men in the Entering Class

Men

Entering Class by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of the full-time first-time degree-seeking cohort. Groups IPEDS reports separately — two or more races, and race unknown — are left out, so the lines don't sum to 100%.

Enrolled Undergraduates by Race & Ethnicity

Native Asian Black Hispanic White International

Share of all full-time degree-seeking undergraduates, not just the entering class. Same excluded groups as above.

IPEDS Admissions (2011–2024), Graduation Rates (2011–2024) and 12-month Enrollment (2020–2025) surveys. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Schools & Majors

⇅	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art	209	50% / 50%	10%	$75,542	79	91%
Chemical Engineering	25 —	72% / 28%	8%	$91,516	92	97%
Civil Engineering	28 —	54% / 46%	0%	$99,075	95	97%
Electrical Engineering	33 —	70% / 30%	12%	$127,028	99	100%
General Engineering	10 —	60% / 40%	10%	$93,023	93	—
Mechanical Engineering	26 —	54% / 46%	12%	$93,524	93	—
Architecture	25 —	44% / 56%	20%	$66,167	65	—
Studio Art	62 —	29% / 71%	10%	$24,492	1	82%

Financial

Tuition & Fees $50,096

ROI Percentile 79th

Retention & Graduation

Full-Time Retention 92%

4-Year Graduation Rate 52%

6-Year Graduation Rate 81%

Transfer-Out Rate 0%

Six-Year Graduation Rate

Graduated

Students finishing within 150% of normal time. Each year labels the cohort that entered six years earlier — 2024 tracks the class that started in 2018.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Gender

Men Women

IPEDS reports the cohort as men and women only.

Six-Year Graduation Rate by Race & Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic White International

Each group's completers over its own share of the entering cohort. Groups making up less than 2% of everyone this college graduated over the period are left off — their rates swing on a handful of students and read as noise.

IPEDS Graduation Rates survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Earnings by Major Category

Each major category's degree-weighted estimated median 5-year earnings at this college, expressed as a z-score against the national degree-weighted distribution for that category. 0 is the national average. The shaded band between +1.28 and −1.28 marks the central 80% of the national distribution (10th–90th percentile).

Academics

⇅		%	Degrees	Male/Female	Intl	Earnings	ROI	Employment
Engineering		58.4%	122	62% / 38%	8%	$103,408	97	98%
Arts		41.6%	87	33% / 67%	13%	$36,468	4	82%

Admissions

Uses Common App Yes

Acceptance Rate 12%

Yield (Unbound) 42%

Early Decision 1 Nov 1

Early Action Nov 1

Regular Decision Jan 1

Acceptance Rates

	In-State	Out-of-State	International
Regular Decision	11%	11%	11%
Early Decision	29%	29%	29%

Early Action and Restrictive Early Action applicants are reported at the regular-decision rate.

Acceptance & Yield

Acceptance Yield

Applicants, Admitted & Enrolled

Applicants Admitted Enrolled

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line.

Standardized Tests

Test Policy optional

Submitted Test Scores 39%

SAT Range 1290 – 1500

SAT Math Range 640 – 750

SAT RW Range 650 – 740

SAT Composite

25th 75th

SAT Math

25th 75th

SAT Reading & Writing

25th 75th

Submitting a Test Score

Submitted

IPEDS Admissions survey, 2011–2024. Years a college didn't file leave a gap in the line. Test-score submission adds SAT and ACT submitters, capped at 100% — a student can send both.