What Is Each Ivy League U Known For?

monydad
Thu, 29 Jul 2010 12:43:21 +0000

Cornell is known for the diversity of its offerings ,the variety of the fields represented within its seven undergraduate colleges, graduate & professional schools. It is New York State’s land grant college, and offers study in a number of specialized and applied fields, above and beyond the traditional liberal arts disciplines, that are not represented at these other universities. Only 1/3 of its undergads are matriculated in its College of Arts & Sciences, whereas such students range from most to all at these other universities. Three of its undergrad colleges (and the vet school) receive significant funding from New York State, and in-state students at these colleges receive subsidized tuition. It has the largest undergrad student body of this set of universities.

Some of its stronger particular programs include: sciences and engineering, various areas of the humanities, such as english, literature, languages and creative writing; architecture, landscape architecture, veterinary medicine, agriculture, human development, labor relations, and hotel administration. The sciences are strong generally, some noteworthy particular sub-areas include : physics, chemistry, astronomy, applied & engineering physics, materials science, operations research, computer science, nanotechnology, statistics, ecology & evolutionary biology. The undergraduate business program, and masters financial engineering program, have raised their profiles significantly in recent years.