Financial Aid, Tailored to Your Family’s Need
Our founding principles—“to do the greatest good” and “… any person … any study”—underpin Cornell University’s commitments to undergraduate financial aid. Cornell students come from culturally, geographically, and socio-economically diverse backgrounds and our financial aid programs are designed to ensure Cornell is accessible to all at an affordable cost.
Work-study is a need-based, “self-help” financial aid program that enables eligible students to work part-time to meet a portion of their educational costs. All eligible undergraduate aid applicants with demonstrated need are offered work-study funds—typically $5,000 per academic year—and Cornell offers a wide variety of part-time jobs, both on and off-campus. Work-study funds are earned through hourly student employment positions and paid via university payroll.
Please review the International Scholar Award terms and frequently asked questions. Items are explained in the order they appear in your financial aid offer.
Estimated Cost of Attendance
Represents the estimated total cost to attend Cornell for one academic year. The cost of attendance includes expenses that are billed, such as tuition, mandatory fees, housing, dining, and health insurance. It also includes out of pocket expenses we know students will incur, such as books and supplies, transportation and personal and miscellaneous.
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Undergraduate Students
2025-2026 Non-Tax Filer’s Statement
2026-2027 Non-Tax Filer's Statement
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The Request for Undergraduate Student Support (RUSS) process is used to provide unit or department funds to enrolled undergraduate degree candidates to support course- or enrollment-related expenses that are or could be included in the student’s financial aid cost of attendance (COA).
Cornell’s Office of Financial Aid and Student Employment will provide grant support to students who face extenuating financial challenges filing the application renewal fee according to the procedures of the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS).
Cornell has made the commitment to students who demonstrate financial need of meeting that need with one or more financial aid components. Each aid application is carefully reviewed and a specific aid package is designed to meet your need.