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Cornell College is one of the nation’ s finest and most distinctive liberal arts colleges. Providing focus and flexibility through its One-Course-At-A-Time block plan, Cornell offers one extraordinary opportunity after another, in the classroom, on campus, and in the world. Located in the historic town of Mount Vernon, Iowa, Cornell was founded in 1853 and today is an active an diverse residential community of nearly 1,200 students.

LOCATION: Ideal, wooded hilltop setting is one of only two campuses in the country listed entirely on the National Register of Historic Places. There are 42 buildings on 129 acres. Cole Library is also the Mount Vernon public/ library, making it one of only two such libraries in the country. Mount Vernon, Iowa (pop. 4,171), featuring three National Historic Districts, a vibrant uptown business community, and easy accessibility to entertainment, culture, and shopping in Cedar Rapids (15 minutes) and Iowa City (20 minutes). Twenty minutes to the Eastern Iowa Airport. Four hours from Chicago, Minneapolis and St. Louis.

ENROLLMENT: 1,121 men and women from 46 states and 21 foreign countries. Eighty-eight percent live on campus. Thirty-one percent are from Iowa, with Illinois, Minnesota, Colorado, and Wisconsin filling out the top five.

INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETICS: Member Iowa Intercollegiate Athletics Conference, an NCAA Division III conference. There are 19 Division III varsity sports offered. Cornell ranks among the top 15 among Division III schools with 25 NCAA Postgraduate Scholars, a scholarship for academic and athletic achievement. The Cornell/Coe football rivalry is the oldest west of the Mississippi River.

ACADEMIC STRUCTURE: Undergraduate liberal arts college with One-Course-At-A-Time calendar. More than 40 academic majors and pre-professional programs and an individualized major students design to meet specific goals and interests.

ONE-COURSE-AT-A-TIME: Since 1978, students study a single subject fo a 3 1/2-week term. There are nine terms each year with approximately 60 courses offered each term. One-Course-At-A-Time offers focus and flexibility opening a rich array of opportunities including international and domestic off-campus programs, internships, daylong field trips, and lectures followed by labs in the same day. Four-day breaks between terms provide extended opportunities for social, cultural, and recreational programs. Most classes capped at 25 students or less; average size is 17. Faculty-student ratio is 1:11. Because our classes are small, Cornell faculty form a special bond with students. Just as students are taking only one course, faculty members are teaching only one course and one group of students at a time. There are 76 tenure-track faculty and 97 percent hold the highest degree awarded in their fields. Students can work with faculty members on research Approximately 92 percent of the Class of 2006 graduated in four years or less; almost two-thirds had a double major or a major and a minor.

ACADEMIC EXCELLENCE: Cornell ranks in the top 7 percent of the nation's 3,600 colleges and universities by the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching. U.S. News & World Report ranked Cornell College among the top 115 colleges in the category of "Best Liberal Arts Colleges" for 2006. Former New York Times education editor Loren Pope also featured Cornell as one of 40 institutions in his book Colleges That Change Lives. Cornell was named by the New York Times in 2006 as one o 20 colleges that “stress undergraduate teaching, have established or rising scholarship” and are good alternatives to popular brand-name universities. The 20 “stealth powerhouses” were chosen with the help of higher education experts and counselors from among the more than 2,500 four-year colleges and universities in the United States. The Princeton Review chose Cornell College for inclusion in its publications The Best 361 Colleges and American’s Best Value Colleges.