Cornell University The Johnson School at Cornell University

At the Johnson School admissions decisions are made independently of an applicant's financial situation. We work in partnership with our applicants and students to find the most beneficial mixture of funding options available to help cover their educationally related costs without compromising institutional, professional, or legal standards. Obtaining an MBA is a big investment in time, effort, and money. Most of you will have to make significant adjustments in your lifestyle to accommodate the cost of school and the decrease in personal income. We ask students to take on the primary responsibility for covering educational costs and to use savings, income from work and other resource at their disposal to help cover such costs.
If you are applying to the Executive or Cornell-Queen's Executive MBA program , please visit the Executive MBA Tuition and Aid web page.
See the Roy H. Park Leadership Fellows Program web pages for information about that fellowship.

Specifics
A substantial percentage of our students receive partial scholarship awards.

  • Awards range from $5,000 to about $42,000
  • Only one or two full-tuition scholarships are awarded each year
  • With the exception of the Park Fellowship program, scholarships in excess of tuition are never awarded
  • To be considered for merit-based scholarships, you must complete an admissions application by January 9, 2008.
  • There is no scholarship application required but you must indicate on the admissions application that you wish to be considered for scholarship
  • Decisions on scholarship recipients are made only after an offer of admission is made
  • Johnson School scholarships are awarded based on merit regardless of citizenship

International Students
International students have several options available if they wish to borrow to help meet their educational costs. The Johnson School has partnered with Citibank to offer its international students up to full tuition in loan funds and requires no cosigner. The Access Group also offers a signature loan to international students with a three-year credit history in the United States.