Fellowship School

What Fellowship School does

The Cornell University Graduate School is a centralized administrative unit within Cornell University, a private Ivy League research university founded in 1865 in Ithaca, New York. It manages graduate and professional education across more than 80 fields of study, serving over 5,000 degree students (approximately 3,400 doctoral students and more than 1,000 professional degree students) with support from nearly 1,800 graduate faculty members. The Graduate School operates through a decentralized field-based structure in which each graduate field sets its own admission requirements and makes independent admission decisions, while centralized administrative functions cover admissions processing, financial support, academic progress tracking, and career development.

The Graduate School's core services include application processing via the CollegeNet ApplyWeb platform, enrollment management through Cornell Student Center, administrative form submission via Dynamic Forms, and financial support administration that delivers fellowships, assistantships, stipends, tuition coverage, and health insurance. Funding packages follow published schedules: Ph.D. tuition is $20,800 per academic year, and 9-month graduate assistantship stipends are $36,684. Cross-disciplinary research is supported by $700 million in annual university-wide research funding and over 100 interdisciplinary research centers, institutes, and laboratories. As a non-revenue-generating academic unit within a nonprofit university, the Graduate School does not sell products or services commercially; rather, it allocates institutional resources to graduate education.

Distribution of graduate education occurs through direct academic admissions, with prospective students applying globally through ApplyWeb and receiving field-based admission decisions. The Graduate School maintains partnerships with Weill Cornell Medical College via the Graduate Linkage program, participates in the IvyPlus Exchange Scholars Program, and is a member of the CIRTL Network of nearly 40 institutions. Marketing and recruitment are conducted through the website, the Office of Access and Recruitment, alumni newsletters, academic events including the Summer Success Symposium and Three Minute Thesis competition, and earned media via Graduate School Stories.

Name

Fellowship School

Legal name

Cornell University Graduate School

Website

https://gradschool.cornell.edu

Company type

Private

Founded year

1865

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

The Cornell University Graduate School is a centralized academic unit within Cornell University that administers graduate and professional education across more than 80 fields of study, serving over 5,000 students with nearly 1,800 faculty. It manages admissions, funding, and academic progress for research and professional degree programs.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Higher Education / Graduate Education

NAICS

Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (6113), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (611310), Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools (61131)

SIC

Services-Educational Services (8200)

akta.pro industry

PRIMARYEDANAEAD

Graduate & Professional School Admissions Counseling (MBA/MD/JD/MS)

Education/Tutoring & Test Preparation/College Admissions Counseling & Application Support

SECONDARYEDAIAJAD

Pre-Master’s / Graduate Pathway Programs

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Overseas Pathway, Foundation & Bridging Programs

SECONDARYEDAIAOAJ

Research Grants, Fellowships & Stipends (International)

Education/International Education & Study Abroad/Scholarships, Funding & Financial Aid for International Study

Keywords

• Graduate education
• Doctoral programs
• Research university
• Graduate admissions
• Financial fellowships

Headquarters

HQ city

Ithaca, NY

HQ country

United States

HQ region

North America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Technology or R&D, Marketing or Sales, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Tuition Revenue: Ph.D. tuition is $20,800 per academic year or $10,400 per semester. Tuition varies by field and degree program. Research degrees (M.S., M.A., and Ph.D.) are assessed different tuition rates than professional degrees.
2. Research Funding: Cornell receives $700 million in research funding annually, supporting graduate research activities and opportunities.
3. Fellowships and Assistantships: Ninety-nine percent of Ph.D. students receive full funding through competitive fellowships and research/teaching assistantships. Funding packages include tuition, fees, health insurance, and living stipend.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

Fellowship School, as represented in the source data, corresponds to the Cornell University Graduate School, a centralized academic unit that manages graduate and professional education across more than 80 fields of study. The school processes graduate admissions applications, administers financial support (fellowships, assistantships, tuition coverage, stipends, and health insurance), tracks academic progress through special committees, and delivers career development and inclusion programs for over 5,000 graduate and professional students. It operates as part of Cornell University, a private Ivy League research university located in Ithaca, New York.

Product overview

Cornell University Graduate School is a centralized administrative unit managing graduate and professional education across the university. It operates through a decentralized field-based structure where more than 80 graduate fields (composed of faculty from multiple departments) offer research and professional degrees. The core service offerings span admissions processing, academic progress tracking, financial support administration (fellowships, assistantships, stipends), career development (Pathways to Success), inclusion initiatives (OISE), student life programs (Big Red Barn), and thesis/dissertation services. The Graduate School coordinates with university systems including ApplyWeb for applications, Cornell Student Center for enrollment, and Dynamic Forms for administrative submissions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Big Red Barn Graduate and Professional Student Center: A student center located in the heart of campus, an old carriage house turned student center surrounded by lawns and gardens.

Products and services

• Graduate Degree Programs

Quantifiable outcome

• 99% of Ph.D. students are fully funded to pursue their degrees
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers2 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Three partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Weill Cornell Medical CollegecoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerGraduate Linkage program connects graduate students at Cornell's Ithaca campus with Weill Cornell Medical College (WCMC) and Graduate School of Medical Sciences (WCGSMS), enabling students to move between different campuses.
• IvyPlus Exchange Scholars ProgramminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerExchange program allowing graduate students to visit other institutions. Applications processed through Yale for participating IvyPlus institutions.
• CIRTL NetworkcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCornell is a member of the CIRTL Network of nearly 40 institutions nationwide, providing graduate students and postdocs preparation for academic careers through Future Faculty and Academic Careers programs.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• MIT Graduate School: MIT's central graduate school offering Ph.D. and master's programs. Comparable top-tier research institution with similar STEM-heavy research profile and full Ph.D. funding support model.
• UC Berkeley Graduate Division: Berkeley's central graduate unit administering admissions and policy across Ph.D. and master's programs. Comparable top-tier research university graduate unit, though larger scale and public-institution funding model.
• Yale Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Yale's central graduate school offering Ph.D. and master's programs. Directly comparable: Ivy League peer, similarly structured field-based admissions, full Ph.D. funding model, and co-founder of the Bouchet Honor Society referenced in Cornell's awards.
• Princeton Graduate School: Princeton's centralized graduate school offering master's and Ph.D. programs. Directly comparable Ivy League peer with full funding guarantee for all admitted Ph.D. students — nearly identical value proposition to Cornell Graduate School.
• Columbia Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Columbia's central graduate school offering Ph.D., M.A., and M.S. programs. Comparable Ivy League peer with similar broad research portfolio, centralized admissions, and cross-disciplinary structure.
• Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences: Harvard's central graduate school administering Ph.D. and master's programs across Arts and Sciences. Closest peer to Cornell Graduate School — same Ivy League positioning, similarly decentralized field-based admissions, comparable fellowship funding model, and cross-departmental research structure.
• University of Pennsylvania Graduate School: Penn's central graduate school administering master's and doctoral programs. Comparable Ivy League peer with similar mixed research/professional portfolio and centralized graduate administration.
• Stanford Graduate School (VPGE): Stanford's Vice Provost for Graduate Education administers central graduate policy and funding. Closely comparable top-tier research university graduate unit with similar cross-disciplinary research ethos and large research endowment support.

Broad incumbents

• Johns Hopkins Graduate School: Johns Hopkins' central graduate school with comparable research-intensive Ph.D. portfolio and full funding model. Directly comparable in research-output emphasis and cross-school collaboration model.
• University of Michigan Rackham Graduate School: Large public research university's central graduate school. Comparable centralized graduate administration, fellowship/assistantship funding model, and interdisciplinary field structure, though broader scale and public funding base differentiate it.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/cornell.oise
• Instagraminstagram.com/cornellgradoise
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/fellowship-school

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