
Cornell University's transfer acceptance rate for the application year 2024 is 9.2%, with 7218 applicants and 670 accepted. This rate marks a significant decline from the prior year, 2023, which had a 12.6% acceptance rate with 6581 applicants accepted. Historical trends reveal a consistent decline in acceptance rates over the past four years, dropping from 18.3% in 2020 to 15.7% in 2021, 13.8% in 2022, and now 9.2% in 2024. This downward trend indicates increasing competition among transfer applicants at Cornell.