Population
23263
Students
9870
Employees
Financials
| $986M | Payroll |
| $221M | Student spending |
| $75M | Visitor spending |
| $178M | Purchasing in Tompkins County and adjacent counties (by location of vendor). |
| $53M | Construction spending in Tompkins County and adjacent counties (by location of prime contractor). |
| $7.93M | Local contributions to governments, Ithaca City School District, non-profit organizations, and public transit support. |
| $3.6M | Property taxes generated (school taxes $2.3 million, municipal taxes $1.3 million). Taxes paid on Cornell-related properties rank third in Tompkins County. |
| $3.5M | Municipal fees (water, sewer, storm water $2.5 million; other $1 million). Cornell operates its own water system for most of the campus and serves as a backup to municipal water systems. |
| $334M | External federal, state and corporate research funding spent locally. |
| $750K | Cornell United Way’s share of countywide campaign (40%), and Cornell goal ($750,000). |
| $22M | Venture capital raised in 2018 by the companies of Rev: Ithaca Startup Works, founded by Cornell (with Ithaca College and Tompkins Cortland Community College). Rev companies created 81 new local jobs in 2018. |
| $13.9M | Venture capital and investments raised by Cornell’s McGovern Family Center for Venture Development’s Ithaca-based clients in 2018. These companies have created 17 new local jobs in 2018. |
NOTE: Numbers for students, employees, and payroll are for Cornell’s Ithaca Campus only. Download PDF version