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The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
Small, highly selective college in the East Village with schools of art, architecture, and engineering, where every undergraduate gets at least a half-tuition scholarship.
- Admit rate
- 20.7%
- Selective
- SAT middle 50%
- 1300–1500
- of admitted students
- Avg. net price
- $13,269
- per year, after grants
- Average GPA
- 3.82
- unweighted
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Half of admitted students scored between 1300 and 1500.
Popular majors
- Fine Arts (School of Art)Arts, Design & MediaHighly regarded
- Architecture (Irwin S. Chanin School)Arts, Design & MediaHighly regarded
- Mechanical, Electrical & Chemical EngineeringEngineering & TechWell regarded
- Civil EngineeringEngineering & TechWell regarded
Highlights
- Every admitted undergraduate receives at least a half-tuition scholarship
- Schools of Art, Architecture, and Engineering at Cooper Square in Manhattan's East Village
- Abraham Lincoln gave his 1860 Cooper Union Address in its Great Hall
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