After you submit your enrollment deposit and receive your Cornell NetID, you can sign up for housing through the Housing Portal. The deadline is Thursday, May 15, 2026. More information will be coming from our Housing Office, so please be sure to check your email. Housing is guaranteed for first-year students.

Cornell is approximately a four-hour drive from New York City (in light traffic). The campus is located in Ithaca, New York, in the heart of the beautiful Finger Lakes region of New York state. Cornell is about an hour north of Binghamton, an hour south of Syracuse, and three hours from Niagara Falls. For students who want to experience New York City, there are daily Wi-Fi equipped campus-to-campus (C2C) bus trips to and from Cornell and NYC.

Cornell’s 2,300 acre campus is located in Ithaca, New York, a vibrant college town in the Finger Lakes region of central New York State. Situated at the southern end of 38-mile long Cayuga Lake, Ithaca is home to a wide array of bookstores, shops, restaurants, and cultural activities (even professional opera and ballet companies). On campus, you’ll find academic buildings and residence halls, libraries and eateries, research labs and facilities. The buildings reflect a storied past and progressive future.