The Cooper Union

RANKING

Cooper Union is consistently ranked the #1 and #2 U.S. college by U.S. New and World Report competing with Brown University for top place.  It is considered one of the hardest colleges to get accepted to in the U.S. with an acceptance rate ranging from 2-5%. Niche.com ranks it the #5 best college in the U.S.

 

HISTORY

The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art is a private college at Cooper Square on the border of the East Village neighborhood of Manhattan, New York City. Inspired in 1830 when Peter Cooper learned about the government-supported École Polytechnique in France, Cooper Union was established in 1859.  The school was built on a radical new model of American higher education based on founder Peter Cooper’s fundamental belief that an education “equal to the best technology schools established” should be accessible to those who qualify, independent of their race, religion, sex, wealth or social status, and should be “open and free to all.”

 

MAJOR

Mechanical Engineering

 

SECONDARY FOCUS

Digital and Fine Art

GPA

3.4

TUITION

Full scholarship

DISTINCTION

Dean’s List

ORGANIZATIONS

Tau Delta Phi