Higher Ed

Cornell University is an Ivy League university in Ithaca, N.Y. Ezra Cornell and Andrew Dickson White founded Cornell in 1865 with the idea of the school being open to all students regardless of sex, race, religion, nationality or ability to pay. Cornell is the federal land-grant institution of the state of New York State, a private endowed university, a member of the Ivy League (or Ancient Eight) and a partner of the State University of New York.

Located in Mount Vernon, Iowa, Cornell College was founded in 1853.

Stonehill College enrolls approximately 2,300 students on a 375-acre campus 22 miles south of Boston in Easton, Mass. The Catholic college offers more than 80 majors and minors in the liberal arts, sciences and business. Stonehill’s student-faculty ratio is 13:1.

Located in Jackson, Miss., Jackson State University was founded in 1877 by The American Baptist Home Mission Society of New York and has 9,802 students.