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Honoring Peter Cooper’s belief that education be accessible to all, our mission is to ensure that no student is deterred from attending The Cooper Union based on their financial circumstances.

We offer generous financial aid and scholarship support to all admitted undergraduate, full-time students—awarding students a half-tuition scholarship valued at $22,275. Students may also receive additional merit awards and financial aid based on eligibility. The Master of Science in Architecture program offers a merit scholarship valued at approximately 35% of the base tuition.

The Cooper Union is recognized as one of the most affordable colleges in the country, receiving top rankings in US News, Money Magazine, and The Princeton Review. 

To learn more about financial aid at Cooper: 

Apply and file your Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) today! The Cooper Union code is 002710. Downloadable affordability and financial aid one-sheeter. 

 

  • Founded by inventor, industrialist and philanthropist Peter Cooper in 1859, The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art offers education in art, architecture and engineering, as well as courses in the humanities and social sciences.

  • “My feelings, my desires, my hopes, embrace humanity throughout the world,” Peter Cooper proclaimed in a speech in 1853. He looked forward to a time when, “knowledge shall cover the earth as waters cover the great deep.”

  • From its beginnings, Cooper Union was a unique institution, dedicated to founder Peter Cooper's proposition that education is the key not only to personal prosperity but to civic virtue and harmony.

  • Peter Cooper wanted his graduates to acquire the technical mastery and entrepreneurial skills, enrich their intellects and spark their creativity, and develop a sense of social justice that would translate into action.