Consumer Information for Students

As a condition of awarding and disbursing Title IV federal student aid funds to students, the Higher Education Act of 1965 (HEA), as amended, and other statutes, requires postsecondary educational institutions to report and disclose certain consumer information to prospective and current students and employees. These notification and disclosure requirements cover a wide range of concerns.

The Cooper Union makes comprehensive information on the cost of attendance, the graduation rates of admitted students, and the faculty of the institution available to students.  

Financial Aid 

Federal Direct Loan counseling materials, disbursement notifications, College Financing Plan, Net Price Calculator, preferred lender list and disclosures, lending code of conduct; code of conduct; student rights and responsibilities; Satisfactory Academic Progress, SAP.

•    Cost of Attendance
•    Cost of Attendance Glossary
•    Eligibility and Satisfactory Academic Progress (SAP)
•    Federal Loan Lending Code of Conduct
•    Federal Student Aid Consumer Disclosures 
•    Financial Aid Appeals
•    Financial Aid Code of Conduct
•    Frequently Asked Questions
•    Grants, Loans, Preferred Lenders, and Outside Scholarships
•    Half Tuition Scholarship and Withdrawal Policy
•    Military & Veteran Student and Dependent Information
•    Net Price Calculator
•    Payment Plans
•    Payment Plan Schedules
•    Satisfactory Academic Progress, SAP 

Admission

Link to Degree Program Plan, completion and graduation rates.

•    SoArch Program Plan - Architecture
•    SoArt Program Plan - Art
•    SoE Program Plan – Engineering:
            •    Chemical Engineering
            •    Civil Engineering
            •    Computer Science 
            •    Electrical Engineering
            •    Mechanical Engineering   
•    Students Need to Know Data; including Completion and Graduation Rates 

Affordability

Tools include: Net Price Calculator, Affordability and Financial Aid One Sheeter

•    Net price Calculator
•    Affordability and Financial Aid One Sheeter
•    Tuition, Fees, and Refunds 

Campus Security 

Crime log, annual security report (Clery).

•    Campus Safety, Security and Fire Safety Report

Registrar's Office

Official withdrawal procedures, Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA), Accrediting Bodies, completion and graduation rates, catalog, copyright infringement.

•    Cooper Union Withdrawal Procedures
•    Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, FERPA 
•    Accrediting Bodies:  
            •    MSCHE is Cooper Union’s Regional Accreditor
            •    Program Specific Accreditors – Engineering (ABET) and Architecture (NAAB) 
•    Completion and Graduation Rates as well as  
•    Need to Know Data  
•    Catalog    

Billing and Student Accounts

Tier 1 (T1) and Tier 2 (T2) arrangement disclosures, refund policies.

•   Arrangement Disclosures
•   Refund Policy (see Withdrawal Refund Policy) 

Information Technology

Copyright Infringement and Acceptable Use.

•   Copyright Infringement – See “About” for penalties for copyright infringement 

Human Resources 

Drug and alcohol abuse prevention program, Drug-Free Workplace statement.

•   Cooper Union Policy on Alcohol & Illegal Drugs – Drug Free Workplace  
•   Code of Conduct, part 2 Category A – Student Affairs 

Student Affairs 

Code of Conduct, voter registration forms, Constitution Day Observance (NY State Law), Title IX and Title VI .

•   Code of Conduct   
•   Voter Registration Forms
•   Constitution Day Observance  
•   Title IX Policy – Sexual Misconduct 
•   Title VI Policy – Anti-Discrimination  

  • 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.