New York State College of Human Ecology

The New York State College of Human Ecology at Cornell University (HumEc) is a statutory college and one of four New York State contract colleges located on the Cornell University campus in Ithaca, New York. The College of Human Ecology is a compilation of study areas such as design, design thinking, consumer science, nutrition, health economics, human development and textiles, each through the perspective of human ecology. The school was founded in 1925 as the New York State College of Home Economics, growing out of an academic department that had been started in 1907. The college was renamed to its present appelation in 1969. The college is open to both New York State residents and to non-residents; residents pay reduced tuition rates. In 2007–2008, the HumEc total budget of $42 million included $33 million in tuition revenue and $9 million in state appropriations.