Description The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art was founded in 1859 by inventor and industrialist Peter Cooper, who created the US's first steam train engine and rose from poverty to build a fortune. Cooper's endowment continues to fund a full tuition scholarship for each of the 900 students who attend the college, which is located in the East Village in downtown New York City. The Cooper Union offers degree programs in art, architecture, and engineering, as well as a wide variety of lectures and continuing education courses for the public.
Cooper Union has an employee rating of 3.9 out of 5 stars, based on 91 company reviews on Glassdoor which indicates that most employees have a good working experience there. The Cooper Union employee rating is in line with the average (within 1 standard deviation) for employers within the Education industry (3.7 stars).
Overall, 47% of employees would recommend working at Cooper Union to a friend. This is based on 91 anonymously submitted reviews on Glassdoor.
73% of job seekers rate their interview experience at Cooper Union as positive. Candidates give an average difficulty score of 2 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) for their job interview at Cooper Union.