Immunization Requirements and Recommendations

Cornell College requires all incoming students to have proof of:

• one Quadrivalent Meningitis Vaccine (A,C, Y, W-135) on or after the student's 16th birthday
• two MMR vaccines

Without documented proof of proper Meningitis and MMR vaccination, a student's registration will be cancelled.

No other immunizations are required for admittance; however, the American College Health Association strongly recommends that students consider the following vaccines:

• COVID-19 - (2 doses of Pfizer or Moderna, 1 dose of Johnson and Johnson)
• Serogroup B Meningococcal Vaccine - (MenB4-C, 2 doses, or MenB-FHbp, 3 doses)
• Tetanus, Diptheria, Pertussis, Vaccine - primary series given in childhood (DT, DTaP, DTP, or TD), booster dose of Tdap given age 11-18, Td/Tdap every 10 years after that
• Chicken Pox (Varicella) - 2 doses
• Influenza vaccine yearly

Additional vaccines to consider are: 

• HPV - series of 3
• Hepatitis A - series of 2

Please consult your clinician regarding these vaccines.