College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

AAP Career Development Mission

AAP Career Development empowers all AAP students to explore career pathways, clarify and define goals, and chart a course of action for lifelong career success.

AAP Career Development supports AAP students and alumni through 1:1 career advising, career development programming, career fairs and networking, and by providing guidance and resources from “where do I start?” all the way to post-graduate job offer negotiations.

By working with AAP Career Development, AAP students will gain self-awareness and understanding of career pathways, confidence and resilience, and will emerge ready to take ownership of their careers and impact the world.

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Schedule with AAP

aap-careerservices@cornell.edu
B56 Sibley Hall

Monday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Tuesday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Wednesday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Thursday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Friday: 8:30 am – 4:30 pm
Saturday: Closed
Sunday: Closed

Career Development Resources for AAP Students

AAP At A Glance

Isabel Padilla Bonelli (B.F.A. ’23) working outside Tjaden Hall on a panel for a 70′ mural project for Ithaca Murals and Enfield Elementary School, May 11, 2023

First-year B.Arch. models await Architecture final reviews in the Bibliowicz Family Gallery, May 3, 2023

Students on a walking tour of Hunters Point South and Long Island City on September 30, 2023. Credit: Melanie Chu (M.Arch. ’24) / Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Kseniya Yerakhavets (M.Arch. ’23) preparing to present her thesis “Hypogeal Succession: Machine Misuse and Cyclopean Masonry in Quarry Architecture” for an interim review. October 23, 2023. Credit: Thanut Sakdanaraseth (M.S. MDC ’24) / Cornell College of Architecture, Art, and Planning

Art faculty review the work of Hyunjin Park (M.F.A. ’25), part of the M.F.A. in Creative Visual Arts group show over and over in the Tjaden Gallery. October 13, 2023. Credit: Anson Wigner

CRP walking tour led by Lauren Wang, Director of Climate Programs at Trust for Governors Island. September 28, 2023. Credit: Melanie Chu (M.Arch. ’24)

Second-year Cornell Baker Program in Real Estate graduate students hosted by Canary Wharf Group and Brookfield Property Partners, discuss redevelopment future plans for London’s primary financial district. Image / Suzanne Lanyi Charles

During the Cornell Tech Open Studio Fall 2022 event on Dec. 6, master’s students Thanut Sakdanaraseth, Kseniya Yerakhavets and Thomas Wallace discuss their interdisciplinary project, Automata Mangrove, with Jenny Sabin, associate professor in architecture

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Cornell Career Services surveys undergraduate and many professional master’s graduates to obtain information on their career plans after graduation. To learn more about our approach to career data and outcomes, please visit: https://career.cornell.edu/career-statistics-and-outcomes/. The below interactive tools will allow you to explore outcomes by graduation year, school, major, degree and employer industries.

The default setting is ‘all years’, ‘all schools’, ‘all majors’, ‘all employment industries’, and ‘all degree levels’
There is no ‘enter’ button, results will automatically update as you choose different filters

Most Recent Class Overview (Undergraduate Class of 2025):

Knowledge Rate	Employed or in Graduate School	Mean Starting Salary	Top Employment Industries
72.1% of those graduating in the class of 2025	91.3% employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation	$89,055 average salary among undergraduates employed full-time in the United States	Financial Services, Technology, Consulting/Professional Services, Human Healthcare Services and Education

First Destination

The data displayed defaults to include multi-year outcomes of undergraduate and graduate programs at Cornell University. Use the dropdown menus above to customize your search based on academic year, academic divisions/schools, degree, employer industry or programs/majors.

Starting Salary

The salary information below is self-reported by graduates employed full-time. This information does not include international or military salaries. The figures represent base salaries and do not include bonuses or other forms of compensation. Some programs or majors may not show salary data if there are less than 10 responses in the data set.

Employment Industry

Cornell graduates land in a variety of employment industries after graduation.

Employment Locations

New grads build careers in the United States and beyond. This graph shows where students have accepted positions within the United States and around the world. Tip: Hover over each state to see the percentage of graduates in that state.