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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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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

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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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Five Things to Know: Gallery Representation for Visual Artists

Published on March 12, 2025

March 5, 2025 | by Amy Aronoff

Article published by NYFA

Featuring Insights and Advice from Artists with Gallery Representation and One Gallerist

Attaining gallery representation is a goal for many visual artists. But how do you do it, and is …

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Announcing Social Impact Careers Week 2025!

Published on March 3, 2025

March 17 – 25, 2025

Passionate about making a difference and want to turn that into a career? Come explore at Social Impact Careers Week! This series of events will introduce you to meaningful careers in government, non-profits, and socially …

By Mia Ferraina

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Cornell Career Services surveys undergraduate and many professional master’s graduates to obtain information on their career plans after graduation. These interactive tools will allow you to explore outcomes by graduation year, school, major, degree and employer sector.

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 2024):

Response Rate	Success Rate	Mean Starting Salary	Top Five Industries
73% of those graduating in the class of 2024	92% employed or in graduate school within six months of graduation	$85,589 among graduates employed full-time in the United States	Financial Services, Technology, Consulting/Professional Services, Human Healthcare Services and Education

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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, or programs/majors.