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Engineers: What If You Designed the Infrastructure Millions Depend On?

Have you ever entered New York City through the Holland or Lincoln tunnel and wondered, “How in the world did they build this?!” Maybe you have marveled at the beauty, efficiency, and grandeur of the Golden Gate Bridge, Eiffel Tower, …

By Melissa Bazley
Melissa Bazley Assistant Director, Engineering Careers
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So You Want to Build “Big Things that Move”

Were you first hooked on engineering by participating in a high school robotics club or tech design class? Did you get that “no way it worked” feeling when you teamed up to build a battle bot, solar-powered boat, or drone …

By Melissa Bazley
Melissa Bazley Assistant Director, Engineering Careers
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Resources

One book you might find helpful is Studying Engineering: A Roadmap to a Rewarding Career (5th edition). Written in clear, …

Currently in its 24th edition, Heard on the Street: Quantitative Questions from Wall Street Job Interviews by Timothy Crack is …

Whether for family commitments, athletic or ROTC obligations, travel, or a variety of other reasons, you may be seeking alternatives …

Mission: Empower women to achieve their full potential in careers as engineers and leaders; expand the image of the engineering …

Undergraduate Career Outcomes

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
  • Top Employers
  • Starting Salary
  • Employment Industry
  • Employment Locations
  • Top Universities
  • Degree Types
  • Fields of Study

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.

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