Student 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

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.

Top Employers

This is a list of employers that hired the most graduates in the selected filter settings. Please note that employers are listed first in the order of those that hired the most graduates.

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.

United States

World

Top Universities

Cornell graduates pursue advanced degrees at some of the nation’s top institutions in the United States and around the world. The list below shows universities in the order of those that are most attended by Cornell graduates.

Degree Types

The chart below shows degrees being pursued by graduates immediately after graduation.

Fields of Study

Cornell graduates are well positioned for continuing education in a wide variety of fields of study.