Computer & Information Sciences at Cornell University

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

What traits are you looking for in a computer & information sciences school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's computer & information sciences program.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Computer & Information Sciences section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences
Master’s Degree in Computer & Information Sciences

Cornell Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

The computer & information sciences major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer & Information Sciences. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

There were 32 students who received their doctoral degrees in computer & information sciences, making the school the #16 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Computer & Information Sciences Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the computer & information sciences majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

45% Women

55% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 55% of computer & information sciences bachelor's degrees went to men and 45% went to women. The typical computer & information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 19% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 17% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer & information sciences bachelor's program than the national average.*

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a bachelor's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	247
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	90
White	155
International Students	114
Other Races/Ethnicities	77

Cornell Computer & Information Sciences Master’s Program

41% Women

28% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 59% of computer & information sciences master's degrees went to men and 41% went to women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in computer & information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	109
Black or African American	19
Hispanic or Latino	13
White	61
International Students	305
Other Races/Ethnicities	38

Concentrations Within Computer & Information Sciences

If you plan to be a computer & information sciences major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
Computer Science	744
Computer Information Systems	322
Information Technology	44

Careers That Computer & Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer & information sciences can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Software Applications Developers	52,640	$116,830
Computer User Support Specialists	45,190	$60,160
Computer Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Network and Computer Systems Administrators	25,940	$94,940

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

College Factual
National Center for Education Statistics
O*NET Online
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