Information Technology at Cornell University

What traits are you looking for in a it school? To help you decide if Cornell University is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's it 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 Information Technology section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Information Technology Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in IT
• Master’s Degree in IT

Cornell Information Technology Rankings

The it major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Information Technology. 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 7 students who received their doctoral degrees in it, making the school the #9 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

IT Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the it majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Information Technology Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of it bachelor's degrees went to men and 59% went to women. The typical it bachelor's degree program is made up of only 28% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 30% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 13% more racial-ethnic minorities in its it 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 it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	54
Black or African American	8
Hispanic or Latino	27
White	46
International Students	25
Other Races/Ethnicities	24

Cornell Information Technology Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 41% of it master's degrees went to men and 59% 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 it.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	25
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	8
International Students	130
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

Related Majors

• General Computer & Information Sciences

Careers That IT Grads May Go Into

A degree in it 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 Systems Analysts	44,030	$106,320
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300

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
• Image Credit: By Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.