Computer Science at Cornell University

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

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and has a total student population of 23,620. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 488 students received a bachelor's degree in compsci from Cornell.

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

Cornell Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in CompSci
• Master’s Degree in CompSci
• Doctorate Degree in CompSci

Cornell Computer Science Rankings

The compsci major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Computer Science. 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.

In 2021, 231 students received their master’s degree in compsci from Cornell. This makes it the #16 most popular school for compsci master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 25 students who received their doctoral degrees in compsci, making the school the #14 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Earnings of Cornell CompSci Graduates

The median salary of compsci students who receive their bachelor's degree at Cornell is $127,764. This is great news for graduates of the program, since this figure is 102% higher than the national average of $63,247 for all compsci bachelor's degree recipients.

CompSci Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

The compsci program at Cornell awarded 488 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 62% of these degrees went to men with the other 38% going to women. The typical compsci bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 15% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 16% more racial-ethnic minorities in its compsci 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 compsci.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	178
Black or African American	12
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	121
International Students	79
Other Races/Ethnicities	55

Cornell Computer Science Master’s Program

The compsci program at Cornell awarded 231 master's degrees in 2020-2021. About 71% of these degrees went to men with the other 29% going to women.

In the compsci master's program at this school, racial-ethnic minorities make up 38% of degree recipients. That is 3% better than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	70
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	23
International Students	109
Other Races/Ethnicities	18

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in compsci. In 2021, 25 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology
• Computer Information Systems

Careers That CompSci Grads May Go Into

A degree in compsci 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 and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Computer Programmers	15,380	$91,250
Computer Network Support Specialists	12,930	$79,200

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.