Computer Science at Cornell University

If you are interested in studying computer science, you may want to check out the program at Cornell University. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

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 Science section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Computer Science Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science

Cornell Computer Science Rankings

The computer science 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.

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

Computer Science Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Computer Science Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 60% of computer science bachelor's degrees went to men and 40% went to women. The typical computer science bachelor's degree program is made up of only 24% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 16% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 20% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer science 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	188
Black or African American	21
Hispanic or Latino	58
White	103
International Students	85
Other Races/Ethnicities	52

Cornell Computer Science Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 67% of computer science master's degrees went to men and 33% 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 science.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	72
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	43
International Students	129
Other Races/Ethnicities	29

Careers That Computer Science Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer science 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

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