Engineering at Cornell University

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities* (Bachelor's)

If you plan to study engineering, take a look at what Cornell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

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 Engineering section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Engineering Degrees Available

Bachelor’s Degree in Engineering
Master’s Degree in Engineering

Cornell Engineering Rankings

The engineering major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Engineering. 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 118 students who received their doctoral degrees in engineering, making the school the #23 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Engineering Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Engineering Bachelor’s Program

49% Women

48% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 51% of engineering bachelor's degrees went to men and 49% went to women. The typical engineering bachelor's degree program is made up of only 26% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 23% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 18% more racial-ethnic minorities in its engineering 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	114
Black or African American	36
Hispanic or Latino	74
White	195
International Students	42
Other Races/Ethnicities	66

Cornell Engineering Master’s Program

42% Women

24% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*

For the most recent academic year available, 58% of engineering master's degrees went to men and 42% 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 engineering.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	108
Black or African American	17
Hispanic or Latino	51
White	149
International Students	459
Other Races/Ethnicities	39

Concentrations Within Engineering

Engineering majors may want to concentrate their studies in one of these areas. 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
Electrical Engineering	264
Operations Research	231
Mechanical Engineering	214
Biomedical Engineering	146
Chemical Engineering	131
Systems Engineering	93
Materials Engineering	81
Civil Engineering	71
Engineering Physics	62
Agricultural Engineering	56
Environmental Engineering	37
Aerospace & Aeronautical Engineering	25
General Engineering	13
Engineering Mechanics	6

Careers That Engineering Grads May Go Into

A degree in engineering 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
Systems Software Developers	19,690	$115,120
Civil Engineers	16,790	$102,250
Industrial Engineers	12,030	$94,700
Mechanical Engineers	11,280	$91,820

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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