General Computer & Information Sciences at Cornell University

If you plan to study general computer and information sciences, 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 has a total student population of 23,620. In 2021, 21 computer and information sciences majors received their bachelor's degree from Cornell.

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

Cornell General Computer & Information Sciences Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Computer and Information Sciences

Cornell General Computer & Information Sciences Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer and information sciences programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The computer and information sciences major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for General 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best General Computer Science Schools	11
	13
	23
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	151
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	219
Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	243
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	379
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	493
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	784

Computer and Information Sciences Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell General Computer & Information Sciences Bachelor’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 21 computer and information sciences majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 14% were men and 86% were women. The typical computer and information sciences bachelor's degree program is made up of only 23% women. So female students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 63% more women than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 33% more racial-ethnic minorities in its computer and 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 and information sciences.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	12
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	2
White	5
International Students	1
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in computer and information sciences. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Information Technology

Careers That Computer and Information Sciences Grads May Go Into

A degree in computer and 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
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
Computer Network Architects	8,660	$113,300
Database Administrators	7,100	$99,000

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.