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 has a total student population of 23,620. In 2021, 172 IT majors received their bachelor's degree from Cornell.

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
• Doctorate Degree in IT

Cornell Information Technology Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the IT progam at Cornell compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

Note: Although rankings can help you see some information about a school, it's not a good idea to depend on them alone. Be sure to check out other things about the school before making your decision to attend.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	1
Best Value Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
Best Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	2
	2
Best Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	4
	4
Best Information Technology Schools	4
Most Focused Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
Most Popular Information Technology Doctor’s Degree Schools	9
	10
Most Popular Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	10
Best Value Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	13
	14
Most Popular Information Technology Schools	18
Most Popular Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	20
Most Focused Information Technology Master’s Degree Schools	32
Most Focused Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	70
Best Value Information Technology Bachelor’s Degree Schools	117
Most Focused Information Technology Schools	120
Best Value Information Technology Schools	133

In 2021, 122 students received their master’s degree in IT from Cornell. This makes it the #10 most popular school for IT master’s degree candidates in the country.

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

Of the 172 IT students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell, about 49% were men and 51% were women. The typical IT bachelor's degree program is made up of only 27% 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 10% 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	55
Black or African American	13
Hispanic or Latino	9
White	43
International Students	29
Other Races/Ethnicities	23

Cornell Information Technology Master’s Program

Of the 122 IT students who graduated with a master's degree in 2020-2021 from Cornell, about 43% were men and 57% were 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	24
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	4
White	12
International Students	78
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in IT. In 2021, 7 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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.