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. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 488 students received a bachelor's degree in computer science 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 Computer Science
• Master’s Degree in Computer Science
• Doctorate Degree in Computer Science

Cornell Computer Science Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks computer science 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 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
Best Value General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	3
Best General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	4
Best General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	5
Best General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	6
Best General Computer Science Schools	6
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Most Popular General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Most Popular General Computer Science Schools	11
Best Value General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	12
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Most Popular General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	14
Most Popular General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	16
Most Focused General Computer Science Doctor’s Degree Schools	18
Most Focused General Computer Science Master’s Degree Schools	30
Most Focused General Computer Science Schools	33
Most Focused General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	40
Best Value General Computer Science Schools	71
Best Value General Computer Science Bachelor’s Degree Schools	87

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

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

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 488 computer science majors earned their bachelor's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 62% were men and 38% were women. The typical computer science 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 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	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

Of the 231 students who earned a master's degree in Computer Science from Cornell in 2020-2021, 71% were men and 29% were women.

In the computer science 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 computer science.

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 computer science. In 2021, 25 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

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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