by our College Data Analytics TeamCollege Factual began producing its annual Best Quality Schools rankings as a means to assist students in finding top-quality graduate colleges and universities that are invested in preparing their students for their future endeavors. Factors that go into these rankings include how much money students make after graduation, the number of FTE students per instructor, and how much debt students take on to attend the school.
Cornell University came in at #26 out of the 1149 colleges and universities that were ranked in College Factual's 2024 Best Master's Degree Schools in the U.S. ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. As a result, Cornell is a recipient of this year's Best Master's Schools badge.
Cornell also ranked #2 for Best Master's Degree Schools in New York.
Cornell was ranked #18 in the 2024 Best Doctorate Schools in the United States ranking out of the 676 schools that were included in the ranking. So, the school sits firmly among the Top 5% of colleges and universities in the nation when it comes to overall quality. This makes Cornell a recipient of this year's Best Doctorate Schools badge.
In addition, Cornell took the #1 spot for Best Doctorate Degree Schools in New York.
Athough the male-female ratio may vary depending on the degree program, 47.2% of the total graduate students at Cornell are women and 52.8% are men.
Of all the graduate students at Cornell, around 21.8% belong to a racial-ethnic minority group. Cornell is popular with people from outside the United States, too. International students make up 41.8% of the graduate student population. The chart below shows the breakdown of graduate student demographics at the school. You can click on it for a more detailed view.
The average tuition and fees for graduate students is shown below.
| In-State | Out-of-State | |
|---|---|---|
| Tuition | $29,500 | $29,500 |
| Fees | $506 | $506 |
The average early-career salary for master's degree recipients from Cornell is $91,796. That's pretty good comparatively. In fact, it is 57% higher than the national average of $58,425.
After obtaining their doctorate degree from Cornell, graduates go on to jobs earning an average starting salary of $107,405. That's good news for those graduates since it is 43% higher than the national average of $75,260.
Get more details about the location of Cornell University.
Contact details for Cornell are given below.
| Contact Details | |
|---|---|
| Address: | 300 Day Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 |
| Phone: | 607-255-2000 |
| Website: | www.cornell.edu/ |
| Facebook: | https://www.facebook.com/Cornell |
| Twitter: | https://twitter.com/Cornell |
About 21.4% of the graduate students at Cornell University took at least one online class during the 2020-2021 academic year. Approximately 1.6% of grad students took all their classes online during that same time period.
The only degree programs listed here are those in which master’s degrees were awarded in 2020-2021.
Just like the master’s degree programs, only programs that had doctorate degrees awarded in 2020-2021 are shown here.
Footnotes
*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.
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