Cornell Career Services
Overview of Services
Cornell Career Services Individual advising appointments Class of 2015 Postgraduate Report Offers a broad range of programs and services to assist and walk-in advising sessions 17,237 Cornell Career Services surveys Cornell University bachelor’s degree recipients for six months students with their career development. following graduation. This report summarizes postgraduate activities for the university as a whole. Career development and information Career planning For more comprehensive statistics by college, please refer to college reports. Career counseling and testing, library and Internet programs, classroom presentations 612 resources, shadowing and networking opportunities. Students attending programs Job-search strategies Response Graduate/Professional Advice on the job search, workshops, employer and presentations 15,218 Response Rates Total Surveyed Response Rates Total Response career fairs (on and off campus). Surveyed Responses Rate Studies Schools represented at annual Graduate Most Frequently Selected Fields University 3,680 2,545 69.2% Employment services and Professional School Days 239 Interviews (on and off campus), resume Agriculture and Life Sciences 1,007 825 81.9% referrals, job postings via the Internet. 24.5% Engineering Students attending Graduate and Architecture, Art, and Planning 100 54 54.0% Graduate and professional school advising Professional School Days 482 Advice and workshops on the application process Arts and Sciences 1,035 611 59.0% 13.5% Biological and fellowships, information resources, Graduate Sciences Organizations represented at annual Engineering 750 498 66.4% and Professional School Days. Cornell Career Services Career Fair 277 Hotel 237 191 80.6% 12.5% Medicine Students attending Cornell Career Services Human Ecology 283 125 44.2% Career Fair 7,803 ILR 268 241 89.9% The mission of Cornell Career Services is to empower students 8.7% Law to identify their strengths, interests, and values; discover and Organizations represented at annual explore possibilities; gain experience; and develop strategies Summer Opportunities Fair Computer and for pursuing diverse career paths and making mindful career 43 6.4% Postgraduate Activities Information Sciences decisions. We offer an array of career-development activities that Activities by College Employed Activities by College Graduate Other inspire students to gain confidence and establish a foundation upon Students attending Summer Employed School Endeavors* Human Health Fields 6.4% which to build their careers over a lifetime. Opportunities Fair 632 Other than Medicine University 61.8% 23.9% 14.3%
Organizations represented at annual Agriculture and Life Sciences 57.2% 23.5% 19.3% Other Physical Learn more about Cornell Career Services at 4.6% Nonprofit and Government Career Fair 54 Sciences career.cornell.edu. Architecture, Art, and Planning 70.4% 11.1% 18.5%
Students attending Nonprofit and Arts and Sciences 56.3% 25.2% 18.5% Rebecca Sparrow, Executive Director 4.4% Veterinary Medicine Government Career Fair Cornell Career Services 309 Engineering 60.0% 34.4% 5.6% 103 Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 Hotel 90.5% 3.7% 5.8% Business and Management 607.255.5296 Job-shadowing experiences during 4.1% winter and spring breaks, 2015 609 Human Ecology 43.2% 35.2% 21.6% Agriculture and ILR 80.9% 12.9% 6.2% % 3.8 Natural Resources *Includes pursuing graduate school admission or employment, volunteering, and travel, among other activities.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We’re an employer and 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities. Legal Careers Employment Salary Statistics Law Schools Most Frequently Attended in 2015 Full-Time On-Campus Recruiting by Bachelor’s Salary Statistics for Bachelor’s Starting Salary Means by College Degree Recipients Degree Recipients 2015 2014 2013 Boston College Georgetown University College of Enrollment Students Interviews 2015 2014 2013 Agriculture and Life Sciences $58,112 $53,188 $49,679 Columbia University Harvard University Agriculture and Life Sciences 226 592 Mean $60,268 $57,180 $54,962 Cornell University New York University Architecture, Art, and Planning $51,195 $42,986 $43,183 Architecture, Art, and Planning 45 135 Median $60,000 $58,620 $55,000 Duke University University of Chicago Arts and Sciences 254 721 Arts and Sciences $56,566 $52,217 $51,363 George Washington University University of Pennsylvania Engineering 309 946 Engineering $74,714 $72,263 $72,287 Hotel 173 805 Acceptance rates* Human Ecology 66 126 Hotel $54,493 $50,597 $50,676 Cornell (for 73 applicants) 93% Salary Statistics by Ge ographic ILR 130 482 Human Ecology $45,248 $50,092 $46,711 National 78% Location for Employed Graduates Mean Salary (Percent of Response) * Based on most recent data available from Law School Admission Council ILR $58,297 $56,117 $53,132 for fall 2015 acceptance. Total On-Campus Recruiting Activity* by Sponsoring Office Midwest Employers Interviews $59,265 Medical Careers CornellCornell Career Career Services, Services, Barnes Barnes Hall143 Hall 143 3,935 (5.7%) New England Agriculture and Life Sciences Upstate New York $56,372 Medical Schools Most Frequently Attended in 2015* Agriculture and Life Sciences 35 411 West (Including Alaska $45,646 (10.4%) Architecture, Art, and Planning 15 177 and Hawaii) (4.3%) Case Western Reserve University SUNY Downstate $68,280 Engineering 134 2,989 (13.8%) Hofstra University SUNY Upstate Hotel 98 1,322 New York Metro
New York Medical College University of Buffalo Human Ecology 11 55 $63,647 (43.0%) Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Thomas Jefferson University ILR 57 739 Mid-Atlantic Stony Brook University Weill Cornell Medical College *Includes graduate and undergraduate full-time, internship, and co-op interviews. $55,942 (12.0%) Acceptance rates* Employers Hiring the Most Cornellians
55,000 EY Cornell (for 121 applicants in Class of 2015) 67% Accenture EY$55,000 $55,000 $54,962 International Southeast Amazon % 54,000 GoldmanGoldman Sachs Sachs $52,195 Cornell Students with a 3.6 GPA or above 89% % 86Seniors 7Cornell0 (for 136 applicants) $53,673 $50,345 (3.0%) 77% Google Bank ofAll America Merrill Lynch Google Southwest and National 39% 53,000 (4.3%) % % Rocky Mountain Cornell8 students2 with a 94 IBM 3.6 G.P.A. or above Barclays Cornell 42% (for 77 applicants) IBM National 52,000 * Based on most recent data available from Association of American Medical Colleges $52,000 $52,837 for fall 2015 acceptance. JPMorgan Chase Capital One JPMorgan Chase$51,411 (3.0%) 51,000 Morgan Stanley Citi Morgan2013 2012 Stanley2011 Mean Median Cornell University NationalNational Institutes Institutes of Health of Health Fellowships Salary Statistics by Employment Sector for Employed Graduates Deloitte Consulting NomuraNomura Cornell consistently gains national recognition for the fellowship Deutsche Bank Oracle Business/Industry Percent of Response Mean Salary successes of its students. The competitions are highly selective and Oracle Public Sector/Nonprofit Percent of Response Mean Salary there are few awards annually. Epic Systems TeachTeach for Americafor America Financial Services 21.9% $72,683 Education 5.1% $39,447 Consulting 17.4% $62,227 Other Nonprofit 3.6% $39,497 2015 2014 How Undergraduates Found Their Jobs Churchill Scholarship 1 Goldwater Scholarship 3 Technology 16.1% $75,726 Government 2.7% $40,556 Goldwater Scholarship 1 Luce Scholarship 1 2.2% General Business 9.0% $53,669 Labor <1.0% $49,370 15.1% Cold Call or Letter Interview on 8.8% Keasbey Scholarship 1 Career Fair/ Hospitality 5.9% $46,418 Marshall Scholarship 2 Campus 1.1% Consortium Entrepreneurial Rhodes Scholarship 1 Mitchell Scholarship 1 Venture Manufacturing 4.0% $60,817 22.0% Udall Scholarship 2 Truman Scholarship 1 Referral, Communications/Media 2.9% $40,339 Personal Contact, Udall Scholarship 1 or Networking 27.7% Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals 2.8% $45,929 Job Posting (without campus Law 2.5% $46,141 interview) 23.2% Retail 2.5% $56,887 Previous Internship, Job, or Volunteer Agriculture 2.1% $44,997 Experience Insurance <1.0% $57,492 Legal Careers Employment Salary Statistics Law Schools Most Frequently Attended in 2015 Full-Time On-Campus Recruiting by Bachelor’s Salary Statistics for Bachelor’s Starting Salary Means by College Degree Recipients Degree Recipients 2015 2014 2013 Boston College Georgetown University College of Enrollment Students Interviews 2015 2014 2013 Agriculture and Life Sciences $58,112 $53,188 $49,679 Columbia University Harvard University Agriculture and Life Sciences 226 592 Mean $60,268 $57,180 $54,962 Cornell University New York University Architecture, Art, and Planning $51,195 $42,986 $43,183 Architecture, Art, and Planning 45 135 Median $60,000 $58,620 $55,000 Duke University University of Chicago Arts and Sciences 254 721 Arts and Sciences $56,566 $52,217 $51,363 George Washington University University of Pennsylvania Engineering 309 946 Engineering $74,714 $72,263 $72,287 Hotel 173 805 Acceptance rates* Human Ecology 66 126 Hotel $54,493 $50,597 $50,676 Cornell (for 73 applicants) 93% Salary Statistics by Ge ographic ILR 130 482 Human Ecology $45,248 $50,092 $46,711 National 78% Location for Employed Graduates Mean Salary (Percent of Response) * Based on most recent data available from Law School Admission Council ILR $58,297 $56,117 $53,132 for fall 2015 acceptance. Total On-Campus Recruiting Activity* by Sponsoring Office Midwest Employers Interviews $59,265 Medical Careers Cornell Career Services, Barnes Hall 143 3,935 (5.7%) New England Upstate New York $56,372 Medical Schools Most Frequently Attended in 2015 * Agriculture and Life Sciences 35 411 West (Including Alaska $45,646 (10.4%) Architecture, Art, and Planning 15 177 and Hawaii) (4.3%) Case Western Reserve University SUNY Downstate $68,280 Engineering 134 2,989 (13.8%) Hofstra University SUNY Upstate Hotel 98 1,322 New York Metro
New York Medical College University of Buffalo Human Ecology 11 55 $63,647 (43.0%) Rutgers New Jersey Medical School Thomas Jefferson University ILR 57 739 Mid-Atlantic Stony Brook University Weill Cornell Medical College *Includes graduate and undergraduate full-time, internship, and co-op interviews. $55,942 (12.0%) Acceptance rates* Employers Hiring the Most Cornellians
55,000 Cornell (for 121 applicants in Class of 2015) 67% Accenture EY$55,000 $55,000 $54,962 International Southeast Amazon % 54,000 Goldman Sachs $52,195 Cornell Students with a 3.6 GPA or above 89% % 86Seniors 7Cornell0 (for 136 applicants) $53,673 $50,345 77% (3.0%) Bank ofAll America Merrill Lynch Google Southwest and National 39% 53,000 (4.3%) % % Rocky Mountain Cornell8 students2 with a 94 3.6 G.P.A. or above Barclays Cornell 42% (for 77 applicants) IBM National 52,000 * Based on most recent data available from Association of American Medical Colleges $52,000 $52,837 for fall 2015 acceptance. Capital One JPMorgan Chase$51,411 (3.0%) 51,000
Citi Morgan2013 2012 Stanley2011 Mean Median Cornell University National Institutes of Health Fellowships Salary Statistics by Employment Sector for Employed Graduates Deloitte Consulting Nomura Cornell consistently gains national recognition for the fellowship Business/Industry Percent of Response Deutsche Bank Oracle Business/Industry Percent of Response Mean Salary Public Sector/Nonprofit Percent of Response Mean Salary successes of its students. The competitions are highly selective and there are few awards annually. Epic Systems Teach for America Financial Services 21.9% $72,683 Education 5.1% $39,447 Consulting 17.4% $62,227 Other Nonprofit 3.6% $39,497 2015 2014 How Undergraduates Found Their Jobs Churchill Scholarship 1 Goldwater Scholarship 3 Technology 16.1% $75,726 Government 2.7% $40,556 Goldwater Scholarship 1 Luce Scholarship 1 2.2% General Business 9.0% $53,669 Labor <1.0% $49,370 15.1% Cold Call or Letter Interview on 8.8% Keasbey Scholarship 1 Career Fair/ Hospitality 5.9% $46,418 Marshall Scholarship 2 Campus 1.1% Consortium Entrepreneurial Rhodes Scholarship 1 Mitchell Scholarship 1 Venture Manufacturing 4.0% $60,817 22.0% Udall Scholarship 2 Truman Scholarship 1 Referral, Communications/Media 2.9% $40,339 Personal Contact, Udall Scholarship 1 or Networking 27.7% Biotechnology/Pharmaceuticals 2.8% $45,929 Job Posting (without campus Law 2.5% $46,141 interview) 23.2% Retail 2.5% $56,887 Previous Internship, Job, or Volunteer Agriculture 2.1% $44,997 Experience Insurance <1.0% $57,492 Cornell Career Services
Overview of Services
Cornell Career Services Individual advising appointments Class of 2015 Postgraduate Report Offers a broad range of programs and services to assist and walk-in advising sessions 17,237 Cornell Career Services surveys Cornell University bachelor’s degree recipients for six months students with their career development. following graduation. This report summarizes postgraduate activities for the university as a whole. Career development and information Career planning For more comprehensive statistics by college, please refer to college reports. Career counseling and testing, library and Internet programs, classroom presentations 612 resources, shadowing and networking opportunities. Students attending programs Job-search strategies Response Graduate/Professional Advice on the job search, workshops, employer and presentations 15,218 Response Rates Total Response career fairs (on and off campus). Surveyed Responses Rate Studies Schools represented at annual Graduate Most Frequently Selected Fields University 3,680 2,545 69.2% Employment services and Professional School Days 239 Interviews (on and off campus), resume Agriculture and Life Sciences 1,007 825 81.9% referrals, job postings via the Internet. 24.5% Engineering Students attending Graduate and Architecture, Art, and Planning 100 54 54.0% Graduate and professional school advising Professional School Days 482 Advice and workshops on the application process Arts and Sciences 1,035 611 59.0% 13.5% Biological and fellowships, information resources, Graduate Sciences Organizations represented at annual Engineering 750 498 66.4% and Professional School Days. Cornell Career Services Career Fair 277 Hotel 237 191 80.6% 12.5% Medicine Students attending Cornell Career Services Human Ecology 283 125 44.2% Career Fair 7,803 ILR 268 241 89.9% The mission of Cornell Career Services is to empower students 8.7% Law to identify their strengths, interests, and values; discover and Organizations represented at annual explore possibilities; gain experience; and develop strategies Summer Opportunities Fair Computer and for pursuing diverse career paths and making mindful career 43 6.4% Postgraduate Activities Information Sciences decisions. We offer an array of career-development activities that Activities by College Graduate Other inspire students to gain confidence and establish a foundation upon Students attending Summer Employed School Endeavors* Human Health Fields 6.4% which to build their careers over a lifetime. Opportunities Fair 632 Other than Medicine University 61.8% 23.9% 14.3%
Organizations represented at annual Agriculture and Life Sciences 57.2% 23.5% 19.3% Other Physical Learn more about Cornell Career Services at 4.6% Nonprofit and Government Career Fair 54 Sciences career.cornell.edu. Architecture, Art, and Planning 70.4% 11.1% 18.5%
Students attending Nonprofit and Arts and Sciences 56.3% 25.2% 18.5% Rebecca Sparrow, Executive Director 4.4% Veterinary Medicine Government Career Fair Cornell Career Services 309 Engineering 60.0% 34.4% 5.6% 103 Barnes Hall, Ithaca, NY 14853 Hotel 90.5% 3.7% 5.8% Business and Management 607.255.5296 Job-shadowing experiences during 4.1% winter and spring breaks, 2015 609 Human Ecology 43.2% 35.2% 21.6% Agriculture and ILR 80.9% 12.9% 6.2% % 3.8 Natural Resources *Includes pursuing graduate school admission or employment, volunteering, and travel, among other activities.
Diversity and Inclusion are a part of Cornell University’s heritage. We’re an employer and 0% 5% 10% 15% 20% 25% educator recognized for valuing AA/EEO, Protected Veterans, and Individuals with Disabilities.