Programs & majors brief
Cornell University Majors & Programs
Which majors earn the most at Cornell University?
61 of 61 programs shown
Each bar is a field’s median. Program size counts degrees awarded, not unique people or the earnings sample.
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| Program | Degrees awarded | 4-yr earnings | Field rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| Computer Science | 504 | $223,309 | #3 |
| Operations Research | 80 | $151,709 | #2 |
| Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering | 87 | $147,241 | #5 |
| Agricultural Business and Management | 190 | $145,218 | #1 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | 220 | $144,389 | #13 |
| Economics | 182 | $137,935 | #13 |
| Mathematics | 93 | $134,455 | #9 |
| Engineering, General small degree count | 5 | $128,207 | — |
| Public Policy Analysis | 67 | $126,767 | #1 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | 24 | $124,242 | #2 |
| Physics | 53 | $118,649 | #2 |
| Chemical Engineering | 47 | $116,165 | #5 |
| Human Resources Management and Services | 282 | $112,713 | #1 |
| Hospitality Administration/Management | 226 | $112,289 | #1 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 132 | $112,212 | #9 |
| Statistics | 37 | $111,090 | — |
| Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering | 27 | $103,016 | #1 |
| Agricultural Engineering | 30 | $99,600 | #1 |
| Area Studies | 49 | $96,976 | #2 |
| Political Science and Government | 132 | $95,391 | #8 |
| Apparel and Textiles | 23 | $94,967 | — |
| Civil Engineering | 32 | $91,242 | #37 |
| Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics | 26 | $89,275 | #5 |
| Communication and Media Studies | 88 | $88,463 | #3 |
| Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other | 190 | $85,883 | #1 |
| Food Science and Technology | 35 | $84,147 | #1 |
| History | 50 | $82,031 | #12 |
| Chemistry | 43 | $79,311 | #9 |
| Psychology, General | 80 | $78,049 | #3 |
| Sociology | 58 | $73,200 | #8 |
| Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services | 66 | $73,066 | #1 |
| Architectural Sciences and Technology | 76 | $71,914 | #5 |
| Biology, General | 290 | $69,083 | #32 |
| Natural Resources Conservation and Research | 101 | $68,088 | #11 |
| Agriculture, General | 61 | $67,954 | #2 |
| English Language and Literature, General | 52 | $65,089 | #18 |
| Nutrition Sciences | 28 | $60,728 | #15 |
| Plant Sciences | 25 | $58,960 | #16 |
| Animal Sciences | 75 | $52,967 | #14 |
| Fine and Studio Arts | 37 | $41,784 | #125 |
| International Agriculture small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| City/Urban, Community, and Regional Planning small degree count | 15 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Landscape Architecture small degree count | 5 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Ethnic, Cultural Minority, Gender, and Group Studies small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Biomedical/Medical Engineering | 29 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Engineering Physics | 22 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Materials Engineering small degree count | 17 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Linguistic, Comparative, and Related Language Studies and Services | 26 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics small degree count | 9 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Zoology/Animal Biology small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Biological and Physical Sciences small degree count | 16 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Science, Technology and Society small degree count | 7 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Philosophy | 24 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences small degree count | 11 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Atmospheric Sciences and Meteorology small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Astronomy and Astrophysics small degree count | 6 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Anthropology small degree count | 10 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Visual and Performing Arts, Other small degree count | 18 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Music small degree count | 8 | Too few graduates to report | — |
| Public Health | 26 | Too few graduates to report | — |
Program data and definitions · How to evaluate program rankings
What are the largest programs at Cornell University?
Counts describe degrees awarded in the reporting period, not current enrollment. Program data and definitions
How do Cornell University majors rank nationally?
National program rankings
- Agricultural Business and Management#1
- Food Science and Technology#1
- Agricultural Engineering#1
- Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering#1
- Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services#1
- Biological and Biomedical Sciences, Other#1
- Public Policy Analysis#1
- Hospitality Administration/Management#1
- Human Resources Management and Services#1
- Agriculture, General#2
- Area Studies#2
- Operations Research#2
- Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology#2
- Physics#2
- Communication and Media Studies#3
- Computer Science#3
- Psychology, General#3
- Architectural Sciences and Technology#5
- Chemical Engineering#5
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering#5
- Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics#5
- Political Science and Government#8
- Sociology#8
- Mechanical Engineering#9
- Mathematics#9
- Chemistry#9
- Natural Resources Conservation and Research#11
- History#12
- Computer and Information Sciences, General#13
- Economics#13
- Animal Sciences#14
- Nutrition Sciences#15
- Plant Sciences#16
- English Language and Literature, General#18
- Biology, General#32
- Civil Engineering#37
Programs ranked in the national top 50, supplemented by the largest ranked programs when needed to show ten. Fewer appear when fewer ranks are reported. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.
Further analysis
Azimuth ranks bachelor's programs by what graduates earn four years after completion, alongside debt and cohort size, not reputation. Earnings data cover 40 programs at Cornell University, and 37 hold a national rank.
The degree mix clusters in Computer & Information Sciences at 17.2%, Biological Sciences at 12.2%, and Business at 12.1%. Human Resources Management and Services ranks #1 nationally and #1 in New York, with median earnings of $112,713.
Computer Science awards the most degrees, with 504 degrees awarded a year. It ranks #3 nationally, and its graduates earn $223,309 four years after completion.
Program earnings cover federally aided completers. Agricultural Business and Management ranks #1 nationally, with four-year earnings of $145,218.
Data & methodology
Sources and reporting periods: methodology.
Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.
Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.
Figure notes link to sources and limitations. About College Azimuth.