As of 2022, six graduate-level technical programs have been offered on campus. While each program has a different subject matter focus, all provide a strong technical foundation, which in conjunction with the Studio curriculum, equips Cornell Tech’s graduates to pursue a variety of engineering and analytical roles, many at the junction of technology and business. Overall, Cornell Tech’s technical program graduates who sought full-time employment or summer internships sustained a 100% employment rate within three months of graduation.
Prospective students should note that past employment rates are not indicative or predictive of future outcomes.
The majority of Technical programs graduates accepted roles such as software developer, data scientist, data analyst, or data engineer. Examples of companies that hired students in 2022 included Apple, Amazon, Adobe, Figma, Flatiron Health, Google, Meta, MITRE, Nielsen, Palantir, Replica, Via, and others.
The total compensation at tech companies, where the majority of technical programs graduates accepted roles, depends on the stage of the company’s life cycle, the amount of equity granted (and its value) as well as years and relevance of professional experiences of a graduate. In 2022, the median salary was $135,000. In most cases, in addition to salary offers included equity, sign-on, year-end, or performance bonuses and relocation allowance (where applicable).
Master of Engineering in Computer Science
Master of Engineering in Operations Research and Information Engineering
Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees – Connective Media Concentration
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees – Health Tech Concentration
Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees – Urban Tech Concentration
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Most of the students in the two-year programs take advantage of summer internships between their first and second years. Since each program’s inception — Connective Media concentration in 2015, Health Tech concentration in 2016, and Urban Tech concentration in 2020 — the majority of students who sought summer internships received offers.
Companies that hired Jacobs students for summer internships in 2022 included Adobe, Affirm, Amazon, Apple, Doordash, MITRE, MSFT, and others. The majority of the internship roles were software development and data analytics.
The majority of Johnson Cornell Tech MBAs pursued product management, product marketing, or consulting roles. The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA is a STEM-designated degree for OPT applications by international students. In 2022, 75% of the graduates sought full-time employment and 12% started their own businesses.
Note: n- indicates the total number of Johnson Cornell Tech MBA graduates each year; Other paths — graduates returning to their pre-MBA employer, pursuing fellowships and/or other personal, non-degree related interests or continuing their education (e.g., medical school or PhD).
Consistent with the prior years, the majority of accepted jobs in the class of 2022 were with mature or startup tech companies such as Adobe, Amazon, Capital One, Deloitte Digital, EYP- Parthenon, McKinsey (Tech & Digital), VMware, Wayfair. Roles included Product Manager/PM – Technical, Digital Strategy Associate, Sr Consultant – Digital Practice, Consultant – Deal Tech Practice or Strategy Software Group.
Note: Consulting indicates industry denomination; accepted roles were technology-centric rotational programs or product roles.
Note: The above numbers include all graduates in each cohort regardless of their post-graduation paths.
For employment information on other Johnson MBA programs (in Ithaca), please refer to the Johnson Career Management site.
The median base salary for the class of 2022 was $160,000, and the median sign-on/first-year bonus was $50,000. As most students accepted jobs with tech companies, a significant portion of the annual compensation is represented by equity, the value of which compresses salary relative to offers with no equity component.
Each year, the Cornell Tech LLM carefully selects a small group of lawyers dedicated to meeting the needs of tech and tech-dependent industries in a business-focused and holistic fashion. At nine months past graduation, 100% of reporting graduates from all years who sought employment were employed.
Cornell Tech graduates have accepted offers from large law firms like Orrick, Perkins Coie, Ropes & Gray, White & Case, Bryan Cave, and Gunderson Dettmer as well as smaller innovative firms that serve the startup community like Odell Girton Siegel, J&O Law, Brand Counsel, and Renno & Co. Those choosing to practice law in-house have joined established companies like McKinsey, Amazon, Travelers, LG, IBM, AECOM, and Meta as well as emerging companies like Akoya, Traackr, Neota Logic, Paxos, UiPath, and DailyPay. Our graduates are also impacting the startup economy worldwide through work at The World Bank and the International Finance Corporation. Some of our graduates are teaching in law programs around the world and others are informing policy as fellows with foundations like NewAmerica. We even have alumni working in government to establish their nations as tech leaders.
Should you have an interest in learning more about the paths taken by our graduates, please contact Cornell Tech Admissions at admissions@tech.cornell.edu and we will connect you with someone who can share more information.