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Majors at Cornell Plus Academic Programs & Fields of Study

Research the available academic degrees, majors and fields of study available at Cornell . Let College Factual help you discover whether Cornell offers the right fit, value, and cost to meet your educational goals.

Majors & Fields of Study at Cornell University

Cornell University offers 97 distinct undergraduate degrees, concentrated into 77 majors within 25 broad fields of study. Across all areas of study, Cornell University awarded 4,145 undergraduate degrees in 2018 - 2019 .

None of the awards was for a degree taken exclusively online.
None of the awards was for a degree at the associate level (2-Year).
447 degrees were awarded to foreign nationals.
A significant percentage of degrees (48.0% ) were awarded to men.

Domestic Ethnicity of Graduates

The following chart and table show how the 3,698 undergraduate awards given to U.S. citizens were distributed at Cornell University .

White Americans1,607
Asian Americans849
Hispanic Americans510
Other Americans481
African Americans233
Native Americans15
Pacific Island / Native Hawaiian Americans3

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Fields of Study Offered at This School

Below are all fields of study offered at Cornell University . Click a field of study below for more information, the related majors and the focus areas within the field.

2018 - 2019
Fields of Study
Associates DegreesBachelors DegreesRanking Within FieldAverage
Starting Salary
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations04453
$53,000
Architecture & Related Services01121
$45,000
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies0549
$41,000
Biological & Biomedical Sciences054447
$34,000
Business, Management & Marketing057315
$62,000
Communication & Journalism07442
$47,000
Computer & Information Sciences052927
$108,000
Education00N/A
N/A
Engineering059033
$73,000
English Language & Literature05052
$32,000
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences01048
$35,000
Foreign Languages & Linguistics072N/A
N/A
Health Professions022N/A
N/A
History052N/A
N/A
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities016N/A
N/A
Mathematics & Statistics011014
$76,000
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies03924
$27,000
Natural Resources & Conservation07034
$28,000
Personal & Culinary Services00N/A
N/A
Philosophy & Religious Studies027N/A
N/A
Physical Sciences011227
$31,000
Psychology06722
$43,000
Public Administration & Social Service06212
$56,000
Social Sciences037565
$57,000
Visual & Performing Arts04678
$38,000
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