Cornell University, Majors & Degree Programs

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 Americans

1,607

Asian Americans

849

Hispanic Americans

510

Other Americans

481

African Americans

233

Native Americans

Pacific Island / Native Hawaiian Americans

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	Bachelors Degrees	Ranking Within Field	Average Starting Salary
Agriculture & Agriculture Operations	445	3	$53,000
Architecture & Related Services	112	1	$45,000
Area, Ethnic, Culture, & Gender Studies	54	9	$41,000
Biological & Biomedical Sciences	544	47	$34,000
Business, Management & Marketing	573	15	$62,000
Communication & Journalism	74	42	$47,000
Computer & Information Sciences	529	27	$108,000
Education	0	N/A	N/A
Engineering	590	33	$73,000
English Language & Literature	50	52	$32,000
Family, Consumer & Human Sciences	104	8	$35,000
Foreign Languages & Linguistics	72	N/A	N/A
Health Professions	22	N/A	N/A
History	52	N/A	N/A
Liberal Arts / Sciences & Humanities	16	N/A	N/A
Mathematics & Statistics	110	14	$76,000
Multi / Interdisciplinary Studies	39	24	$27,000
Natural Resources & Conservation	70	34	$28,000
Personal & Culinary Services	0	N/A	N/A
Philosophy & Religious Studies	27	N/A	N/A
Physical Sciences	112	27	$31,000
Psychology	67	22	$43,000
Public Administration & Social Service	62	12	$56,000
Social Sciences	375	65	$57,000
Visual & Performing Arts	46	78	$38,000

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