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How Well Is Cornell University Ranked?
2023 Rankings
College Factual analyzes over 2,000 colleges and universities in its annual rankings and ranks them in a variety of ways, including most diverse, best overall quality, best for non-traditional students, and much more.
Cornell University was awarded 2,898 badges in the 2023 rankings. The highest ranked major at the school is plant sciences.
Overall Quality
Cornell is ranked #13 out of 2,241 schools in the nation for overall quality on College Factual's 2023 Best Colleges list. This puts it in the top 1% of all schools in the nation! This is an improvement over the previous year, when Cornell held the #16 spot on the Best Overall Colleges list.
Cornell also holds the #1 spot on the Best Colleges in New York ranking.
See all of the rankings for Cornell University.
How Much Money Do Cornell Graduates Make?
Yearly salaries vary depending on what you major in, but on average,
bachelor's degree recipients from Cornell make around $91,176 per year during the early years of their employment. That's great news for Cornell students since it is 115% more than the average college graduate's salary of $42,485 per year.