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Engineering (all) at Cornell

Cornell graduates about 527 engineering majors a year, 14% of its graduating class. That puts it 10th of 434 schools we score for engineering, a standout program at 95 out of 100. Graduates in the major earn a median $118,000 four years out, 1.26× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $176 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.

95/100Standout#10 of 434 for engineering →
Graduates a year52714% of the class
Median pay 4 years out$118,0001.26× the same major nationally
Research in the field$176Ma year, NSF
Admit rate9%whole school
SAT middle 50%1470–1570whole school

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Nearby in the engineering ranking

  1. California Institute of Technology 97
  2. Columbia University 96
  3. Johns Hopkins University 96
  4. Rice University 96
  5. Northwestern University 95
  6. University of Notre Dame 94
  7. Vanderbilt University 94
  8. Georgia Institute of Technology 93

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How the score works

The score is out of 100 and compares Cornell with every school we score in engineering. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.

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