As of 2024, 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 achieved an 89% employment rate within three months of graduation.
Prospective students should note that past employment rates are not indicative or predictive of future outcomes.
Note: n- indicates the total number of technical program graduates each year; Other paths — graduates returning to their pre-program employer, pursuing fellowships and/or other personal, non-degree related interests, continuing their education (e.g., medical school or PhD), or international students returning to their home country.
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 2024 included Amazon, Bloomberg, Bytedance, Google, Intuit, Microsoft, Oracle, TikTok, Verizon, 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 2024, 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).
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Note: n- indicates the total number of technical program graduates each year; Other paths — graduates returning to their pre-program employer, pursuing fellowships and/or other personal, non-degree related interests, continuing their education (e.g., medical school or PhD), or international students returning to their home country. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Most of the students in the two-year programs take advantage of summer internships between their first and second years.
Companies that hired Jacobs students for summer internships in 2024 included Amazon, Google, Geico, Genentech, Memorial Sloan Kettering, TikTok, Weill Cornell Medicine, and others. The majority of the internship roles were in the areas of software development and data analysis.
The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA is a STEM-designated degree for OPT applications by international students. In 2024, 73% of the graduates sought full-time employment and 8% 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 2024 were with mature companies or startups, mainly in the technology sector. Examples of 2024 employers include Amazon, BCG, C3.ai, NBC Universal, SAP, and Walmart.
Note: Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.
Note: The above numbers include all graduates in each cohort regardless of their post-graduation paths.
The median base salary for 2024 graduates seeking jobs (73% of the class) was $152,000. 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, over 94% of reporting graduates from all years who sought employment were employed. 95% of our Class of 2024 are employed or continuing their education five months after graduation.
Cornell Tech graduates have accepted offers from large law firms like Orrick, Paul Weiss, Ropes & Gray, White & Case, Greenberg Traurig, Gibson Dunn & Crutcher, and Sullivan & Cromwell, as well as smaller innovative firms that serve the startup community like Farrell Fritz, J&O Law, Brand Counsel, and Renno & Co. Those choosing to practice law in-house have joined established companies like McKinsey, Sotheby’s, Travelers, LG, X, IBM, AECOM, and Meta as well as emerging companies like Akoya, Traackr, Bryter, 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 and pursuing graduate degrees 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.