Poets&Quants Top Business Schools

Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

#7

Contact Georgina Hannah with any questions. Profile updated: January 8, 2026.

Contact Information

Location:
Cornell University Samuel Curtis Johnson School of Management
114 Sage Hall
Ithaca, NY 14853

School Data

Annual Tuition: $83,106

Annual Tuition Non-Resident: $83,106

Acceptance Rate: 28%

Full-Time Enrollment: 565

Average GPA: 3.4

Median GMAT: 710

International: 35%

Minority: 22%

Average Age: 28

Female: 41%

Male: 59%

Application Deadlines: Round 1 - September 18, 2024 | Early Application - October 15, 2024 | Traditional Application - January 5, 2025 | Round 2 - January 9, 2025 | Final Deadline - April 10, 2025

Since 1946, Cornell Johnson’s pastoral upstate New York location has been a main attraction for MBAs who want peace and quiet to think hard about their future. How many B-Schools can say they offer the experience of crossing a bridge over a waterfall on the way to class? At Cornell, students literally and figuratively cross bridges alongside their close-knit and supportive community.

“We aim to produce team-players with strong leadership skills,” former Associate Dean Vishal Gaur says. “Over the years we have developed the Four Cs framework for leadership: character, compassion, courage, and competence.”

There are three guiding principles at Johnson that students can expect to encounter throughout the entirety of their MBA experience – one being the value of a solid education in all key business functions, including marketing, finance, human resources, and production. The second is the importance of strong analytical and decision-making skills. The last focuses on offering the greatest flexibility in tailoring individual curriculum.

Rankings Data For Cornell Johnson

Ranking Poets&Quants
2025-2026 7
2024-2025 9
2023-2024 7
2022-2023 13
2021-2022 15

Cornell Graduate MBA Salary

Career Statistics 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Average Base Salary $161,967 $ 162,808 $ 155,048 $ 139,121 $ 138,767
Average Signing Bonus $ 38,438 $ 38,826 $ 38,310 $ 37,684 $ 36,391

Cornell Graduate MBA Employment Offers

Jobs Offered 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
% With Offer By 3 Months Post-Graduation 81% 94% 97% 97% 93%
% Accepting Offer By 3 Months Post-Graduation 79% 93% 96% 95% 90%

Career Choices of Cornell MBAs

Year 2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Consulting 31% 42% 30% 27% 30%
Consumer Products 4% 4% 5% 6% 10%
Energy and Utilities 3% 2% 1% 1%
Entertainment/Media 1%
Financial Services 42% 35% 39% 36% 34%
Healthcare 3% 3% 4%
Legal Services 1% 1%
Manufacturing 3% 2% 3% 5% 1%
Nonprofit/Other 4% 1%
Real Estate 1% 1%
Retail 1%
Technology 11% 11% 15% 17% 16%
Other 1% 7% 3%

Where Cornell MBAs Went To Work

2024 2023 2022 2021 2020
Amazon Altman Solon Amazon Altman Solon Amazon
Bain & Company Amazon Bain & Company Amazon Bain & Company
Bank of America Bain & Company Bank of America American Express Bank of America
BCG Bank of America BCG Bain & Company BCG
Citi BCG Citi Bank of America Citi
Deloitte Citi Corning Citi Credit Suisse
EY Deloitte Credit Suisse Corning Deloitte
Jefferies EY EY Deloitte EY
JP Morgan Jefferies Goldman Sachs Deutsche Bank Evercore
McKinsey & Company JP Morgan Guggenheim EY Google
Moelis & Company McKinsey & Company Jefferies Evercore Johnson & Johnson
Nomura/Greentech Morgan Stanley JP Morgan JP Morgan JP Morgan
PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP Strategy& McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company
RBC Capital Markets UBS Microsoft PwC PwC
Strategy& Wells Fargo PwC Tata Consultancy Services SC Johnson