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Cornell University’s Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management

#9

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Contact Information

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

School Data

Annual Tuition: $83,106

Acceptance Rate: 28%

Full-Time Enrollment: 565

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.

Cornell MBA Rankings

Ranking Poets&Quants
2023-2024 7
2022-2023 13
2021-2022 15
2020-2021 15
2019-2020 12

 

Cornell Graduate MBA Salary

Career Statistics 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Average Base Salary $ 162,808 $ 155,048 $ 139,121 $ 138,767 $ 131,150
Mean Signing Bonus $ 38,826 $ 38,310 $ 37,684 $ 36,391 $ 35,976

Cornell Graduate MBA Employment Offers

Jobs Offered 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
% With Offer By 3 Months Post-Graduation 94% 97% 97% 93% 94%
% Accepting Offer By 3 Months Post-Graduation 93% 96% 95% 90% 93%

Career Choices of Cornell MBAs

Year 2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Consulting 42% 30% 27% 30% 28%
Consumer Products 4% 5% 6% 10% 4%
Energy and Utilities 2% 1% 1% 1%
Entertainment/Media 1%
Financial Services 35% 39% 36% 34% 37%
Healthcare 3% 4% 4%
Hospitality & Tourism 1%
Legal Services 1% 1% 2%
Manufacturing 2% 3% 5% 1% 6%
Nonprofit/Other 1% 2%
Real Estate 1% 1% 1%
Retail 1%
Technology 11% 15% 17% 16% 15%
Other 1% 7% 3%

Where Cornell MBAs Went To Work

2023 2022 2021 2020 2019
Altman Solon Amazon Altman Solon Amazon Accenture
Amazon Bain & Company Amazon Bain & Company Amazon
Bain & Company Bank of America American Express Bank of America Bain & Company
Bank of America BCG Bain & Company BCG BCG
BCG Citi Bank of America Citi Citi
Citi Corning Citi Credit Suisse Corning
Deloitte Credit Suisse Corning Deloitte Deloitte
EY EY Deloitte EY Ernst & Young
Jefferies Goldman Sachs Deutsche Bank Evercore Evercore
JP Morgan Guggenheim EY Google IBM
McKinsey & Company Jefferies Evercore Johnson & Johnson Johnson & Johnson
Morgan Stanley JP Morgan JP Morgan JP Morgan JP Morgan
Strategy& McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company McKinsey & Company LEK
UBS Microsoft PwC PwC McKinsey & Company
Wells Fargo PwC Tata Consultancy Services SC Johnson RBC