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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 | 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 |