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A Proven Track Record of Successful Career Paths

Cornell Tech graduates pursue a variety of career paths upon graduation such as accepting a full-time job with mature companies or startups, forming their own venture, pursuing further education, or taking up fellowships.

Prospective students should note that past employment rates are not predictive or indicative of future outcomes.

Cornell Tech's startup programs have launched more than 128 companies

These startups have generated a collective valuation of more than $1 billion while creating more than 723 new jobs in New York City, boosting the local economy and tech community
As of the end of 2025, companies founded at Cornell Tech in the health sector accounted for 41% of all startups created at Cornell Tech and 76% of venture capital raised by Cornell Tech companies. 94% of our startups maintain headquarters in New York City, contributing to the city’s economic growth.

Class of 2025 Career Outcomes

Technical Programs

As of 2025, eight graduate-level technical programs have been offered on campus. While each program has a different subject-matter focus, all provide a strong technical foundation that, in conjunction with the Studio curriculum, equips Cornell Tech’s graduates to pursue a variety of engineering and analytical roles, many at the intersection of technology and business. Overall, Cornell Tech’s technical program graduates who sought full-time employment achieved an 89% employment rate within nine months of graduation.

Note: Data for the Master of Engineering in Data Science and Decision Analytics and the Master of Science in Design Technology programs is not yet available, as the inaugural classes will graduate in 2026.

All Technical Programs
- 89% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 72% Job Seekers
- 8% Founders
- 20% Other Paths
Total Cohort Size = 278
Top Geographic Area
- 45% New York City
- 49% Outside of New York City (USA)
- 5% International

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 Ph.D.), or international students returning to their home country. Many new graduate offers include a pre-determined office location.

Location data includes startup founders and students who accepted full-time jobs upon graduation.

Roles AND Compensation

The majority of Technical programs graduates accepted roles such as software developer, data scientist, data analyst, or data engineer. Examples of 2025 employers include Google, Amazon, Palantir, Bloomberg, Visa, Microsoft, TikTok, Scale AI, and others.

The total compensation at tech companies, where the majority of technical program graduates accepted roles, depends on the stage of the company’s life cycle, the amount of equity granted (and its value), and the years and relevance of a graduate’s professional experience. In 2025, the median salary was $140,000. In most cases, in addition to salary, offers included equity, sign-on, year-end, or performance bonuses, and relocation allowance (where applicable).

Master of Engineering in Computer Science
- 94% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 74% Job Seekers
- 11% Founders
- 15% Other Paths
n=110

Master of Engineering in Operations Research and Information Engineering
- 90% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 65% Job Seekers
- 2% Founders
- 33% Other Paths
n=46

Master of Engineering in Electrical and Computer Engineering
- 60% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 60% Job Seekers
- 16% Founders
- 24% Other Paths
n=25

Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees - Connective Media Concentration
- 88% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 79% Job Seekers
- 6% Founders
- 15% Other Paths
n=53

Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees - Health Tech Concentration
- 100% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 77% Job Seekers
- 17% Founders
- 6% Other Paths
n=18

Jacobs Technion-Cornell Dual MS Degrees - Urban Tech Concentration
- 82% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 65% Job Seekers
- 35% Other Paths
n=26

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 Ph.D.), or international students returning to their home country. Percentages may not add up to 100% due to rounding.

Summer Internships 一 Two-Year Technical Programs

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 2025 included Amazon, Google, Intuit, Memorial Sloan Kettering, Meta, Grammarly, and others. The majority of the internship roles were in data science and software development.

Professional Programs — MBA

The Johnson Cornell Tech MBA is a STEM-designed degree for OPT applications by international students. In 2025, 66% of the graduates sought full-time employment, and 17% started their own businesses.

Johnson Cornell Tech MBA
- 64% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 66% Job Seekers
- 17% Founders
- 17% Other Paths
n=95
Top Geographic Areas
- 60% New York City
- 36% Outside of New York City (USA)
- 5% International

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, continuing their education (e.g., medical school or Ph.D.), or international students returning to their home country. Location data includes startup founders and students who accepted full-time jobs upon graduation. Many new graduate offers include a pre-determined office location.

Roles AND Compensation

As in prior years, the majority of accepted jobs for the class of 2025 were with mature companies or startups, mainly in the technology sector. Examples of 2025 employers include Amazon, Benchmark Education, Bytedance, Capital One, CompoSecure, CorroHealth, Cyera, Fiserv, Fox Corp., Ingrasys, Kalera, Luminance, Masterworks, McKinsey, Netflix, Notable Capital, Oliver Wyman, Optis Consulting Group, PatientIQ, PayJoy, Pontera, ResMed, Sound Commerce, Taskrabbit, Uber, UBS, and Upwork.

The median base salary for 2025 graduates who accepted offers was $170,000. As most students accepted jobs with tech companies, a significant portion of annual compensation is equity, which compresses salaries relative to offers with no equity component.

Professional Programs — LL.M.

Each year, the Cornell Tech LL.M. carefully selects a small group of lawyers dedicated to meeting the needs of tech- and tech-dependent industries in a business-focused, holistic manner. At nine months past graduation, 94% of reporting graduates from the Class of 2025 who sought employment were employed in positions related to the subject matter of the program.

Master of Laws in Law, Technology, and Entrepreneurship
- 94% Employed 9 months after graduation
Career Paths
- 47% Law Firm
- 30% In-House Legal
- 4% Government
- 19% Further Education

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 global startup economy through their 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 be interested 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.

128

More than 128 startups founded by Cornell Tech alumni since 2014.

$378M

More than $378 million raised by Cornell Tech startups since 2014.

89%

89% of job seekers received at least one offer within 9 months of graduation.

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