Business Administration & Management at Cornell University

If you plan to study business administration and management, take a look at what Cornell University has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

Cornell is located in Ithaca, New York and approximately 23,620 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Business Administration & Management section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Business Administration & Management Degrees Available

• Master’s Degree in Business Administration
• Doctorate Degree in Business Administration

Cornell Business Administration & Management Rankings

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

There were 9 students who received their doctoral degrees in business administration, making the school the #62 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Business Administration Student Demographics at Cornell

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the business administration majors at Cornell University.

Cornell Business Administration & Management Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 548 business administration majors earned their master's degree from Cornell. Of these graduates, 66% were men and 34% were women.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from Cornell University with a master's in business administration.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	81
Black or African American	30
Hispanic or Latino	43
White	176
International Students	156
Other Races/Ethnicities	62

Concentrations Within Business Administration & Management

If you plan to be a business administration major, you may want to focus your studies on one of the following concentrations. The completion numbers here include all graduates who receive any type of degree in this field from Cornell University. Some of these focus areas may not be available for your degree level.

Concentration	Annual Degrees Awarded
General Business Administration and Management	557

Related Majors

• Real Estate
• Management Sciences & Quantitative Methods
• Hospitality Management
• Human Resource Management

Careers That Business Administration Grads May Go Into

A degree in business administration can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for Cornell University.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
General and Operations Managers	163,250	$156,260
Office and Administrative Support Worker Supervisors	112,510	$70,770
Retail Sales Supervisors	66,620	$50,640
Management Analysts	47,580	$111,040
Computer and Information Systems Managers	27,070	$190,310

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Notyourbroom under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.