Labor & Industrial Relations at Cornell University

If you plan to study labor and industrial relations, 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 has a total student population of 23,620. Of the 848 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from Cornell University in 2021, 251 of them were labor and industrial relations majors.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Labor & Industrial Relations section at the bottom of this page.

Cornell Labor & Industrial Relations Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Labor Relations
• Master’s Degree in Labor Relations
• Doctorate Degree in Labor Relations

Cornell Labor & Industrial Relations Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks labor relations programs across the country. The following shows how Cornell performed in these rankings.

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The labor relations major at Cornell is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Labor & Industrial Relations. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

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In 2021, 88 students received their master’s degree in labor relations from Cornell. This makes it the #3 most popular school for labor relations master’s degree candidates in the country.

There were 4 students who received their doctoral degrees in labor relations, making the school the #1 most popular school in the United States for this category of students.

Labor Relations Student Demographics at Cornell

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

Cornell Labor & Industrial Relations Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 251 students earned a bachelor's degree in labor relations from Cornell. About 50% of these graduates were women and the other 50% were men. The typical labor relations bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% men. So male students are more repesented at Cornell since its program graduates 6% more men than average.

Prospective students may be interested in knowing that this school graduates 10% more racial-ethnic minorities in its labor relations bachelor's program than the national average.*

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	32
Black or African American	18
Hispanic or Latino	47
White	117
International Students	7
Other Races/Ethnicities	30

Cornell Labor & Industrial Relations Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 88 students graduated with a master's degree in labor relations from Cornell. About 40% were men and 60% were women.

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

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	9
Black or African American	6
Hispanic or Latino	8
White	41
International Students	22
Other Races/Ethnicities	2

Cornell also has a doctoral program available in labor relations. In 2021, 4 students graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• General Human Resources Management/Personnel Administration

Careers That Labor Relations Grads May Go Into

A degree in labor relations 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
Human Resources Managers	10,230	$150,280
Business Professors	8,910	$110,500
Labor Relations Specialists	7,890	$85,870

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.