A survey of College of Arts & Sciences students in the Class of 2025 found that 66.6% of graduates are employed, 28.8% are attending graduate school, 1.3% are seeking employment, and 3.3% are traveling/volunteering/preparing for graduate school. Top employment sectors for our graduates include Financial Services (23%), Technology (21%), Consulting/Professional Practice (10%), Human Healthcare Services (9%), Education (7%), Law (6%), Communications/Media (4%), Government (3%), and Nonprofit Organizations (3%).
Whether you like to travel, love spending time in a lab, or prefer to chart your own course of study, you'll find countless opportunities in the College of Arts & Sciences for engagement and learning, in the classroom and beyond. The body of research, scholarship, and creative works emerging from the College of Arts & Sciences is vast, with one common thread -- ALL of our research is curiosity-based. You can read more about some of the special opportunities in A&S at the links below.
The College of Arts & Sciences (A&S) is the liberal arts and sciences college at Cornell and the largest of Cornell’s undergraduate colleges. With 40+ majors, 60+ minors, and 2000+ courses across the disciplines, A&S offers uncommon academic diversity. With up to two years before you declare a major and two-thirds of courses taken outside of your major, your educational path will be defined by structured flexibility and be guided by your own academic interests.
