Master's · Ithaca, New York
Is Human Resources Management and Services at Cornell University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 1.2 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $121,088
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $167,465
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $36,783
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $39k (likely $39k – $39k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $99k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 1.2 years (likely 1.0–1.5)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $733k (likely $582k – $887k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $1.91M (likely $1.55M – $2.32M)
- Today's dollars
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
Other majors at Cornell University
- Law (Doctoral)$259,851
- Computer Science (Master's)$235,762
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$226,632
- Computer Science (Bachelor's)$223,309
- Operations Research (Master's)$203,340
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$196,882
- Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions (Master's)$163,586
- Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management (Master's)$161,226
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Master's)$156,103
- Operations Research (Bachelor's)$151,709
- Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering (Bachelor's)$147,241
- Agricultural Business and Management (Bachelor's)$145,218
Human Resources Management and Services at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$126,350
- New York University$125,710
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$108,119
- Pace University$104,806
- Manhattanville University$101,805
- Stony Brook University$92,520
- Nazareth University$82,511
- Touro University$78,349
- CUNY Graduate School and University Center$76,035
- DeVry College of New York$75,225