Graduates of the Cornell SC Johnson College of Business earn some of the highest salaries of MBA programs in the United States.

Students may also propose a semester-long exchange program with any of the remaining 57 member schools in the Partnership in International Management (PIM).

Led by economics professor Allyn Young, the committee recommended the creation of a "two-year graduate course leading to the Master's degree" in both business and public administration.

Following the Armistice of 1918, third university president Jacob Gould Schurman called for the establishment of such a school, which he estimated would require $1 million of initial funding.

In 1941, the university faculty recommended the creation of a School of Business and Public Administration, and it was unanimously approved on December 10, 1941, three days after the attack on Pearl Harbor.

O'Leary leveraged an offer to be dean of the business school at the University of Minnesota in negotiations for the Cornell position, ultimately signing for a salary of $9,000.

[11] In 1946, Cornell University opened the School of Business and Public Administration,[15] holding classes in McGraw Hall and charging $200 for tuition for the first year.

[13] The school awarded two degrees—MBA and MPA—and its primary national recruiters included the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, Eastman Kodak, DuPont, General Electric, AT&T, and IBM.

Litchfield left three years later for the chancellorship at the University of Pittsburgh and was replaced by C. Stewart Sheppard in 1957, followed by William D. Carmichael in 1962.

That same year, the school began offering a dual-degree MBA/MA in Asian Studies with Cornell's FALCON (Full-year Asian Language Concentration) program, to produce American MBAs with some knowledge of the Japanese language and culture gained through coursework in Ithaca and a required summer internship in Japan.

[19] In 2011, Johnson hosted Facebook-sponsored 3-Day Startup (3DS), an event where participants worked to start a technology company over the course of three days.

[20] Later that year, a Johnson team consisting of student portfolio managers in the school's $10 million Cayuga MBA Fund won second place in CNBC's "MBA Face-Off" edition of its Million Dollar Portfolio Challenge, a nine-week, real-time fantasy stock and currency trading competition.

[25] The two-year MBA program is housed entirely in Sage Hall, a 19th-century High Victorian Gothic building which was originally built as a women's dormitory.

[citation needed] The business school will also utilize classrooms and offices at Cornell's Roosevelt Island campus upon completion of construction.

The 76,000-square-foot building offers classrooms for 450 students, three floors of administrative offices, two high-definition broadcasting studios and 19 breakout rooms.

Glass walls overlook a four-story atrium; this central gathering spot has superior acoustics and is designed to accommodate a wide variety of events.

Unlike other MBA programs whose mandatory courses occupy the entire first year, Johnson utilizes an intense first-semester core model, allowing students to engage in an immersion (concentration) prior to their summer internships.

Orientation consists of a three-week leadership course that culminates in the Johnson Outdoor Experience (JOE), a two-day adventure-based activity in the Finger Lakes foothills.

[30] The second semester focuses on the external aspects and includes the courses Statistics for Management, Managerial Finance, and Strategy.

94% of the Johnson MBA class of 2023 had jobs offers three months post graduation and 100% of those students found internships during the summer following the first year.

A unique aspect of the Johnson MBA experience is a completion of an intense, hands-on semester of an integrated course and fieldwork in a specific industry or career interest, before setting out for a mid-MBA summer internship.

The Johnson curriculum offers 6 immersions: Students may also choose to pursue up to two optional academic concentrations during their second year of the program.

These courses provide access to industry leaders in Private Equity and Venture Capital, ideal for students pursuing careers in these fields.

Classes are held every other weekend, all day Saturday and Sunday morning, in addition to four residential sessions on the Cornell University campus.

Classes are typically held three Saturdays per month, in addition to three residence sessions on the Cornell and Queen's university campuses.

[66] In September 2016, Weill Cornell Medicine and the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management announced a new dual-degree program that will provide the next generation of health care leaders with a broad set of skills for success in a rapidly changing environment.

For 2007, ASQ had the highest "article influence score" according to Eigenfactor,[68] and it was ranked as the #16 academic journal in business by Financial Times.

The Annual Conference is held at Cornell Tech campus at Roosevelt Island and is attended by experts and leaders from Emerging Markets.

Notable past guests have included Iván Duque, Mark Mobius, Marcos Prado Troyjo, Kaushik Basu, Mbugua Martin Kimani, Jayant Sinha, and many others.

[103] Fictional alumni include Christina Pagniacci, portrayed by Cameron Diaz, in Any Given Sunday[104] and Alicia Mendoza in Grand Hotel.