private_nonprofit · United States

Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration

Ithaca, NY, United States Est. 1922 · 104 yrs Official site

Programs

across degree levels

Students

3,303est.

24% international

Acceptance

45%est.

selective

Tuition (mid)

$42kest.

full programme

AI-augmentation

78%

upside for grads

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The school

What you need to know

Institution type

private_nonprofit

Accreditation

AACSB · MSCHE

Faculty ratio

1 : 13

Languages

English

Hospitality rank

Unranked

AI-readiness

Strong

Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration is a private_nonprofit institution based in Ithaca, NY. The school offers 0 programs across hospitality management, culinary arts, tourism and adjacent disciplines.

Across all programs, graduates face a hospitality industry mid-way through an AI transition: roughly 38% of entry-level task time is automatable today, while 78% of a graduate's output can be amplified by current AI tools. We break this down per program below.

Accreditations & recognition

AACSBAccredited (business)
MSCHEAccredited (institutional)

By the numbers

The data on this school

Application volume — trailing 7 years

Applications received per intake.

Global hospitality rank — trajectory

Lower is better. Movements year-over-year.

Graduate employment, 6mo

90%

Placed via school network

93%

Student–faculty ratio

1 : 13

International student share

24%

0 programs

Programs offered

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2026 outlook

AI impact — by program

Every hospitality discipline is being reshaped at a different speed. Below is the AI exposure profile for each program at Cornell Nolan School of Hotel Administration, with the specific tasks being automated, the work being amplified, and the tools graduates should be fluent in before they leave.

Automation risk vs augmentation upside

No data yet.

Per program — automation is what AI removes, augmentation is what AI multiplies.

School-wide opportunity score

82/100

Projected salary premium: +14% by yr 5

Augmentation minus automation, normalised 0–100.

Investment

Tuition vs. peer schools

United States hospitality schools — mid tuition

Mid-point of published tuition ranges, in USD.

Min tuition

—

Max tuition

—

Country mid

$37,289

Head-to-head

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