A MASTER'S FOR 
HR PROFESSIONALS

1 in 2 Fortune 500 companies have ILR alums in HR leadership positions

The ILR School of Cornell University is the leading college of the applied social sciences focusing on work, employment, and labor policy issues and practices of national and international significance.

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Take Your Career to the Next Level

The Master of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) program is designed for people who are interested in the human side of organizations and the workplace. It’s a professional master's degree for people ready to take on leadership roles and tackle the issues of organizational success, employee wellbeing and labor relations. It’s built up from the research of Cornell's world-class faculty and the real-world experience of practitioners. Senior corporate executives and labor managers enrich MILR through deep interactions with students focused on real challenges faced in the workplace.

The MILR program at Cornell's ILR School offers students unique perspectives on workforce issues from HR to labor, organizational behavior and conflict resolution. 

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Average Class Size

Average Student Age

56 

1-8 Years work experience

On-campus

2-Years

Students

27 

Years Old

2019 Data

$89,429

Average Salary Upon Graduation

Tuition Per Year

$39,466 

2020

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Fortune 500 companies have ILR alums in HR leadership positions

TAKE YOUR CAREER TO THE NEXT LEVEL

The Master of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) program is designed for people who are interested in the human side of organizations and the workplace. It’s a professional master's degree for people ready to take on leadership roles and tackle the issues of organizational success, employee wellbeing and labor relations. It’s built up from the research of Cornell's world-class faculty and the real-world experience of practitioners. Senior corporate executives and labor managers enrich MILR through deep interactions with students focused on real challenges faced in the workplace.

The MILR program at Cornell's ILR School offers students unique perspectives on workforce issues from HR to labor, organizational behavior and conflict resolution. 

A Webinar Series Co-Hosted by US Department of Labor–Women’s Bureau & The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR

This webinar series will bring together researchers, policy makers, practitioners, unions, philanthropy, and advocates to share current research and praxis that address the need for a just economic recovery that reverses long-existent inequalities in job creation and access. The current crisis of inequality, made worse by the intersecting crisis of the pandemic and its impact on women and people of color, accelerates the need to envision job creation through the perspective of an equity lens.

Unprecedented levels of public investment to spur economic recovery after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic creates an historic opportunity to dismantle structural barriers and achieve equity and inclusion in economic development through high-quality jobs access for women and people of color. The question this webinar series will explore is how best to achieve equity goals. Drawing on existing models of practice from around the United States, this series will show how local and state actors have successfully implemented equity and job creation.

The goal of this series is to showcase current research on equity and its application to spur the upscaling of effective policy innovation at the state and local level at a time of record levels of economic investment by the federal government.  

A Webinar Series Co-Hosted by US Department of Labor–Women’s Bureau & The Worker Institute at Cornell ILR

This webinar series will bring together researchers, policy makers, practitioners, unions, philanthropy, and advocates to share current research and praxis that address the need for a just economic recovery that reverses long-existent inequalities in job creation and access. The current crisis of inequality, made worse by the intersecting crisis of the pandemic and its impact on women and people of color, accelerates the need to envision job creation through the perspective of an equity lens.

Unprecedented levels of public investment to spur economic recovery after two years of the COVID-19 pandemic creates an historic opportunity to dismantle structural barriers and achieve equity and inclusion in economic development through high-quality jobs access for women and people of color. The question this webinar series will explore is how best to achieve equity goals. Drawing on existing models of practice from around the United States, this series will show how local and state actors have successfully implemented equity and job creation.

The goal of this series is to showcase current research on equity and its application to spur the upscaling of effective policy innovation at the state and local level at a time of record levels of economic investment by the federal government.  

The Human Side of Work

The Master of Industrial and Labor Relations (MILR) at Cornell's ILR School offers students unique perspectives on workforce issues from HR to labor, organizational behavior and conflict resolution.

Sudip Roy
2020 MILR Alum 
Human Resources Management Associate, Citi

The MILR cohort is incredibly tight-knit. Students in the program are highly supportive of each other – in an academic, professional, and social context. The MILR program is a well renowned and internationally recognized premium degree that promised to introduce me to, and strengthen my foundation in the field of Human Resources. I can safely say that the program has not just met my expectations, but delivered significantly beyond it.

Lydia Varon
2019 MILR Alumus 
Specialist, HR Business Partner, L3Harris Technologies

When I decided to go back to school, I had three goals. One, gain knowledge that was directly applicable to my career path. Two, walk away with a job. Three, leave with as many doors open as possible. I can definitely say that all 3 of my goals were achieved. There is no program that will expand your horizons, and set you up for success the way the MILR program does. Everything they advertise is true: the academics, the network, the experiences, and the friendships!

Dhara Puvar
2021 MILR Alum 
HR Consultant United Nations Women

From the wide array of companies that come to campus seeking MILR graduates to join their organizations to the alumni in leadership roles that return to Cornell to pass on their knowledge and experiences, the caliber of the program speaks for itself. I can't imagine being anywhere else!

BY THE NUMBERS

56

Average Cohort Size

Average Student Age

27

2

Years
On-Campus

1-8

Years Work Experience

$43K

Tuition per Year

$98K

Average Salary Upon Graduation

Fortune 500 companies have ILR alums in HR leadership positions

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