The curriculum at the Samuel Curtis Johnson Graduate School of Management, Cornell University is designed to teach students how to use collaboration to solve business challenges. Leadership is emphasized through the Johnson Leadership experience, a required course for all incoming students.

Johnson's Performance Learning experiences require students to deliver results in real business environments. Students apply the theoretical frameworks in business settings as they learn them while receiving continuous feedback from business experts. Performance learning experiences are customized according to career goals and interests. Johnson students can also gain hands-on experience through projects and clubs including: BR Consulting, BR Venture Fund, The Park Fellows Program, and the MBA Stock Pitch Challenge.

Of the 275 students in Cornell's two-year MBA class of 2012, 29% are women, another 29% are minorities and 31% are international students. The average student has 5 years of work experience. The median GMAT score is 700 and the median GPA is 3.3.

85% of two-year MBA graduates from the Johnson's class of 2011 received job offers within 3 months of graduation. The average base salary was $103,600. The most popular job functions for the class of 2011 are finance (39%), consulting (28%), and marking and business development (16%). Famous alumni include: Procter & Gamble CFO Jon Moeller, SC Johnson CEO & Chairman H. Fisk Johnson, Kraft Foods CEO Irene Rosenfeld, and Sprint Nextel CEO Daniel Hesse.