SUNY Cortland Teaching Programs

Located in Cortland, New York, SUNY Cortland is a public institution. The location of SUNY Cortland is a good match for students who are interested in living in a college town while they pursue their degree.

Where Is SUNY Cortland?

Contact details for SUNY Cortland are given below.

	Contact Details
Address:	Miller Building, Cortland, NY 13045-0900
Phone:	607-753-2011
Website:	www2.cortland.edu

How Do I Get Into SUNY Cortland?

You can apply to SUNY Cortland online at: www2.cortland.edu/admissions/undergraduate/application-process.dot

Admission Requirements for SUNY Cortland

Submission	Required?
High School GPA	5
High School Rank	5
High School Transcript	1
College Prep Program	5
Recommendations	1
SAT or ACT Scores	5
TOEFL	5

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Cortland?

The acceptance rate at SUNY Cortland is 60%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 41% of accepted students are men and 59% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 54%, and the acceptance rate for women is 64%.

Can I Afford SUNY Cortland?

The overall average net price of SUNY Cortland is $27,350. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Cortland, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,367 a year. That adds up to $29,468 over four years for those students.

SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Student Diversity

There are 5,984 undergraduate students at SUNY Cortland, with 5,816 being full-time and 168 being part-time.

There are also 674 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,816 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Cortland, 43% are male and 57% are female.

Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Cortland students is as follows.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Grads
Asian	75
Black or African American	297
Hispanic or Latino	779
White	4,310
International Students	23
Other Races/Ethnicities	332

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Cortland. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at SUNY Cortland

In 2022-2023, 1,760 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Cortland has changed over the last few years.

This school is the 10th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2022-2023.

The following table shows the 1-year growth rate of SUNY Cortland majors that offer at least one online course. This table only includes majors with positive growth.

Major	1-Year Growth Rate
Reading Teacher Education	60%

SUNY Cortland Teaching Concentrations

The table below shows the number of awards for each concentration.

Major	Bachelor’s	Graduate Certificate	Master’s	TOTAL
Physical Education Teaching & Coaching	165	0	17	182
Elementary Education	133	0	10	143
Elementary Special Education	86	0	22	108
Reading Teacher Education	0	0	50	50
Elementary & Middle School Administration/Principalship	0	29	0	29
English & Language Arts Education	21	0	4	25
Social Studies Education	16	0	0	16
Teaching English as a Second or Foreign Language/ESL Language Instructor	11	0	5	16
Health Education	7	0	8	15
Other Educational Administration & Supervision	0	0	10	10
Superintendency & Educational System Administration	0	9	0	9
Mathematics Education	8	0	0	8
Biology Education	3	0	2	5
Spanish Education	5	0	0	5
Early Childhood Education	5	0	0	5
Physics Education	4	0	0	4
Earth Science Teacher Education	3	0	0	3
Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs	0	0	2	2
Chemistry Education	1	0	0	1
Educational, Instructional, & Curriculum Supervision	0	0	0	0
Bilingual & Multilingual Education	0	0	0	0
General Special Education	0	0	0	0
French Language Teacher Education	0	0	0	0
TOTAL	468	38	130	636

References

*The racial-ethnic minorities count is calculated by taking the total number of students and subtracting white students, international students, and students whose race/ethnicity was unknown. This number is then divided by the total number of students at the school to obtain the racial-ethnic minorities percentage.

• College Factual
• National Center for Education Statistics
• Image Credit: By Publicganda under License

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