Elementary Special Education at SUNY Cortland

If you plan to study elementary special education, take a look at what SUNY Cortland has to offer and decide if the program is a good match for you. Get started with the following essential facts.

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and approximately 6,832 students attend the school each year.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Elementary Special Education section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Cortland Elementary Special Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Special Ed
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Special Ed

SUNY Cortland Elementary Special Education Rankings

The elementary special ed major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary Special Education. This could be for a number of reasons, such as not having enough data on the major or school to make an accurate assessment of its quality.

Elementary Special Ed Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the elementary special ed majors at SUNY Cortland.

SUNY Cortland Elementary Special Education Bachelor’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 7% of elementary special ed bachelor's degrees went to men and 93% went to women.

About 84% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary special ed at SUNY Cortland are white. This is above average for this degree on the nationwide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Cortland with a bachelor's in elementary special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	7
White	79
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	6

SUNY Cortland Elementary Special Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 12% of elementary special ed master's degrees went to men and 88% went to women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 10% men graduate in elementary special ed each year. SUNY Cortland does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 1% more men than average.

Of the students who received a elementary special ed master's degree from SUNY Cortland, 100% were white. This is above average for this degree on the natiowide level.

The following table and chart show the race/ethnicity for students who recently graduated from SUNY Cortland with a master's in elementary special ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	17
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Education/Teaching of Individuals in Secondary Special Education Programs

Careers That Elementary Special Ed Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary special ed can lead to the following careers. Since job numbers and average salaries can vary by geographic location, we have only included the numbers for NY, the home state for SUNY Cortland.

Occupation	Jobs in NY	Average Salary in NY
Kindergarten or Elementary School Special Education Teachers	18,790	$77,840

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
• O*NET Online
• Image Credit: By Publicganda under License

More about our data sources and methodologies.