Elementary Education at SUNY Cortland

What traits are you looking for in a elementary teaching school? To help you decide if SUNY Cortland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's elementary teaching program.

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 Education section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Cortland Elementary Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Elementary Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Elementary Teaching

Online Classes Are Available at SUNY Cortland

Don't have the time or the flexibility in your schedule to take traditional classes? Online courses may be the perfect solution for you. They allow independent learners to study when and where they want to while offering the rigor of in-person classes.

For those who are interested in distance learning, SUNY Cortland does offer online courses in elementary teaching for the following degree levels:

• Master’s Degree

SUNY Cortland Elementary Education Rankings

The elementary teaching major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Elementary 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 Teaching Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Elementary Education Bachelor’s Program

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

About 79% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in elementary teaching 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 teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	3
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	20
White	116
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	7

SUNY Cortland Elementary Education Master’s Program

For the most recent academic year available, 0% of elementary teaching master's degrees went to men and 100% went to women.

Of the students who received a elementary teaching 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 teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

Related Majors

• Early Childhood Education

Careers That Elementary Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in elementary teaching 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
Elementary School Teachers	82,590	$83,010

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.