Health Education at SUNY Cortland

If you plan to study health 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. In 2021, 7 school health education majors received their bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland.

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

SUNY Cortland Health Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in School Health Education
• Master’s Degree in School Health Education

SUNY Cortland Health Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks school health education programs across the country. The following shows how SUNY Cortland performed in these rankings.

Note: Rankings don't always give a complete picture of a school's strengths and weaknesses, so it's a good idea to extend your research and also look at other factors when trying to decide if the school is right for you.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The school health education major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Health 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.

Ranking Type	Rank
	8
Most Focused Health Education Master’s Degree Schools	9
Best Value Health Education Master’s Degree Schools	14
Best Value Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	16
Most Popular Health Education Schools	17
Most Popular Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	27
Most Focused Health Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	33
	34

In 2021, 12 students received their master’s degree in school health education from SUNY Cortland. This makes it the #7 most popular school for school health education master’s degree candidates in the country.

School Health Education Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

Take a look at the following statistics related to the make-up of the school health education majors at SUNY Cortland.

SUNY Cortland Health Education Bachelor’s Program

The school health education program at SUNY Cortland awarded 7 bachelor's degrees in 2020-2021. About 14% of these degrees went to men with the other 86% going to women.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in school health education 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 school health education.

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

SUNY Cortland Health Education Master’s Program

During the 2020-2021 academic year, 12 school health education majors earned their master's degree from SUNY Cortland. Of these graduates, 50% were men and 50% were women. Nationwide, master's degree programs only see 33% men graduate in school health education each year. SUNY Cortland does a better job at serving the male population as it supports 17% more men than average.

Of the students who received a school health education master's degree from SUNY Cortland, 83% 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 school health education.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	10
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	1

SUNY Cortland also has a doctoral program available in school health education. In 2021, 0 student graduated with a doctor's degree in this field.

Related Majors

• Chemistry Education
• French Language Teacher Education
• Earth Science Teacher Education
• Spanish Education
• Physics Education

Careers That School Health Education Grads May Go Into

A degree in school health education 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Education Professors	5,590	$88,580

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.