Physical Education Teaching & Coaching at SUNY Cortland

If you are interested in studying physical education teaching and coaching, you may want to check out the program at SUNY Cortland. The following information will help you decide if it is a good fit for you.

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and approximately 6,832 students attend the school each year. Of the 528 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Cortland in 2021, 183 of them were physical education teaching and coaching majors.

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

SUNY Cortland Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching
• Master’s Degree in Physical Education Teaching

SUNY Cortland Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Rankings

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

Note: While rankings may be a good starting point when you're researching a school, they don't necessarily highlight all of a school's strengths. Don't forget to check out the other details that are available for a school to see if it has what you're looking for in a program.

Bachelor’s Degree Overall Quality & Other Notable Rankings

The physical education teaching major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Physical Education Teaching & Coaching. 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
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Schools	5
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Schools	9
Most Focused Physical Education & Coaching Bachelor’s Degree Schools	10
Best Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	23
Most Popular Physical Education & Coaching Master’s Degree Schools	28
	53
	66
Best Value Physical Education & Coaching Schools	73

In 2021, 17 students received their master’s degree in physical education teaching from SUNY Cortland. This makes it the #28 most popular school for physical education teaching master’s degree candidates in the country.

Physical Education Teaching Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Bachelor’s Program

In the 2020-2021 academic year, 183 students earned a bachelor's degree in physical education teaching from SUNY Cortland. About 39% of these graduates were women and the other 61% were men.

About 80% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in physical education 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 physical education teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	9
Hispanic or Latino	18
White	147
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	9

SUNY Cortland Physical Education Teaching & Coaching Master’s Program

Of the 17 students who earned a master's degree in Physical Education Teaching & Coaching from SUNY Cortland in 2020-2021, 65% were men and 35% were women.

Of the students who received a physical education teaching master's degree from SUNY Cortland, 88% 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 physical education teaching.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	1
Hispanic or Latino	1
White	15
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

SUNY Cortland also has a doctoral program available in physical education teaching. 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 Physical Education Teaching Grads May Go Into

A degree in physical education 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
High School Teachers	74,830	$85,300
Middle School Teachers	39,950	$83,490
Fitness Trainers and Aerobics Instructors	24,160	$59,520
Coaches and Scouts	10,320	$56,320
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.