unitid 196149 · Cortland, NY · public 4-year · town (distant)
State University of New York at Cortland
- enrollment 2023
- 7,633
- predominant degree
- Bachelor's
scorecard 2026-06 · percentiles within public 4-years
The record
admission rate
60%
17th pctl among public 4-years
undergraduates
5,901
57th pctl among public 4-years
Pell share
27%
undergrads on Pell grants
35th pctl among public 4-years
completion
68%
finish within 150% time
86th pctl among public 4-years
sticker cost / yr
$28,108
80th pctl among public 4-years
avg net price / yr
$22,345
after aid, aided students
95th pctl among public 4-years
median earnings, 10 yr
$60,236
after entry, Title IV students
73rd pctl among public 4-years
median grad debt
$21,500
68th pctl among public 4-years
what families actually pay
Cost
Sticker price is a fiction for most families — net price is what aided students pay after grants, by family income.
Average net price by family income, 2023–24 aid cohort
Families earning under $30k paid $12,550 per year after aid.
Dashed hollow marks are privacy-suppressed brackets — not zero. Band: middle half of public 4-years (all incomes).
Who enrolls, by family income
- 0-30k20%
- 30-48k12%
- 48-75knot reported
- 75-110knot reported
- 110k+not reported
- Median family income
- $72,219
- First-generation students
- 27%
- In-state tuition & fees
- $8,874
earnings · debt · programs
Outcomes
Median earnings after entry, working grads with federal aid
Ten years out, the median graduate earns 2.8× the median graduate debt.
Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only.
What programs pay — top fields of study
| program | grads | earn 5 yr | debt |
|---|---|---|---|
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 252 | $62,533 | $25,837 |
| Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness. | 247 | $61,501 | $25,681 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods. | 160 | $60,026 | $25,902 |
| Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas. | 116 | $60,714 | — |
| Psychology, General. | 95 | $56,613 | $23,616 |
| Special Education and Teaching. | 94 | $70,344 | — |
| Business/Managerial Economics. | 89 | $75,120 | $26,000 |
| Communication and Media Studies. | 75 | $57,625 | $23,874 |
| Communication Disorders Sciences and Services. | 50 | $67,773 | $23,250 |
| Criminology. | 49 | $62,640 | $21,500 |
| History. | 46 | $58,231 | $26,000 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities. | 43 | $50,640 | $28,150 |
— is privacy suppression at small programs, never zero. Earnings are median, 5 years after completing.
annual scorecard files, 1996–2026
Trajectory
Line breaks are years where the measure wasn't collected — a gap is not a zero.
Admission rate
Price per year
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Median earnings, 10 yrs after entry
Undergraduates
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Provenance
- U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard, 2026-06 release. Earnings cover federally aided (Title IV) students only. Suppressed values are null, never imputed.
- Annual Scorecard files 1996-2026. A null in early years usually means the measure was not yet collected, not zero.
- Coordinates and locale describe the campus address, not where students live.