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SUNY Cortland Overview

Located in Cortland, New York, SUNY Cortland is a public institution. The charming, small-town atmosphere of Cortland draws many to the area.

What Is SUNY Cortland Known For?

0 Undergraduate Awards
$27,350 Avg Cost After Aid
60% Acceptance Rate
  • The 1% student loan default rate at SUNY Cortland is better than the national rate of 10.1%. That's a good sign that you may be able to pay off student loans easier than your peers at other schools can.
  • The highest award offered at SUNY Cortland is the post-master's certificate.
  • In <nil>, 57% of the faculty were full-time.
  • A student who earns a bachelor's degree from SUNY Cortland makes roughly $57,352 a year. This is 41% more than their peers from other colleges and universities.
  • It takes the average SUNY Cortland student 4.3 years to graduate. This is pretty good when compared to the national rate of 4.4 years.

Where Is SUNY Cortland?

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Contact details for SUNY Cortland are given below.

Contact Details
Address: Miller Building, Cortland, NY 13045-0900
Phone: 607-753-2011
Website: www2.cortland.edu

How Do I Get Into SUNY Cortland?

You can apply to SUNY Cortland online at: www2.cortland.edu/admissions/undergraduate/application-process.dot

Admission Requirements for SUNY Cortland

Submission Required?
High School GPA Considered but not required
High School Rank Considered but not required
High School Transcript Required
College Prep Program Recommended
Recommendations Required
SAT or ACT Scores Considered but not required
TOEFL Considered but not required

How Hard Is It To Get Into SUNY Cortland?

60% Acceptance Rate
64% Of Accepted Are Women
12% Submit SAT Scores
The acceptance rate at SUNY Cortland is 60%, which is a sign that the school is fairly selective. While it may not be as hard to get into as other colleges, you should not take admission for granted.

Approximately 36% of accepted students are men and 64% are women. The acceptance rate for men is 52%, and the acceptance rate for women is 66%.

Average Test Scores

About 12% of students accepted to SUNY Cortland submitted their SAT scores. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, SAT Evidence-Based Reading and Writing scores ranged between 540 and 620. Math scores were between 550 and 620.

SAT Reading and Writing Scores for SUNY Cortland  ( 540 to 620 )
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800

SAT Math Scores for SUNY Cortland  ( 550 to 620 )
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800
SUNY Cortland received ACT scores from 1% of accepted students. When looking at the 25th through the 75th percentile, ACT English scores ranged between 20 and 25. Math scores were between 25 and 28. Composite scores were between 22 and 27.

ACT English Scores for SUNY Cortland  ( 20 to 25 )
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36
ACT Math Scores for SUNY Cortland  ( 25 to 28 )
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36
ACT Composite Scores for SUNY Cortland  ( 22 to 27 )
1
36

Can I Afford SUNY Cortland?

$27,350 Net Price
68% Take Out Loans
1.4% Loan Default Rate
The overall average net price of SUNY Cortland is $27,350. The affordability of the school largely depends on your financial need since net price varies by income group.

The net price is calculated by adding tuition, room, board and other costs and subtracting financial aid.

Student Loan Debt

Almost 66% of college students who graduated with the class of 2018 took out student loans, but that percentage varies from school to school. At SUNY Cortland, approximately 68% of students took out student loans averaging $7,367 a year. That adds up to $29,468 over four years for those students.

The student loan default rate at SUNY Cortland is 1.4%. This is significantly lower than the national default rate of 10.1%, which is a good sign that you'll be able to pay back your student loans.

SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Student Diversity

5,816 Full-Time Undergraduates
57% Women
22% Racial-Ethnic Minorities*
There are 5,984 undergraduate students at SUNY Cortland, with 5,816 being full-time and 168 being part-time.

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There are also 674 graduate students at the school.

Gender Diversity

Of the 5,816 full-time undergraduates at SUNY Cortland, 43% are male and 57% are female.

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Racial-Ethnic Diversity

The racial-ethnic breakdown of SUNY Cortland students is as follows.

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Race/Ethnicity Number of Grads
Asian 75
Black or African American 297
Hispanic or Latino 779
White 4,310
International Students 23
Other Races/Ethnicities 332

Geographic Diversity

New York students aren't the only ones who study at SUNY Cortland. At this time, 18 states are represented by the student population at the school.

Online Learning at SUNY Cortland

405 Took All Classes Online
2,142 Took At Least One Class Online
158.6% Avg Growth Over 4 Years
In 2020-2021, 2,142 students took at least one online class at the school.

The following chart shows how the online learning population at SUNY Cortland has changed over the last few years.

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This school is the 40th most popular in New York for online learning according to the online graduations recorded by the Department of Education for the academic year 2020-2021.

Online Growth Rankings of SUNY Cortland

The average growth rate over the last four years of online students at SUNY Cortland was 158.6%. This is the #322 largest growth rate of all schools that are only partially online. This refers to all students at SUNY Cortland regardless of major.

When we speak of partially online, we are referring to schools whose online population is less than 50% of its total student body. Mostly online refers to those with online populations greater than or equal to 50%.

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.

More about our data sources and methodologies.

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