Communication & Media Studies at SUNY Cortland

Every communication and media studies school has its own distinct culture and strengths. We've pulled together some statistics and other details to help you see how the communications program at SUNY Cortland stacks up to those at other schools.

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and approximately 6,832 students attend the school each year. In 2021, 86 communications 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 Communication & Media Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Cortland Communication & Media Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Communications

SUNY Cortland Communication & Media Studies Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks communications 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 communications major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Communication & Media Studies. 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
	145
Most Focused Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	168
Most Popular Communication & Media Studies Schools	219

How Much Do Communications Graduates from SUNY Cortland Make?

The median salary of communications students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Cortland is $36,536. This is 13% higher than $32,435, which is the national average for all communications bachelor's degree recipients.

Communications Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Communication & Media Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 86 communications students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Cortland, about 30% were men and 70% were women.

About 83% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in communications 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 communications.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	5
Hispanic or Latino	5
White	71
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	5

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

Related Majors

• Radio, Television & Digital Communication

Careers That Communications Grads May Go Into

A degree in communications 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
Public Relations Specialists	24,510	$74,000
Editors	19,140	$83,070
Writers and Authors	7,410	$86,380
Reporters and Correspondents	4,540	$81,930
Communications Professors	3,080	$90,470

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.