Liberal Arts General Studies at SUNY Cortland

What traits are you looking for in a liberal arts school? To help you decide if SUNY Cortland is right for you, we've gathered the following information about the school's liberal arts program.

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and approximately 6,832 students attend the school each year. In the 2020-2021 academic year, 39 students received a bachelor's degree in liberal arts from SUNY Cortland.

Want to know more about the career opportunities in this field? Check out the Careers in Liberal Arts General Studies section at the bottom of this page.

SUNY Cortland Liberal Arts General Studies Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Liberal Arts

SUNY Cortland Liberal Arts General Studies Rankings

The following rankings from College Factual show how the liberal arts progam at SUNY Cortland compares to programs at other colleges and universities.

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 liberal arts major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Liberal Arts General 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
Best Value Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	228
Most Focused Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Degree Schools	386
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How Much Do Liberal Arts Graduates from SUNY Cortland Make?

The median salary of liberal arts students who receive their bachelor's degree at SUNY Cortland is $25,581. This is less than $32,253, which is the national average of all liberal arts majors in the nation who earn bachelor's degrees.

Liberal Arts Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Liberal Arts General Studies Bachelor’s Program

Of the 39 liberal arts students who graduated with a bachelor's degree in 2020-2021 from SUNY Cortland, about 28% were men and 72% were women.

About 74% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in liberal arts 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 liberal arts.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	1
Black or African American	2
Hispanic or Latino	3
White	29
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	4

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

Careers That Liberal Arts Grads May Go Into

A degree in liberal arts 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
Professors	6,440	$112,000

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

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