Outdoor Education at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland is located in Cortland, New York and approximately 6,832 students attend the school each year. Of the 1,739 students who graduated with a bachelor’s degree from SUNY Cortland in 2021, 8 of them were outdoor education majors.

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

SUNY Cortland Outdoor Education Degrees Available

• Bachelor’s Degree in Outdoor Ed

SUNY Cortland Outdoor Education Rankings

Each year, College Factual ranks outdoor ed 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 outdoor ed major at SUNY Cortland is not ranked on College Factual’s Best Colleges and Universities for Outdoor Education. 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 Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Degree Schools	4
Best Outdoor Education Schools	5
	7
Most Popular Outdoor Education Schools	13

Outdoor Ed Student Demographics at SUNY Cortland

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

SUNY Cortland Outdoor Education Bachelor’s Program

Of the 8 students who graduated with a bachelor’s in outdoor ed from SUNY Cortland in 2021, 50% were men and 50% were women. The typical outdoor ed bachelor's degree program is made up of only 44% women. So female students are more repesented at SUNY Cortland since its program graduates 6% more women than average.

About 100% of those who receive a bachelor's degree in outdoor ed 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 outdoor ed.

Race/Ethnicity	Number of Students
Asian	0
Black or African American	0
Hispanic or Latino	0
White	8
International Students	0
Other Races/Ethnicities	0

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

Related Majors

• Recreation Administration
• Parks, Recreation & Leisure Studies
• Health & Physical Education

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.