State University of New York at Cortland Career Outcomes & Earnings

The school-level earnings picture is mixed at State University of New York at Cortland. Federally aided completers working and not enrolled earn a median of $58,555 four years after completion; Azimuth places that figure in the 45th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Azimuth puts the return pillar in the 34th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $13,113 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, is in the 12th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $3,106.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $16,219. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $57,301; the university is $1,254 above. The peer comparison and model result point in different directions.

Program mix leaves room for noticeably different modeled earnings outcomes at State University of New York at Cortland. The downside earnings scenario is $52,569, the typical scenario is $58,555, and the upside scenario is $66,991.

These are earnings scenarios rather than observed groups of graduates. Among individual fields, median earnings four years after completion are $74,079 in Special Education and Teaching, $66,644 in Business/Managerial Economics, and $63,431 in Communication and Media Studies.

Those field-level figures help explain the spread between the downside and upside scenarios.

At State University of New York at Cortland, an estimated 30.2% of graduates continue to graduate study, a figure estimated from the program mix rather than observed enrollment. Because four-year earnings count completers who are working and not enrolled, those pursuing further study are outside the earnings measure.

Earnings vary across larger programs at State University of New York at Cortland, with Special Education and Teaching at the higher end. Four years after completion, its median earnings are $74,079, alongside 86 degrees awarded.

Business/Managerial Economics also sits toward the higher-earning end, with $66,644 in median earnings and 93 degrees awarded. The large education fields are more moderate by comparison: Subject-Area Teacher Education reports median earnings of $63,201 across 233 degrees awarded, while Kinesiology and Physical Education reports $56,466 and 236 degrees awarded.

These figures show that earnings differ by field even among the university's larger programs.

At State University of New York at Cortland, earnings differ across the largest fields, so the choice of field carries weight. Kinesiology and Physical Education awarded 236 degrees and had median earnings of $56,466 four years after completion.

Subject-Area Teacher Education awarded 233 degrees, with median earnings of $63,201 four years after completion. Teacher Education awarded 138 degrees and showed median earnings of $62,275 four years after completion.

Business/Managerial Economics awarded 93 degrees, and its median earnings were $66,644 four years after completion. The range across these large fields makes program-level results more informative than a single campuswide figure.