Which SUNY Cortland major has the lowest debt?

Criminology graduates leave with a median of $21,500 in federal loans, the lowest among 15 SUNY Cortland bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does SUNY Cortland cost?

In-state tuition and fees are $8,874 a year, and $18,784 for out-of-state students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $22,345 a year.

How many SUNY Cortland programs report graduate pay?

16 bachelor's programs at SUNY Cortland report first-year pay, and 15 of them also report federal debt.

SUNY Cortland Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

State University of New York at Cortland
Public university
Cortland, NY
5,901 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

16 SUNY Cortland bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Subject-Area Teacher Education pays the most in the first year ($42,132), and Music the least ($18,380). The median program pays $34,260.

In-state tuition and fees$8,874Per year. Out-of-state $18,784

Average net price after aid$22,345Per year

Graduation rate68%Within 6 years

Admission rate60%Of applicants

All 16 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 252 graduates a year	$42,132	$62,533	$25,837	9th of 22
2	Rehabilitation and TherapyAbout 4 graduates a year	$40,853	$55,333	$27,000	3rd of 7
3	Business EconomicsAbout 89 graduates a year	$40,517	$75,120	$26,000	3rd of 4
4	Other Health ProfessionsGraduates a year not reported	$39,217	$60,772	$26,995	2nd of 6
5	Teacher EducationAbout 160 graduates a year	$37,979	$60,026	$25,902	10th of 25
6	Liberal Arts and General StudiesAbout 43 graduates a year	$37,940	$50,640	$28,150	9th of 22
7	CriminologyAbout 49 graduates a year	$34,768	$62,640	$21,500	5th of 7
8	CommunicationsAbout 75 graduates a year	$34,683	$57,625	$23,874	20th of 48
9	SociologyAbout 35 graduates a year	$33,837	$59,571	$25,379	18th of 38
10	MathematicsAbout 5 graduates a year	$32,451	Not reported	$25,000	19th of 22
11	PsychologyAbout 95 graduates a year	$32,159	$56,613	$23,616	27th of 65
12	HistoryAbout 46 graduates a year	$30,192	$58,231	$26,000	18th of 35
13	BiologyAbout 37 graduates a year	$29,383	$68,861	$26,000	47th of 65
14	Political ScienceAbout 21 graduates a year	$29,143	$74,191	$24,138	40th of 47
15	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 247 graduates a year	$28,289	$61,501	$25,681	7th of 18
16	MusicGraduates a year not reported	$18,380	Not reported	Not reported	10th of 15

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

3 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Lowest median debt

Largest programs

Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 252 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 247 graduates a year
Teacher EducationAbout 160 graduates a year
PsychologyAbout 95 graduates a year
Business EconomicsAbout 89 graduates a year

Common questions

Subject-Area Teacher Education graduates earn a median of $42,132 in their first year, the most of 16 SUNY Cortland bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels