SUNY Cortland Rehabilitation and Therapy (Bachelor's): Tuition, Graduate Salary, and Debt
- Bachelor's in Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions
- Public university
- Cortland, NY
- About 4 graduates a year
College Scorecard June 2026 release · BLS wages May 2025
The short answer
SUNY Cortland rehabilitation and therapy graduates earn more than graduates of most rehabilitation and therapy programs nationally, $40,853 in their first year. The typical graduate leaves with $27,000 in federal loans, close to the national median of $26,287. Two other New York programs report higher pay.
How it compares
Each figure is the median for graduates of the program. The New York and national columns are the medians across all rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs that report the figure.
Five years out, SUNY Cortland graduates earn more than the national figure but about $8,941 less than the New York median.
Debt and first-year pay at every New York rehabilitation and therapy program
Programs in the upper left give graduates higher pay for less debt. Dashed lines mark the New York medians.
Hover over or tap a dot to see the school. Only programs that report both earnings and debt are shown.
What graduates earn over time
Pay rises about 35% between the first and fifth year.
Year 1 and year 5 figures come from different graduating classes, so the growth rate is an estimate.
Paying back the loans
On a standard 10-year plan, the median debt means a payment of about $286 a month, or 8.4% of a graduate's typical monthly pay in the first year.
The government publishes these as ranges to protect privacy. They were measured in 2018 to 2020, partly during the pandemic pause on federal loan payments, so the forbearance share may be higher than usual.
Where graduates work, and what the pay is worth
70% of graduates (19 of 27) were working in New York one year after graduating. Prices in the parts of New York outside metro areas are about 8% below the national average, so a $40,853 salary here buys what about $44,593 buys in a typical US city.
Careers this field leads to
These are the jobs that the federal crosswalk from fields of study to occupations links to rehabilitation and therapy, largest first. Pay is the median across all experience levels.
Physical Therapists
$100,660Median pay in New York. 20,940 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 12% from 2025 to 2035, with about 13,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: doctoral or professional degree.
Occupational Therapists
$96,390Median pay in New York. 11,690 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 15% from 2025 to 2035, with about 10,000 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Rehabilitation Counselors
$47,960Median pay in New York. 3,810 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 2% from 2025 to 2035, with about 8,200 openings a year. Typical education to start: master's degree.
Recreational Therapists
$65,520Median pay in New York. 1,230 people work in this job in New York. Nationally, jobs are projected to grow 5% from 2025 to 2035, with about 1,400 openings a year. Typical education to start: bachelor's degree.
About SUNY Cortland
Rehabilitation and Therapy ranks 2nd of 16 bachelor's programs at SUNY Cortland by first-year earnings. The top three are Subject-Area Teacher Education ($42,132), Rehabilitation and Therapy ($40,853), and Business Economics ($40,517).
Other rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs near Cortland
Common questions
The median graduate earns $40,853 one year after graduating and $55,333 five years after. The median across rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs in New York is $39,739.
The median federal loan balance is $27,000, which ranks 4th lowest of 6 rehabilitation and therapy bachelor's programs in New York. That works out to about $286 a month over 10 years.
On the numbers, yes for most students. Debt equals 66% of first-year earnings, against a national median of 70%.
Most do. 70% (19 of 27) were working in New York one year after graduating.
About this data
- Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid (grants or loans).
- Earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school. Graduates who went straight to further study are not included.
- Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
- 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 comparisons when their main campus is in another state.
- Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago. BLS wages are from May 2025.
- School-level numbers like tuition, admission rate, and graduation rate are for the whole school, not the rehabilitation and therapy program.
Sources
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Occupational Employment and Wage Statistics, May 2025
- Bureau of Labor Statistics, Employment Projections 2025 to 2035
- Bureau of Economic Analysis, Regional Price Parities, 2024
- NCES, CIP 2020 to SOC 2018 crosswalk, and IPEDS institution directory, 2024