Bachelor's+7% vs national median595 grads tracked
Biological and Biomedical Sciences at SUNY Cortland
Ranked 56th of 410 bachelor's programs in Biological and Biomedical Sciences by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$33,553
middle 50%: $24,109 – $44,132
Median · 5 years out
$66,110
middle 50%: $45,793 – $89,880
Median · 10 years out
$86,849
middle 50%: $65,681 – $117,799
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Biological and Biomedical Sciences (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Biological science graduates from SUNY Cortland earn $34k in year one. By year ten, median pay rises to $87k.
Source: U.S. Census Bureau PSEO, release V4.13.0 2025Q4. Earnings are for graduates working in covered states; figures are medians in nominal dollars.
Will the degree pay for itself?
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Assumes a 6.5% APR loan and this program's median salary trajectory (interpolated between years 1, 5 and 10).
Paid off in
6.9 yrs
≈ $8,453 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Saint Thomas
$66,928 · 5 yrs out
SUNY College at Geneseo
$66,767 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$66,584 · 5 yrs out
CUNY Lehman College
$66,514 · 5 yrs out
University of Richmond
$66,332 · 5 yrs out
West Virginia University
$66,224 · 5 yrs out
Westfield State University
$66,108 · 5 yrs out
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities
$66,086 · 5 yrs out
Central Connecticut State University
$66,066 · 5 yrs out
Texas A&M University
$66,001 · 5 yrs out
College of Staten Island/CUNY
$65,793 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at Arlington
$65,776 · 5 yrs out
Other majors at SUNY Cortland
Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (Bachelor's)
$69,943 · 5 yrs out
Business/Managerial Economics (Bachelor's)
$69,943 · 5 yrs out
Special Education and Teaching (Bachelor's)
$69,527 · 5 yrs out
Biology, General (Bachelor's)
$67,536 · 5 yrs out
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services (Bachelor's)
$66,839 · 5 yrs out
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas (Bachelor's)
$66,741 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics and Statistics (Bachelor's)
$66,619 · 5 yrs out
Mathematics (Bachelor's)
$66,619 · 5 yrs out
Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language (Bachelor's)
$65,986 · 5 yrs out
Education (Master's)
$65,697 · 5 yrs out
Criminology (Bachelor's)
$65,514 · 5 yrs out
Physical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$65,511 · 5 yrs out
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