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Bachelor's-9% vs national median1,299 grads tracked

Business/Managerial Economics at SUNY Cortland

Ranked 53rd of 82 bachelor's programs in Business/Managerial Economics by 5-year earnings.

Median · 1 year out
$42,184
middle 50%: $30,524 – $54,599
Median · 5 years out
$69,943
middle 50%: $52,264 – $92,747
Median · 10 years out
$92,210
middle 50%: $63,180 – $133,733

Salary trajectory

Median earnings vs the national median for Business/Managerial Economics (bachelor's) graduates.

This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates

Graduates of SUNY Cortland's bachelor's program in Business/Managerial Economics earn a median $42,184 one year after graduating, rising to $92,210 by year ten. Five years out, earnings run 9% below the national median of $77,013 for this field, ranking 53rd of 82 reporting programs.

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
6.3 yrs
≈ $7,378 total interest

Same major at other universities

Wofford College
$72,146 · 5 yrs out
Lamar University
$71,605 · 5 yrs out
Texas A&M University - Corpus Christi
$71,441 · 5 yrs out
Wright State University
$70,870 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina -Greensboro
$70,679 · 5 yrs out
University of Texas at San Antonio
$70,412 · 5 yrs out
Louisiana Tech University
$69,612 · 5 yrs out
Georgia Southern University
$68,802 · 5 yrs out
St. Cloud State University
$68,758 · 5 yrs out
Kent State University
$68,560 · 5 yrs out
Northern Arizona University
$67,936 · 5 yrs out
University of North Carolina at Wilmington (The)
$67,154 · 5 yrs out

Other majors at SUNY Cortland

Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services (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
Biological and Biomedical Sciences (Bachelor's)
$66,110 · 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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