Bachelor's+20% vs national median7,851 grads tracked
Education at SUNY Cortland
Ranked 22nd of 339 bachelor's programs in Education by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$34,613
middle 50%: $25,022 – $49,408
Median · 5 years out
$64,364
middle 50%: $48,928 – $80,952
Median · 10 years out
$72,303
middle 50%: $57,020 – $95,839
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Education (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
Education majors at SUNY Cortland see a median first-year salary of $35k. Ten-year earnings increase to $72k.
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
7.1 yrs
≈ $8,522 total interest
Same major at other universities
University of Massachusetts - Amherst
$68,154 · 5 yrs out
Fitchburg State University
$67,484 · 5 yrs out
University of Saint Joseph
$66,172 · 5 yrs out
Western Connecticut State University
$65,804 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at New Paltz
$65,723 · 5 yrs out
Marymount University
$65,106 · 5 yrs out
University of Hawaii - West Oahu
$64,200 · 5 yrs out
University of Hartford
$64,061 · 5 yrs out
University of Massachusetts at Boston
$63,884 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Chicago
$63,688 · 5 yrs out
Framingham State University
$63,631 · 5 yrs out
Worcester State University
$63,503 · 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
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
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