Bachelor's+24% vs national median702 grads tracked
Special Education and Teaching at SUNY Cortland
Ranked 8th of 138 bachelor's programs in Special Education and Teaching by 5-year earnings.
Median · 1 year out
$39,932
middle 50%: $28,330 – $56,649
Median · 5 years out
$69,527
middle 50%: $54,865 – $85,195
Median · 10 years out
$73,622
middle 50%: $58,095 – $96,646
Salary trajectory
Median earnings vs the national median for Special Education and Teaching (bachelor's) graduates.
This program (median)National median, same major & degreeMiddle 50% of graduates
SUNY Cortland special education graduates earn a median $39,932 in their first year. The median salary reaches $73,622 after a decade.
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
6.5 yrs
≈ $7,634 total interest
Same major at other universities
CUNY Medgar Evers College
$74,643 · 5 yrs out
State University of New York at New Paltz
$72,585 · 5 yrs out
SUNY Old Westbury
$71,999 · 5 yrs out
University of Connecticut
$71,136 · 5 yrs out
Providence College
$70,441 · 5 yrs out
Central Connecticut State University
$70,211 · 5 yrs out
Fitchburg State University
$68,987 · 5 yrs out
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
$67,898 · 5 yrs out
Northeastern Illinois University
$67,625 · 5 yrs out
Bridgewater State University
$67,387 · 5 yrs out
Southern Connecticut State University
$67,216 · 5 yrs out
University of Saint Joseph
$66,172 · 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
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