College Facts

Today, more than 7,200 students are pursuing degrees within the College's three academic divisions — arts and sciences, education and professional studies.

Twenty-eight academic departments with a faculty of more than 500 offer the SUNY Cortland student body 60 undergraduate majors and 38 minors from which to choose.

The College's main campus covers 191 acres and includes 30 traditional and modern buildings. Sixteen of these structures are residence halls providing on-campus housing for approximately 3,000 students.

SUNY Cortland also operates its Outdoor Education Center at Raquette Lake in the Adirondacks, the Hoxie Gorge Nature Preserve outside Cortland, and the Brauer Education Center on the Helderberg Escarpment near Albany.

SUNY Cortland has 59,000 alumni living in all 50 states and in more than 40 countries.

Total Enrollment

	Total	Percent of Total Enrollment	Percent of Total FT Enrollment	Percent of Total PT Enrollment
Total	7,234	100%
Full Time	6,292	87.0%
Part Time	942	13.0%
Male	2,987	41.3%	42.2%	34.9%
Female	4,247	58.7%	57.8%	65.1%
In State	7,039	97.3%	97.1%	98.7%
Out of State	132	1.8%	2.0%	.7%
International	59	.8%	.8%	.6%
Permanent Residence Unknown	4	.1%	.1%	0%

Undergraduate Enrollment

	Total	Percent of Total Undergraduate Enrollment	Percent of Total FT Undergraduate Enrollment	Percent of Total PT Undergraduate Enrollment
Total	6,199
Full Time	5,972	96.3%
Part Time	227	3.7%
Male	2,663	43.0%	43.4%	45.4%
Female	3,536	57.0%	56.6%	54.6%
In State	6,028	97.2%	96.9%	98.2%
Out of State	121	2.0%	2.0%	1.8%
International	46	.7%	.1%
Permanent Residence Unknown	4	1.0%	1.0%

 

Graduate Enrollment

	Total	Percent of Total Graduate Enrollment	Percent of Total FT Graduate Enrollment	Percent of Total PT Graduate Enrollment
Total	1,035
Full Time	320	30.9%
Part Time	715	69.1%
Male	324	31.3%	30.6%	31.6%
Female	711	68.7%	69.4%	68.4%
In State	1,011	97.7%	95.3%	98.7%
Out of State	11	1.1%	2.5%	.4%
International	13	1.3%	.7%	.6%
Permanent Residence Unknown	0

First-year Student Profile

Freshmen
Applications	11,573
Percent Accepted	40.7%
Percent Enrolled of Accepted	24.9%
Mean SAT	1100
Mean ACT	24
Mean GPA	89.7
Transfers
Applications	2,690
% Accepted	39.4%
% Enrolled of Accepted	56.8%
Mean GPA	3.2

Race/Ethnicity

	Total	Percent of Total Enrollment	Percent of Undergraduate Enrollment	Percent of Graduate Enrollment
White	5421	76.8%	74.9%	88.6%
Black	193	2.7%	2.9%	1.5%
Hispanic	303	4.3%	4.8%	1.5%
Asian/Pacific Islander	97	1.4%	1.5%	.4%
American Indian Alaskan Native	40	.6%	.6%	.3%
Non Resident Alien	78	1.1%	1.1%	1.1%
Unknown	924	13.1%	14.2%	6.6%

Undergraduate Majors with Highest Enrollment

Physical Education	799
Childhood Education	558
Sport Management	387
Pre Major (undecided)	349
Business Economics	264
Communication Studies	253
Adolescence Education: Social Studies (7-12)	244
Kinesiology	222

Graduate Programs with Highest Enrollment

Literacy Education (M.S.Ed.)	167
School Building Leader (C.A.S.)	122
Health Education (M.S.T.)	110
Sport Management	65
Teaching Students w/ Disabilities (M.S.Ed.)	57
Second Language Education (M.S.Ed.)	48
Childhood Education (M.S.T.)	47
Recreation (M.S.)	46