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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 more than 60,000 alumni living in all 50 states and in more than 40 countries.

 

Total Enrollment Fall 2012
  TotalPercent
Total 7098 100%
Male 3002 42%
Female 4096 58%
In State 6791 95.7%
Out of State 258 3.6%
International 49 .7%
Undergraduate Enrollment Fall 2012
  TotalPercent
Total 6345 100%
Full Time 6228 98.2%
Part Time 117 1.8%
Male 2720 42.9%
Female 3625 57.1%
In State 6081 93%
Out of State 236 7%
International 28 .4%
Graduate Enrollment Fall 2012
  Total
Total 753
Full Time 250
Part Time 503
Male 282
Female 471
In State 710
Out of State 22
International 21

 


 

First-year Student Profile Fall 2012
Freshmen
Applications 11,687
Percent Accepted 44.5%
Percent Enrolled of Accepted 23.3%
Mean SAT 1100
Mean ACT 24
Mean GPA 90.3
Transfers
Applications 2,805
% Accepted 42.5%
% Enrolled of Accepted 50.9%
Mean GPA 3.2
Total Race/Ethnicity Fall 2012
  TotalPercent
White 5,397 76.0%
Black/African American 238 3.4%
Asian 87 1.2%
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander  3 .04%
American Indian/Alaskan Native  16 .2%
Unknown 650 9.2%
Two or more race 106 1.5%
Hispanic 552  7.8%
Non Resident Alien 49  .7%

 

 

 


 

Undergraduate Majors with Highest Enrollment Fall 2012
Physical Education 605
Childhood Education 465
Kinesiology 398
Sport Management 345
Communications 319
General Studies 315
Business Economics 280
Biology 278
Early Childhood/Childhood Education 271
Graduate Programs with Highest Enrollment Fall 2012
Literacy Education (M.S.Ed.) 128
Health Education (M.S.T.) 110
Sport Management (M.S.) 81
Teaching Students w/ Disabilities (M.S.Ed.) 73
School Building Leader (C.A.S) 46
Recreation (M.S.) 34
Second Language Education (M.S.Ed.) 27
Exercise Science (M.S.) 23
Community Health (M.S.) 21