Accolades and Awards
President's Honor Roll
For the eighth consecutive year, SUNY Cortland has received federal recognition for its community service by being named to the President’s Higher Education Community Service Honor Roll.
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Community Engagement
SUNY Cortland holds the community engagement elective classification from the Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching, a designation fewer than 400 campuses nationwide can claim. The College became the first SUNY institution to earn the reclassification distinction in 2015.
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Kiplinger's Top 100
SUNY Cortland has once again been named one of the top 100 best values in public colleges for 2013 by Kiplinger’s Personal Finance magazine.
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Directors' Cup
SUNY Cortland Finishes in the NACDA Division III Directors' Cup National Standings
(ranking the top all-around athletic programs in the nation)
- 2022-23: 38th
- 2021-22: 30th
(not conducted in 2019-20 or 2020-21) - 2018-19: 57th
- 2017-18: 54th
- 2016-17: 21st
- 2015-16: 22nd
- 2014-15: 12th
- 2013-14: 23rd
- 2012-13: 11th
- 2011-12: 10th
- 2010-11: 16th
- 2009-10: 17th
- 2008-09: 5th
- 2007-08: 9th
- 2006-07: 3rd
- 2005-06: 5th
- 2004-05: 13th
- 2003-04: 8th
- 2002-03: 15th
- 2001-02: 12th
- 2000-01: 13th
- 1999-00: 17th
- 1998-99: 8th
- 1997-98: 2nd (tied)
- 1996-97: 8th
- 1995-96: 19th
(NOTE: Cortland is one of only five schools nationally in Division III, and the lone New York school, to finish in the Directors' Cup Top 20 every season since the award originated.)
America's Greenest Colleges
SUNY Cortland stands out as one of the greenest colleges in the United States.
Commissioner's Cup
SUNY Cortland Finishes in the State University of New York Athletic Conference (SUNYAC) Commissioner's Cup Standings
(ranking the top all-around athletic programs in the conference)
- 2022-23: 2nd
- 2021-22: 2nd
(not conducted in 2019-20 or 2020-21) - 2018-19: 2nd
- 2017-18: 2nd
- 2016-17: 2nd
- 2015-16: 2nd
- 2014-15: 2nd
- 2013-14: 1st
- 2012-13: 1st
- 2011-12: 1st
- 2010-11: 1st
- 2009-10: 1st
- 2008-09: 1st
- 2007-08: 1st
- 2006-07: 1st
- 2005-06: 1st
- 2004-05: 1st
- 2003-04: 1st
- 2002-03: 2nd
- 2001-02: 1st
- 2000-01: 1st
- 1999-00: 1st
- 1998-99: 1st
- 1997-98: 1st
- 1996-97: 1st