State University of New York at Cortland
State University of New York at Cortland admitted 60% of applicants. Its average net price after aid for in-state students was $22,125 a year. Within six years, 72% of first-time, full-time students graduated.
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Admissions
- Admission rate
- 60%
- SAT/ACT scores
- Not required
Cost
- In-state cost of attendance, before aid
- $28,670 a year
- Average in-state net price after aid
- $22,125 a year
- In-state net price for families earning under $30,000
- $11,186 a year
- In-state tuition and fees
- $8,874 a year
- Out-of-state tuition and fees
- $18,984 a year
Outcomes
- Graduation rate (within 6 years)
- 72%
- Students who return for a second year
- 81%
- Median earnings 10 years after starting
- $67,781 a year
- Median debt at graduation
- $20,500
Students
- Undergraduates
- 5,901
- Undergraduates with a Pell Grant
- 29%
- Student-faculty ratio
- 15 to 1
- Campus setting
- Town
Most common fields of study
Share of the degrees the college awarded, by field.
- Education
- 35%
- Parks, recreation, leisure, fitness and kinesiology
- 19%
- Business, management and marketing
- 9%
- Psychology
- 7%
- Social sciences
- 7%
Colleges with similar selectivity
Closest by admission rate and SAT scores.
- Freed-Hardeman University TN · 60% admitted
- Tougaloo College MS · 60% admitted
- University of Akron Main Campus OH · 60% admitted
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA · 60% admitted
- College of Charleston SC · 60% admitted
- CUNY City College NY · 60% admitted
More colleges in New York
- New York University NY · 9.2% admitted
- University at Buffalo NY · 74% admitted
- Stony Brook University NY · 49% admitted
- CUNY Hunter College NY · 54% admitted
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY · 48% admitted
- Cornell University NY · 8.8% admitted
- Syracuse University NY · 46% admitted
- Binghamton University NY · 39% admitted
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Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data (October 2026 release). Admission figures are reported by the college; check its website for current requirements.