Enrollment Trends at SUNY Cortland

The student population at SUNY Cortland is 6,690 (5,993 undergraduate and 697 graduate students) . The number of students has decreased by 408 over the past decade.

The percentage of undergraduate students at SUNY Cortland is 89.58% which is decreased by 352 over last 10 years. The graduate student population decreased by 56 and it has been decreasing. The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 which means that female students enrolled slightly more than male students.

443 students enrolled in online degree program exclusively and the number of online students has increased by 705.45% since 2014.

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Student Population Changes

The average student population over the last 12 years is 6,889 where 6,690 students are attending the school for the academic year 2022-2023.

89.58% of total students is undergraduate students and 10.42% students is graduate students. The number of undergraduate students has decreased by 352 and the graduate enrollment has decreased by 56 over past 10 years.

The female to male ratio is 1.28 to 1 and it means that there are slightly more female students enrolled in SUNY Cortland than male students.

The following table and chart illustrate the changes in student population by gender at SUNY Cortland since 2012.

Year	Total	Undergraduate			Graduate
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	7,098	6,345	2,720	3,625	753	282	471
2013-14	7,110 12	6,400 55	2,797 77	3,603 -22	710 -43	273 -9	437 -34
2014-15	6,958 -152	6,317 -83	2,699 -98	3,618 15	641 -69	236 -37	405 -32
2015-16	6,926 -32	6,283 -34	2,734 35	3,549 -69	643 2	238 2	405 0
2016-17	6,900 -26	6,304 21	2,783 49	3,521 -28	596 -47	226 -12	370 -35
2017-18	6,913 13	6,346 42	2,781 -2	3,565 44	567 -29	212 -14	355 -15
2018-19	6,858 -55	6,343 -3	2,761 -20	3,582 17	515 -52	180 -32	335 -20
2019-20	6,834 -24	6,295 -48	2,742 -19	3,553 -29	539 24	198 18	341 6
2020-21	6,832 -2	6,256 -39	2,723 -19	3,533 -20	576 37	212 14	364 23
2021-22	6,658 -174	5,984 -272	2,629 -94	3,355 -178	674 98	191 -21	483 119
2022-23	6,690 32	5,993 9	2,768 139	3,225 -130	697 23	169 -22	528 45
Average	6,889	6,261	2,740	3,521	628	220	409

SUNY Cortland Enrollment Trends Chart

Undergraduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Undergraduate students over the last 12 years is 6,261 where 5,993 students are attending the Undergraduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Undergraduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY Cortland since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	6,345	6,228	2,663	3,565	117	57	60
2013-14	6,400	6,281	2,736	3,545	119	61	58
2014-15	6,317	6,203	2,631	3,572	114	68	46
2015-16	6,283	6,179	2,670	3,509	104	64	40
2016-17	6,304	6,187	2,731	3,456	117	52	65
2017-18	6,346	6,196	2,716	3,480	150	65	85
2018-19	6,343	6,218	2,701	3,517	125	60	65
2019-20	6,295	6,170	2,682	3,488	125	60	65
2020-21	6,256	6,093	2,632	3,461	163	91	72
2021-22	5,984	5,816	2,526	3,290	168	103	65
2022-23	5,993	5,859	2,692	3,167	134	76	58
Average	6,261	6,261	2,671	3,459	6,261	69	62

SUNY Cortland Undergraduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Graduate Enrollment Changes

The average number of Graduate students over the last 12 years is 628 where 697 students are attending the Graduate school for the academic year 2022-2023. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in Graduate enrollment by attending status and gender at SUNY Cortland since 2012.

Year	Total	Full-time			Part-time
Year	Total	Total	Men	Women	Total	Men	Women
2012-13	753	250	96	154	503	186	317
2013-14	710	256	92	164	454	181	273
2014-15	641	227	79	148	414	157	257
2015-16	643	242	70	172	401	168	233
2016-17	596	208	77	131	388	149	239
2017-18	567	197	70	127	370	142	228
2018-19	515	173	51	122	342	129	213
2019-20	539	209	69	140	330	129	201
2020-21	576	274	83	191	302	129	173
2021-22	674	249	67	182	425	124	301
2022-23	697	236	60	176	461	109	352
Average	628	628	74	155	628	146	253

SUNY Cortland Graduate Enrollment Trends Chart

Enrollment by Race/Ethnicity Changes

The percentage of white students is 76.28%. The percentage was 76.04% 10 years ago and SUNY Cortland still has a high percentage of white students. 1.41% of enrolled students is Asian and 4.48% is black students.

The following table and chart illustrate the student population trends by race/ethnicity at SUNY Cortland over the past 12 years (2012-2023).

Year	American Indian or Native American	Asian	Black	Hispanic	Native Hawaiian or Other Pacific Islander	White	Two or More Races
Year	2012-13	16	87	238	552	3	5,397	106
2013-14	14	76	288	662	4	5,221	110
2014-15	13	85	320	690	6	5,236	132
2015-16	9	87	360	731	8	5,202	143
2016-17	19	95	397	790	4	5,109	159
2017-18	16	88	412	831	5	5,115	157
2018-19	16	86	397	841	4	5,062	148
2019-20	16	84	415	861	3	5,008	148
2020-21	10	76	385	886	3	5,061	154
2021-22	7	85	318	829	3	5,037	134
2022-23	9	94	300	801	3	5,103	156
Average	13	86	348	770	4	5,141	141

SUNY Cortland Enrollment by Race Trends Chart

Distance Learning (Online Courses) Enrollment Changes

443 students are enrolled in online degree programs exclusively for the academic year 2022-2023, which is 7% of total students. The number of online students has increased 705.45% since 2014. The following table and chart illustrate the changes in the online student population by enrolled type at SUNY Cortland from 2014 to 2023.

Year	Total Enrollment	Online Completely	Enrolled in Some Online Courses	Not Enrolled in Online Courses
2014-15	6,958	55	489	6,414
2015-16	6,926	32	657	6,237
2016-17	6,900	113	729	6,058
2017-18	6,913	132	669	6,112
2018-19	6,858	154	599	6,105
2019-20	6,834	171	946	5,717
2020-21	6,832	1,180	5,444	208
2021-22	6,658	405	1,737	4,516
2022-23	6,690	443	1,317	4,930
Average	6,841	298	1,399	5,144

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