Syracuse University

Syracuse University is a private nonprofit college in Syracuse, NY. Its average net price is $43,336 a year - and the price families actually pay swings a lot by income, as the receipt below shows.

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Money

Tuition and room and board for the 2025-26 academic year

Average Net Price by Family Income

Family IncomeAverage Net Price
$0 to $30,000$21,872
$30,001 to $48,000$21,339
$48,001 to $75,000$25,499
$75,001 to $110,000$33,983
$110,001 and up$60,127
$68,429Tuition 2025-26, In-State
$68,429Tuition 2025-26, Out-of-State
$43,336Average Net Price
$19,756Room and Board 2025-26, On-Campus
$1,799Books and Supplies
$2,077Other Expenses
19.3%Students on Pell Grants
34.4%Students With Federal Loans

Admissions

45.9%Acceptance Rate
640 to 720SAT Reading, Middle Half
630 to 720SAT Math, Middle Half
29 to 32ACT, Middle Half

Outcomes

HorizonMedian Earnings
6 years after entry$68,007
8 years after entry$75,431
10 years after entry$85,054
80.5%Graduation Rate
90.1%Retention Rate
$21,500Median Debt at Graduation

Campus Facts

Syracuse, NYLocation
Midsize citySetting
15,477Undergraduate Enrollment
Private nonprofitControl

Programs and What They Pay

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MajorMedian EarningsMedian Debt
Accounting$81,076 Small program - rough guide n=95$25,500 Small program - rough guide n=56
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$70,395 Small program - rough guide n=39$27,000 Small program - rough guide n=55
Anthropology$34,245 National median for this major n=8,063Not published
Applied Mathematics$66,131 National median for this major n=2,571Not published
Architectural History, Criticism, and Conservation$46,764 National median for this major n=64Not published
Architectural Sciences and Technology$63,810 Small program - rough guide n=99$29,702 Small program - rough guide n=86
Area Studies$38,972 National median for this major n=3,356Not published
Arts, Entertainment, and Media Management$49,151 Small program - rough guide n=45$27,000 Small program - rough guide n=35
Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology$43,049 National median for this major n=8,694Not published
Biology$38,373 n=105$23,250 n=119
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$70,896 National median for this major n=5,750$27,000 Small program - rough guide n=37
Biotechnology$49,893 National median for this major n=883Not published
Business Administration, Management and Operations$69,614 n=135$20,750 Small program - rough guide n=91
Chemical Engineering$80,826 National median for this major n=8,603Not published
Chemistry$47,486 National median for this major n=10,597Not published
Civil Engineering$78,596 Small program - rough guide n=40$25,990 Small program - rough guide n=43
Classical and Ancient Studies$33,774 National median for this major n=168Not published
Classics and Classical Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$33,198 National median for this major n=732Not published
Communication Disorders Sciences and Services$32,846 National median for this major n=5,303Not published
Communications$52,563 n=120$23,898 Small program - rough guide n=86
Computer Engineering$83,729 National median for this major n=11,252Not published
Computer Programming$63,496 National median for this major n=1,924Not published
Computer Science$93,174 Small program - rough guide n=73$22,688 Small program - rough guide n=62
Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management$69,677 National median for this major n=10,572Not published
Data Analytics$66,895 National median for this major n=494$23,025 Small program - rough guide n=66
Design and Applied Arts$47,057 n=109$24,000 Small program - rough guide n=99
Drama/Theatre Arts and Stagecraft$31,467 Small program - rough guide n=91$23,250 Small program - rough guide n=66
Economics$63,076 n=152$22,997 n=112
Education$44,614 National median for this major n=9,571Not published
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering$82,431 National median for this major n=15,396Not published
English Language and Literature, General$38,821 Small program - rough guide n=30Not published
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$63,941 Small program - rough guide n=44$26,500 Small program - rough guide n=50
Environmental Conservation$40,925 National median for this major n=16,925$21,499 Small program - rough guide n=31
Environmental/Environmental Health Engineering$68,044 National median for this major n=1,601Not published
Ethnic and Gender Studies$38,739 National median for this major n=5,496Not published
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$67,165 Small program - rough guide n=33Not published
Film/Video and Photographic Arts$39,522 Small program - rough guide n=51$26,602 Small program - rough guide n=44
Finance and Financial Management Services$80,290 n=267$23,250 n=150
Foods, Nutrition, and Related Services$38,952 National median for this major n=2,176Not published
Geography and Cartography$44,734 National median for this major n=3,998Not published
Geological and Earth Sciences/Geosciences$45,534 National median for this major n=4,652Not published
Germanic Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$39,364 National median for this major n=755Not published
Graphic Communications$29,510 National median for this major n=3,935Not published
History$39,111 Small program - rough guide n=45$23,250 Small program - rough guide n=45
Human Development, Family Studies, and Related Services$42,302 Small program - rough guide n=34$21,000 Small program - rough guide n=32
Human Services, General$41,637 National median for this major n=5,838Not published
Information Science/Studies$81,572 n=232$20,500 n=143
Interior Architecture$49,118 National median for this major n=692Not published
International Relations and National Security Studies$47,500 Small program - rough guide n=86$23,250 Small program - rough guide n=71
Journalism$50,132 n=180$23,250 n=134
Languages and Linguistics$33,703 National median for this major n=4,034Not published
Legal Professions and Studies, Other$44,440 National median for this major n=502Not published
Liberal Arts$42,801 National median for this major n=38,048Not published
Management Information Systems and Services$65,673 National median for this major n=9,101Not published
Marketing$66,466 n=172$25,000 n=131
Mathematics$52,843 National median for this major n=13,762Not published
Mechanical Engineering$76,883 Small program - rough guide n=61$24,250 Small program - rough guide n=59
Multi-/Interdisciplinary Studies, General$41,297 National median for this major n=7,141Not published
Music$33,156 National median for this major n=13,251Not published
Neurobiology and Neurosciences$39,783 Small program - rough guide n=41$26,125 Small program - rough guide n=56
Nutrition Sciences$36,429 National median for this major n=2,421Not published
Philosophy$37,154 National median for this major n=6,052Not published
Physics$52,079 National median for this major n=4,999Not published
Political Science and Government$56,555 n=166$23,250 n=162
Psychology$41,258 n=199$22,250 n=215
Public Administration$61,347 Small program - rough guide n=95$22,674 Small program - rough guide n=83
Public Health$50,980 Small program - rough guide n=42$24,977 Small program - rough guide n=68
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$63,858 n=233$25,000 n=163
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$42,990 n=153$23,250 n=103
Real Estate$75,378 Small program - rough guide n=44$20,500 Small program - rough guide n=34
Religion/Religious Studies$28,307 National median for this major n=4,315Not published
Rhetoric and Composition/Writing Studies$54,123 Small program - rough guide n=30$23,000 Small program - rough guide n=31
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$40,236 National median for this major n=8,855Not published
Security Science and Technology$42,706 Small program - rough guide n=57$24,250 Small program - rough guide n=65
Slavic, Baltic and Albanian Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$41,787 National median for this major n=353Not published
Social Work$41,160 National median for this major n=17,635Not published
Sociology$46,011 Small program - rough guide n=55$21,799 Small program - rough guide n=51
Special Education and Teaching$46,673 National median for this major n=10,747$25,125 Small program - rough guide n=32
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness$48,438 n=125$24,450 n=165
Statistics$68,688 National median for this major n=3,096Not published
Studio Art$32,998 Small program - rough guide n=32Not published
Systems Science and Theory$67,084 National median for this major n=328Not published
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Subject Areas$45,328 National median for this major n=22,650$23,304 Small program - rough guide n=35

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