- The Inkwell
- New York
- Syracuse University
Syracuse, NYCity: midsizeZIP 13244Founded 1870
- Sector
- Private nonprofit
- Founded
- 1870
- Motto
- Suos Cultores Scientia Coronat
- Carnegie class
- Doctoral: very high research activity (R1)
- Highest degree
- Graduate degree
- Federal aid since
- 1965
- Website
- www.syracuse.edu
- Member of
- CUMU
New YorkPrivate nonprofit
Syracuse University
Syracuse University is a private nonprofit university in Syracuse, New York, with 15,477 undergraduates. It admits 46% of applicants, graduates 80% within six years and costs $43,336 a year after aid.
80%graduate
Admission rate46%
Retention90%
4-year graduation69%
Pell Grant share19%
Federal loans34%
$43,336net price / year
46%admission rate
1375average SAT
80%graduate in 6 years
$85,054median earnings, 10 yrs
$21,500median debt
#144 of 1,704 for earnings#1,687 of 1,739 for lowest net price#180 of 1,738 for graduation rate#217 of 1,552 for selectivity
what it costs
Cost and net price
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships for full-time students who receive federal aid; it varies with family income.
Published cost
- Cost of attendance
- $87,852tuition, fees, housing, books, per year
- Tuition & fees, in-state
- $68,429
- Tuition & fees, out-of-state
- $68,429
- Average net price
- $43,336national median $19,980
Net price by family income
$0–30,000$21,872
$30,001–48,000$21,339
$48,001–75,000$25,499
$75,001–110,000$33,983
$110,001+$60,127
getting in
Admissions and test scores
Admission
- Admission rate
- 46%national median 77%
- Average SAT
- 1375
- SAT reading, middle 50%
- 640–720
- SAT math, middle 50%
- 630–720
- ACT composite, middle 50%
- 29–32
Against the national median
Admission rate · this college46%
Admission rate · U.S. median77%
Retention · this college90%
Retention · U.S. median76%
Graduation · this college80%
Graduation · U.S. median55%
Pell share · this college19%
Pell share · U.S. median39%
after enrolling
Graduation, earnings and debt
Completion
- Graduation rate, 6 years
- 80%within 150% of normal time
- Graduation rate, 4 years
- 69%
- First-year retention
- 90%
- Award within 8 years, all students
- 81%
Earnings and debt
- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $68,007
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $85,054middle 50%: $57,304–$121,620
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500
- 3-year loan default rate
- 0%
Earnings ten years after entry
Upper quarter$121,620
Median, Syracuse University$85,054
Lower quarter$57,304
U.S. median, all colleges$58,886
Former students working and not enrolled · College Scorecard
who studies here
Students and faculty
Undergraduates
- Degree-seeking undergraduates
- 15,477
- Part-time
- 3.3%
- Women / men
- 56% / 44%
- Average age at entry
- 20.2
- First-generation students
- 19%
- Pell Grant recipients
- 19%
Faculty and resources
- Student-to-faculty ratio
- 15 : 1
- Full-time faculty
- 68%
- Average faculty salary
- $13,189 / month
- Instructional spending per student
- $20,551
- Endowment, end of year
- $2,074,832,074
Race and ethnicity, undergraduates
White56%
Hispanic12%
Black7.9%
Asian7.3%
Two or more races4.4%
U.S. nonresident9.1%
American Indian / Alaska Native0.6%
Native Hawaiian / Pacific Islander0.1%
Unknown1.6%
26 fields of study
Most popular fields
Share of bachelor’s degrees awarded, by broad field (CIP family).
Social sciences14%
Communication & journalism13%
Business & management12%
Visual & performing arts8.5%
Psychology8.1%
Computer & information sciences7.4%
Engineering6.4%
Parks, recreation & fitness4.9%
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Same Carnegie class, similar price
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|---|---|---|---|
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| Drexel University Philadelphia, PA | $37,529 | 78% | $92,338 |
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Source: College Scorecard, U.S. Department of Education — institution file, most recent cohorts. UNITID 196413. Founding year, motto and memberships: Wikidata Q617433.