Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York
- Private nonprofit
- City
- 15,477 undergrads
- Admit rate
- 46%Source: College Scorecard
- Average net price
- $43,336per year, after grantsSource: College Scorecard
- Graduation rate
- 82%within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $85,05410 years after startingSource: College Scorecard
What's special
Through the Haudenosaunee Promise, qualified students get aid equal to tuition and mandatory fees for part-time undergraduate study at Syracuse's College of Professional Studies.
Source: The Haudenosaunee Promise at the College of Professional Studies - College of Professional Studies
Incoming first-year students must live in university housing for their first two years, unless their immediate family resides in the Syracuse area.
Getting in
- Admit rate
- 46%About 5 in 10 applicants get in.Source: College Scorecard
- Test policy
- Test-optionalScores are considered if you send them, but not required.Source: College Scorecard
- SAT (middle 50%)
- 1270–1440Reading + math, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
- ACT (middle 50%)
- 29–32Composite, enrolled first-years who sent scoresSource: College Scorecard
Where you'd stand
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Sources: College Scorecard. Test ranges describe enrolled students who sent scores.
What it really costs
Most families pay less than the sticker price. Net price is what's left after grants and scholarships.
- Average net price
- $43,336full-time first-years who got grant aidSource: College Scorecard
- Total cost of attendance
- $87,852sticker price incl. housing, per yearSource: College Scorecard
- Tuition
- $68,429Source: College Scorecard
After you enroll
- Graduation rate
- 82%first-time, full-time students finishing within 6 yearsSource: College Scorecard
- Came back for year two
- 90%full-time first-year studentsSource: College Scorecard
- Median earnings
- $85,05410 years after starting, for students who got federal aidSource: College Scorecard
- Median debt at graduation
- $21,500federal loans, students who finishedSource: College Scorecard
Students
- Undergraduates
- 15,477Source: College Scorecard
- Receive Pell grants
- 19%a sign of economic diversitySource: College Scorecard
- First-generation students
- 19%parents didn't go beyond high schoolSource: College Scorecard
Similar schools
Similar, and easier to get into
- Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY — admits 67%
- St. John's University-New York Queens, NY — admits 83%
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY — admits 63%
- Drexel University Philadelphia, PA — admits 79%
Also worth a look
- Fordham University Bronx, NY — admits 59%
- Baylor University Waco, TX — admits 51%
- Marist University Poughkeepsie, NY — admits 57%
- The University of Tampa Tampa, FL — admits 40%
- Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY — admits 67%
- George Washington University Washington, DC — admits 47%
Where these numbers come from
Every number on this page comes from the U.S. Department of Education's College Scorecard page for Syracuse University, which draws on what the school reports to the federal government and on federal student aid and tax records. We last pulled the data on November 4, 2026. Different measures cover different years; here's how each one works.
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