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Syracuse University

Private nonprofit, four-year or above, in Syracuse, New York.

Students and awards

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

24,983
Students enrolled during the year
Everyone enrolled at any point in the 12 months, not fall enrollment.
17,294
Undergraduates
7,689
Graduate students

From NCES’s 2025–26 IPEDS collection.

3,571
Bachelor's degrees awarded
5
Associate's degrees awarded
2,429
Master's degrees awarded

Graduation, admissions and price

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

84.0%
Graduation rate
84.0%
Bachelor's within six years

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

46.0%
Applicants admitted
19.0%
Admitted students who enrolled

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

$65,528
Tuition and fees
$88,493
Price in state, living on campus
$88,493
Price out of state, living on campus

Tuition and fees

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Syracuse University published $65,528 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–⁠25, against $57,591 for 2021–⁠22

Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.

Source: IPEDS

About this chart

The figures

Syracuse University published $65,528 in in-state tuition and fees for 2024–25, against $57,591 for 2021–22. Published in-state tuition and fees for full-time, first-time undergraduates, each academic year, as the college reported them to NCES: the price before any grant, in the dollars of each year. All four years are from one IPEDS release, which restates the years before it.
Academic yearIn-districtIn-stateOut-of-state
2024–⁠25$65,528$65,528$65,528
2023–⁠24$63,061$63,061$63,061
2022–⁠23$60,135$60,135$60,135
2021–⁠22$57,591$57,591$57,591
The price of a year on campus for an in-state student, 2024–25
ItemPrice
In-state tuition and fees$65,528
Books and supplies$1,753
Food and housing on campus$19,188
Other expenses on campus$2,024
Total, as NCES adds it$88,493

The published price, before any grant or scholarship: what a student is charged, not what a student pays. Each NCES release restates the years before it, so all of these are from the one release.

Faculty pay

From NCES’s 2024–25 IPEDS collection.

Full-time instructional staff and average salary by academic rank, 2024–25
RankFull-time staffAverage salary, nine-month basis
Professor427$149,188
Associate professor403$109,946
Assistant professor353$93,251
Instructor3$86,333
All ranks1,186$119,045

Full-time, non-medical instructional staff as of November 1. NCES equates 10-, 11- and 12-month contracts to nine months and averages base salary only; supplements and stipends are excluded. Ranks are the college’s own, and the newest collection is provisional.

How this compares

Students enrolled during the year: 24,983
Larger than 98% of the 1,543 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report an enrollment. Compared within its sector, because a two-year college and a research university are not the same kind of place.
Graduation rate: 84%
Higher than 89% of the 1,233 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) that report one.
Average faculty salary, all ranks: $119,045
Higher than 93% of the 1,464 colleges in its sector (private nonprofit, four-year or above) in NCES's salary survey. Full-time instructional staff, equated to a nine-month contract.

What former students earn and owe

From the U.S. Department of Education’s College Scorecard, used under Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY). Earnings are of students who received federal aid.

$79,406
Median earnings four years after completing
$85,054
Median earnings ten years after entering
$21,500
Median federal debt of graduates
0.0%
Three-year default rate

The college’s entry

Sector
Private nonprofit, four-year or above
Control
Private nonprofit
Grants degrees
Yes
Locale
City, midsize
County
Onondaga County
IPEDS ID
196413

Sources

Compiled automatically from Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), 2025–26 collection and College Scorecard, most recent institution-level data by a checked SQL query · Editor: Kian O'Connor · How this site is built

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