What Does It Cost to Attend SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?

This overview lays out the cost of attending SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University, including attendance costs, projected four- and two-year degree costs, average net price, debt outcomes, and how aid is distributed across income levels.

$12,500.00 Median Grad Debt

Low (<5%) Default Rate

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Student Debt
Debt by Income
Debt by First-Generation Status
Pell Grant Inequity
Loan Default & Repayment
Further Questions to Consider
Continue Your Research

Student Debt at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

The median graduating debt at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U is $12,500.00, landing it in the Low ($10-20k) debt-burden bucket.

Across borrowers, debt at graduation distributes like this:

Percentile	Debt at graduation
10th	$3,897.00
25th	$7,500.00
Median (50th)	$12,500.00
75th	$19,166.00
90th	$30,250.00

The distance from the 10th to the 90th percentile shows how widely debt outcomes vary.

Explore borrowing, repayment, and default in detail on the student loan debt page.

Debt by Family Income at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U

Student debt at graduation is not evenly distributed across income levels. The table below divides borrowers into three income tiers:

Family income	Median debt at graduation
Low income	$12,500.00
Middle income	$12,500.00
High income	$12,500.00

First-Generation Debt Outcomes at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U

First-generation students frequently graduate with different debt than continuing-generation students.

Student group	Median debt at graduation
First-generation students	$12,500.00
Continuing-generation students	$13,875.00

Debt by Pell Status at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U

The Pell Grant is the largest federal grant for undergraduates from low-income families. Looking at Pell recipients versus non-recipients tells us how debt is distributed across need.

The median debt difference between Pell-eligible and non-Pell graduates of SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U amounts to $4,000.00. The Department of Education flags this school for a Pell-debt-inequity pattern.

Loan Default & Repayment at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U

The Department of Education default-rate tier for SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U is Low (<5%).

Window	Cohort default rate
2-year	0.2%

For scale, federal Stafford loan disbursements at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U reach $398,643,716.00 over 5,418 recipients.

Things to Think About

Numbers only tell part of the story. As you weigh SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U, think through the questions below:

Is the net price something your family can sustain across a full degree?
How much of a typical aid package is gift aid rather than debt?
Do the typical debt and default figures fit your career and earning plans?
Have you checked which institutional and outside scholarships you could win?

Keep Researching about SUNY Downstate Health Sciences U

Dig further into the cost picture with the related pages below:

Financial Aid at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University — grant and scholarship aid breakdown
Tuition and Fees at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University — tuition and required-fee detail
Room and Board at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University — room, board, and living-cost detail
Student Loan Debt at SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University — median debt and default detail

Data sources. Figures on this page draw from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, the Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), and MediaFactual editorial review. Net-price calculator and financial-aid office links are taken from the institution’s own published data.