by our College Data Analytics TeamMost students will not be asked to pay the full, advertised sticker price of a school. Instead, they will be given a financial aid offer that will include a combination of scholarships, grants, loans, and work-study. The total cost of going to Syracuse University can seem tremendous, but do not forget that almost all students are given some form of financial help.
Just what financing solutions does Syracuse provide, and just what are you going to be eligible for? Keep scrolling for answers. Keep reading to see how much school funding could be available to you.
Your financial aid package, which may contain grants and scholarships, will be determined on your financial need. Continue reading to find information to help you understand just how much assistance you can expect to receive from Syracuse University.
Through a mix of loans, grants, work-study and scholarships, schools bring down the effective cost so more students can attend. Note that some aid is more valuable than the rest, and individual awards are far from uniform.
For freshmen starting at Syracuse University, 79% of new full-time first-years were awarded at least some aid around 2885 freshmen).
| Type of Aid | % of Freshmen Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 76% | $36,417 |
| Institutional grants & scholarships | 76% | $34,259 |
| Federal Pell grants | 17% | $5,992 |
| State/local grants | 13% | $3,990 |
| Federal student loans | 38% | $5,227 |
The best aid is gift aid: grants and scholarships that carry no repayment obligation. At this school, roughly 79% of undergraduates were awarded an average grant or scholarship of $32,860 (across roughly 12384 awardees).
| Award | % of Undergrads Receiving | Average Amount |
|---|---|---|
| Grant or scholarship aid (all sources) | 79% | $32,860 |
| Federal Pell grants | 17% | $5,644 |
| Federal student loans | 32% | $6,232 |
For on-campus title-IV students, average grant aid came to $45,724.
Because need-based aid scales with family income, what students actually pay differs sharply across income brackets.
| Family Income | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| $0 – $48,000 | $19,508 |
| $30,001 – $75,000 | $17,928 |
| Over $75,000 | $51,777 |
Each figure is the net price after grants and scholarships, not the published sticker price.
Net price is the average annual cost after grants and scholarships are subtracted from the published cost of attendance — the figure closest to what a typical aid-receiving student actually pays.
| Cohort | Average Net Price |
|---|---|
| On-campus title-IV students | $38,793 |
| Off-campus title-IV students | $41,026 |
For a customized cost estimate, visit Syracuse’s NPC: www.syracuse.edu/admissions/cost-and-aid/cost-of-attendance/undergraduate/net-price-calculator/.
Graduating students at Syracuse carry a median federal student debt of $23,697 in federal student debt.
| Metric | Amount |
|---|---|
| Median federal debt (all student-aid borrowers) | $23,697 |
| Median federal debt (graduates only) | $26,000 |
| Typical 10-year monthly payment (graduates) | $275.64/mo |
The 10-year payment estimate assumes a standard federal repayment plan and the median graduate debt amount.
The median alone does not show how widely outcomes vary across the student body. These percentiles trace how cumulative federal debt is spread among borrowers at Syracuse.
| Percentile | Cumulative Federal Debt |
|---|---|
| 10th percentile (lowest-debt students) | $6,500 |
| 25th percentile | $15,500 |
| 75th percentile | $32,000 |
| 90th percentile (highest-debt students) | $37,998 |
Median debt varies by family income, by first-generation status, and by dependency status.
Median Debt by Income Bracket
| Income tier | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Low income | $21,250 |
| Middle income | $25,000 |
| High income | $24,250 |
By First-Generation Status
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| First-generation students | $23,896 |
| Continuing-generation students | $23,250 |
Dependency-Status Comparison
| Cohort | Median federal debt |
|---|---|
| Dependent students | $24,000 |
| Independent students | $19,250 |
The figure below distills the debt data into a single burden category for Syracuse.
The Stafford loan program is the largest source of federal direct loans to undergraduates. The aggregate figures below show how active the program is at Syracuse:
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| Stafford loan recipients | 51508 |
| Total Stafford loan amount | $1,404,354,044 |
Veterans and active-duty service members may qualify for the Post-9/11 GI Bill or DoD Tuition Assistance.
GI Bill volume
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| GI Bill recipients | 639 |
| Total GI Bill amount | $16,783,948 |
| Average GI Bill amount per recipient | $26,266 |
DoD Tuition Assistance activity
| Metric | Value |
|---|---|
| DoD Tuition Assistance recipients | 106 |
| Total DoD amount | $288,700 |
| Average DoD amount per recipient | $2,724 |
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