Which Syracuse University major has the lowest debt?

Human Development and Family Studies graduates leave with a median of $22,981 in federal loans, the lowest among 48 Syracuse University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How much does Syracuse University cost?

Tuition and fees are $65,528 a year for all students. After grants and scholarships, the average net price is $38,793 a year.

How many Syracuse University programs report graduate pay?

55 bachelor's programs at Syracuse University report first-year pay, and 48 of them also report federal debt.

Syracuse University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Private nonprofit university
Syracuse, NY
15,477 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

55 Syracuse University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Computer Engineering pays the most in the first year ($84,793), and Anthropology the least ($16,844). The median program pays $43,249.

Tuition and fees$65,528Per year, for all students

Average net price after aid$38,793Per year

Graduation rate84%Within 6 years

Admission rate46%Of applicants

All 55 bachelor's programs, ranked

Each figure is the median for the program's graduates. "Rank in New York" compares first-year pay with the same field's bachelor's programs across New York. Programs that don't report a figure are listed last when you sort by it.

#	Program	Year 1 pay	Year 5 pay	Debt	Rank in New York
1	Computer EngineeringAbout 16 graduates a year	$84,793	Not reported	Not reported	4th of 11
2	Electrical EngineeringAbout 14 graduates a year	$84,494	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 18
3	Computer and Information ScienceAbout 63 graduates a year	$82,378	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 30
4	AccountingAbout 72 graduates a year	$75,294	$101,760	$27,000	2nd of 45
5	Civil EngineeringAbout 28 graduates a year	$74,748	$97,093	$27,000	3rd of 10
6	Information ScienceAbout 166 graduates a year	$73,033	$101,251	$26,694	3rd of 14
7	Chemical EngineeringAbout 18 graduates a year	$72,864	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 12
8	FinanceAbout 168 graduates a year	$72,819	$109,595	$27,000	3rd of 27
9	Aerospace EngineeringAbout 36 graduates a year	$71,417	$98,978	$27,000	3rd of 4
10	Mechanical EngineeringAbout 42 graduates a year	$66,789	$98,391	$27,000	12th of 21
11	Business AdministrationAbout 111 graduates a year	$65,009	$96,698	$27,000	4th of 73
12	Biomedical EngineeringAbout 35 graduates a year	$64,660	$100,385	$27,000	4th of 11
13	Real EstateAbout 47 graduates a year	$59,396	Not reported	Not reported	2nd of 3
14	Architectural TechnologyAbout 145 graduates a year	$58,622	Not reported	$31,000	1st of 5
15	MarketingAbout 140 graduates a year	$57,777	$82,019	$26,951	1st of 28
16	EconomicsAbout 199 graduates a year	$55,974	$82,376	$26,000	12th of 36
17	Special EducationAbout 29 graduates a year	$55,881	Not reported	$27,000	2nd of 7
18	Family and Consumer Sciences BusinessAbout 28 graduates a year	$55,192	$81,068	$27,000	1st of 1
19	EntrepreneurshipAbout 67 graduates a year	$55,039	$92,585	$26,350	1st of 3
20	Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 218 graduates a year	$54,934	$83,644	$26,000	1st of 12
21	Public AdministrationAbout 88 graduates a year	$53,912	$74,419	$26,000	1st of 4
22	MathematicsAbout 25 graduates a year	$53,223	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 22
23	Environmental EngineeringAbout 10 graduates a year	$49,297	Not reported	Not reported	5th of 5
24	Subject-Area Teacher EducationAbout 35 graduates a year	$49,186	$59,000	$26,664	4th of 22
25	Design and Applied ArtsAbout 101 graduates a year	$46,181	$64,921	$27,000	1st of 18
26	BiotechnologyAbout 21 graduates a year	$44,418	Not reported	$27,000	1st of 2
27	Public HealthAbout 53 graduates a year	$43,280	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 13
28	International RelationsAbout 94 graduates a year	$43,249	$65,420	$26,635	3rd of 9
29	Political ScienceAbout 141 graduates a year	$43,232	$67,317	$26,799	10th of 47
30	Human ServicesAbout 23 graduates a year	$41,551	Not reported	$26,273	3rd of 7
31	JournalismAbout 139 graduates a year	$40,757	$72,696	$27,000	2nd of 17
32	Romance LanguagesAbout 24 graduates a year	$39,825	Not reported	$26,137	8th of 19
33	Interior ArchitectureAbout 21 graduates a year	$39,591	Not reported	Not reported	1st of 1
34	SociologyAbout 55 graduates a year	$38,632	$72,358	$24,750	9th of 38
35	Radio, TV, and Digital MediaAbout 118 graduates a year	$37,556	$69,161	$27,000	4th of 14
36	Human Development and Family StudiesAbout 27 graduates a year	$36,858	$51,299	$22,981	2nd of 6
37	CommunicationsAbout 113 graduates a year	$36,767	$64,144	$27,000	14th of 48
38	PhilosophyAbout 22 graduates a year	$35,602	Not reported	$23,250	4th of 9
39	Arts ManagementAbout 46 graduates a year	$35,389	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 10
40	BiologyAbout 90 graduates a year	$34,841	$71,471	$27,000	15th of 65
41	Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 235 graduates a year	$34,821	$69,954	$27,000	3rd of 18
42	PsychologyAbout 262 graduates a year	$34,654	$63,889	$26,865	16th of 65
43	HistoryAbout 41 graduates a year	$34,610	$54,449	$26,000	12th of 35
44	Fine and Studio ArtsAbout 25 graduates a year	$32,636	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 35
45	Security Science and TechnologyAbout 58 graduates a year	$31,750	Not reported	$27,000	4th of 4
46	Foods and NutritionAbout 18 graduates a year	$31,598	$62,991	$27,000	2nd of 2
47	NeuroscienceAbout 52 graduates a year	$30,259	Not reported	$27,000	5th of 8
48	Film and PhotographyAbout 60 graduates a year	$26,331	Not reported	$27,000	6th of 18
49	EnglishAbout 22 graduates a year	$25,860	$64,086	$26,750	33rd of 41
50	Writing and RhetoricAbout 27 graduates a year	$24,935	Not reported	$27,000	7th of 12
51	Biochemistry and Molecular BiologyAbout 13 graduates a year	$22,693	Not reported	$27,000	10th of 10
52	TheatreAbout 61 graduates a year	$20,988	$41,457	$27,000	7th of 31
53	Ethnic, Cultural, and Gender StudiesAbout 6 graduates a year	$18,854	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 9
54	MusicAbout 17 graduates a year	$18,574	Not reported	Not reported	9th of 15
55	AnthropologyAbout 17 graduates a year	$16,844	Not reported	$23,249	14th of 14

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field. A program gets its own page when it reports both pay and debt and at least five New York programs in the field do too.

4 more bachelor's programs report debt but not pay, so they aren't listed.

Quick picks

Highest first-year pay

Computer Engineering$84,793
Electrical Engineering$84,494
Computer and Information Science$82,378
Accounting$75,294
Civil Engineering$74,748

Lowest median debt

Human Development and Family Studies$22,981
Anthropology$23,249
Philosophy$23,250
Sociology$24,750
Economics$26,000

Largest programs

PsychologyAbout 262 graduates a year
Kinesiology and Exercise ScienceAbout 235 graduates a year
Public Relations and AdvertisingAbout 218 graduates a year
EconomicsAbout 199 graduates a year
FinanceAbout 168 graduates a year

Common questions

Computer Engineering graduates earn a median of $84,793 in their first year, the most of 55 Syracuse University bachelor's programs that report pay.

About this data

Earnings and debt only include students who received federal financial aid, and earnings only count graduates who were working and not enrolled in more school.
Debt only includes federal loans. Private loans and credit cards are not counted.
Tuition, net price, graduation rate, and admission rate are for the whole school, not one program.
Some schools with several campuses report one combined figure for all of them. We count each of those schools once, and leave them out of New York rankings when their main campus is in another state.
Scorecard figures describe graduating classes from several years ago.

Sources

U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, field of study and institution files, June 2026 release
NCES, IPEDS tuition and fees, 2023-24, for in-district tuition labels