Which Upstate Medical University major has the lowest debt?

Nursing graduates leave with a median of $24,064 in federal loans, the lowest among 3 Upstate Medical University bachelor's programs that report debt.

How many Upstate Medical University programs report graduate pay?

3 bachelor's programs at Upstate Medical University report first-year pay, and all of them also report federal debt.

Upstate Medical University Programs, Ranked by Graduate Pay and Debt

Public university
Syracuse, NY
159 undergraduates

College Scorecard June 2026 release

The short answer

3 Upstate Medical University bachelor's programs report what graduates earn. Nursing pays the most in the first year ($77,319), and Medical Laboratory Science the least ($63,447). The median program pays $72,045.

All 3 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	NursingAbout 20 graduates a year	$77,319	$97,378	$24,064	39th of 51
2	Diagnostic and Treatment ProfessionsAbout 52 graduates a year	$72,045	$77,067	$25,663	10th of 13
3	Medical Laboratory ScienceAbout 11 graduates a year	$63,447	$68,140	$25,000	8th of 8

Program names link to the program's own page, and New York ranks link to the full ranking for the field.

Some nursing bachelor's programs are for nurses who are already licensed and working (RN-to-BSN). College Scorecard counts them with programs for new students, and their graduates' pay reflects years of nursing experience, so high pay at a program here may not mean higher starting pay for a new nurse.

Common questions

Nursing graduates earn a median of $77,319 in their first year, the most of 3 Upstate Medical 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