Return leads the four Azimuth pillars, at the 82nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Four years after completion, graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $79,406, in the 88th percentile.
That median is $4,209 below the $83,615 figure for comparable institutions (same type and size). Those graduates earn about $3,332 less than the model expects for similar students.
That result falls in the 42nd percentile. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,701.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,033. Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $1,757.
Four years after completing a degree, federally aided graduates of Syracuse University who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $79,406. Azimuth places that figure in the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.
The measurement covers a cohort of 4,371 completers. Graduates earn about $3,332 less than the model expects for similar students.
Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix range from $59,535 on the downside to $105,437 on the upside, with $79,406 as the typical outcome. Based on the program mix, an estimated 28.9% of graduates from Syracuse University continue to graduate study.
Those students are not part of the earnings cohort, which counts only completers who are working and not enrolled.
Syracuse University graduates who are working and not enrolled earn a median of $79,406 four years after completion, a figure at the 88th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. That median is $4,209 below the $83,615 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
Azimuth ranks Syracuse University #265 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $3,332 less than the model expects for similar students.
That places the earnings-beyond-expectations result at the 42nd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $7,701.
The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $11,033. Within the measured factors, the STEM component alone adds $1,757.
The degree mix concentrates heavily in business, communication, and the social sciences, with smaller shares in technology, architecture, and public administration. Estimated earnings scenarios, drawn from the program mix, stretch from a downside of $59,535 to an upside of $105,437 across fields.
An estimated 28.9% of graduates continue on to graduate study, based only on the program mix itself.
The earnings scenarios show how much program mix matters: a graduate in the downside scenario earns $59,535 four years after completion, while the upside scenario reaches $105,437, with $79,406 as the typical scenario. These are modeled from the university's program clusters, not observed groups of graduates.
Several programs post medians above the upside scenario. Computer and Information Sciences graduates earn a median of $120,773, Finance graduates earn $120,274, and Accounting graduates earn $112,682.
Graduates of Syracuse University earn about $3,332 less than the model expects for similar students, a gap that places the university at the 42nd percentile for earnings beyond expectations. Borrowers who complete a degree leave with a median of $26,000 in federal student loans, which is $2,832 above the $23,168 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).
That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $295 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow separately hold a median of $39,841 in Parent PLUS loans, a distinct obligation that falls outside the student debt figure.