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Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, New York · Midsize city
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- Graduation rate
- $92,257
- Median earnings
Upstate Medical University is a public bachelor's-granting institution in Syracuse, New York (midsize city setting), enrolling 159 undergraduates.
About Syracuse, New York
Syracuse is a city in New York, United States, and the county seat of Onondaga County. At the invitation of the Onondaga Nation, one of the five nations of the Iroquois Confederacy, a Jesuit priest by the name of Simon Le Moyne, accompanied by soldiers and coureurs des bois, including Pierre Esprit Radisson, set up a mission, known as Ste. Live jazz music is the centerpiece of two annual outdoor festivals in Syracuse, the Syracuse Jazz Festival, Polish Festival as well as the CNY Jazz Arts Foundation's Jazz in the Square Festival. (Wikipedia)
- Setting
- Midsize city
- Highest degree offered
- Graduate
- Nearest big city
- 1 mile to Syracuse, NY
- To Great Lakes shore
- 34 miles
- Nearest airport
- 5 miles to Syracuse Hancock (SYR) · major hub
How Upstate Medical University compares
Higher than 96% · #10 of 133 in New York
Lower than 90%
Lower than 89%
Larger than 11%
Percentiles compare Upstate Medical University with the nation's 2,196 four-year colleges, among schools reporting each statistic. State ranks count four-year colleges in New York.
Student body
Undergraduate vs. graduate
- Undergraduate15912%
- Graduate1,17588%
Undergraduates by gender
- Women11673%
- Men4327%
Undergraduates by race / ethnicity
- White69%
- Black4.4%
- Hispanic5.0%
- Asian6.9%
- Other or multiracial15%
Graduate gender splits aren't published in this data, so the gender chart covers undergraduates only.
By the numbers
- Undergraduate enrollment
- 159
- Graduate enrollment
- 1,175
- Student–faculty ratio
- 8 : 1
- Pell Grant recipients
- 27%
- First-generation students
- 35%
- Students over 25
- 48%
- Median family income
- $35,952
- Avg faculty salary (academic year)
- $62,604
- Endowment
- $113,756,897
Colleges don't publish true class-size data; student–faculty ratio (IPEDS) is the closest public measure of it.
Outcomes
- Graduated
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- First-year retention
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- Median earnings, 6 years after entry
- $83,990
- Median earnings, 10 years after entry
- $92,257
- Median debt at graduation
- $15,000
- Students with federal loans
- 56%
- Paying down their loans (1 year in)
- 76%
Campus life & athletics
- On-campus housing
- Yes
- Dorm capacity
- 270
- Dorm capacity vs undergrads
- 100%+
- Housing charge (year)
- $12,500
- Application fee
- $50
Housing and fees: IPEDS 2023–24. Athletics rosters: Equity in Athletics data, 2024–25. Dorm capacity can include graduate and family housing, so the share of undergrads can top 100%.
Campus safety
- Safety grade
- D
- Reported offenses per 1,000 students
- 11.7 / year
- Violent offenses (2022–2024)
- 28
- Property offenses (2022–2024)
- 19
On-campus criminal offenses reported under the Clery Act, 2022–2024, across 2 campuses (1,341 students). Counts reflect reports, not convictions — schools with strong reporting cultures often show more, so a higher count doesn't simply mean a more dangerous campus.
Reported offenses in an average year
The same 2022–2024 Clery Act reports, divided down to one year.
By offense type, per year
Averages, not a forecast — a single year can run well above or below this. Bars are scaled against this campus's most-reported offense, so they compare types here rather than against other schools.
Is it worth it?
A rough return-on-investment read from what graduates earn versus what they borrow.
- Median earnings (10 years)
- $92,257
- Typical debt at graduation
- $15,000
- Debt vs. one year's pay
- 16%
- Out-earn a HS grad
- 93%
Typical debt would take roughly 1.6 years to repay at about a tenth of median earnings.
Graduates here tend to earn well relative to what they borrow — typical debt pays back fast, and most out-earn a high-school graduate.
Earnings are the College Scorecard median for former students (working, not enrolled) 10 years after entry — not a guarantee, and they vary a lot by major. Debt is the median federal loan balance at graduation.
The pay gap here
Median earnings 10 years after entry, split by gender.
Men out-earn women by $24,404 (27%) a decade out.
Federal figures for former students working and not enrolled, 10 years after they first entered. A gap this wide usually reflects which majors men and women here tend to choose — not different pay for the same job.
Campus climate
- Summer high
- 82°F
- Winter low
- 16°F
- Annual rain
- 39.9″
- Annual snow
- 127.8″
Average temperature
HighLowAverage precipitation (inches)
NOAA 1991–2020 climate normals, Syracuse Hancock Intl AP, NY US station (5.1 mi from campus).
What Upstate Medical University graduates study — and earn
Median earnings of this school's own graduates 1 and 5 years after finishing each program, and median federal-loan debt at completion (College Scorecard). Small programs are privacy-suppressed (—). Click a major to compare colleges nationally.
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Source: US Department of Education College Scorecard (most recent cohorts), IPEDS institutional characteristics, Equity in Athletics (EADA) data, Clery Act Campus Safety and Security data, and NOAA US Climate Normals. Distances are straight-line from campus coordinates. Percentiles compare schools of the same level (four-year vs. two-year) that report each statistic.