Bachelor's · Syracuse, New York

Is Architectural Sciences and Technology at Syracuse University worth it?

Medium confidence Medium confidence: 40–99 graduates behind the earnings figures.

The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans

Pays back in time: graduates typically recover the cost in about 6 years.

Earnings 1 year after graduating
$68,540
Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Earnings 4 years after graduating
$82,027
Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
Typical federal debt at graduation
$29,527
NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
Net cost to graduate, all families
$184k (likely $184k – $206k)
AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
Earnings bump, year 4
$44k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
Payback
6 years (likely 5.0–7.2)
Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
10-year net return
$47k (likely −$39k – $133k)
Today's dollars
20-year net return
$583k (likely $376k – $771k)
Today's dollars
Odds of finishing (school-wide)
81%
Fall 2019 or AcadYr 2019-20 cohort (differs by institutional calendar), reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26

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