Bachelor's · Syracuse, New York
Is Chemical Engineering at Syracuse University worth it?
Low confidence Low confidence: fewer than 40 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 4.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $86,672
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $94,017
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- Not enough borrowers to report
- 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
- $56k a year vs high-school graduates aged 25–34 in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 4.6 years (likely 3.6–5.8)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $171k (likely $37k – $319k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $801k (likely $520k – $1.10M)
- 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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Other majors at Syracuse University
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Master's)$155,598
- Information Science/Studies (Master's)$146,546
- Business Administration, Management and Operations (Master's)$138,634
- Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods (Master's)$124,750
- Computer Engineering (Master's)$124,669
- Computer and Information Sciences, General (Bachelor's)$120,773
- Finance and Financial Management Services (Bachelor's)$120,274
- Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other (Post-baccalaureate certificate)$114,122
- Accounting and Related Services (Bachelor's)$112,682
- Mechanical Engineering (Master's)$112,673
- Computer Engineering (Bachelor's)$110,988
- Accounting and Related Services (Master's)$110,435
Chemical Engineering at other schools in New York
- Cornell University$116,165
- The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art$100,191
- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute$98,679
- Manhattan University$96,134
- University at Buffalo$95,424
- Rochester Institute of Technology$94,641
- Clarkson University$93,614
- University of Rochester$92,102
- New York University$89,744
- CUNY City College$88,659