Master's · Syracuse, New York
Is Public Administration at Syracuse University worth it?
High confidence High confidence: 100+ graduates behind the earnings figures.
The verdict · all families, in-state, half paid with loans
Pays back fast: graduates typically recover the cost in about 2.6 years.
- Earnings 1 year after graduating
- $86,826
- Treasury AY2020-21, AY2021-22 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Earnings 4 years after graduating
- $115,863
- Treasury AY2017-2018, AY2018-2019 pooled earnings cohort measured in CY2022, CY2023, inflation adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Typical federal debt at graduation
- $37,545
- NSLDS pooled AY2022-23, AY2023-24 cohort
- Typical borrowing (no graduate net price is published)
- $40k (likely $40k – $40k)
- AcadYr 2024-25, reported in IPEDS DCY2025-26
- Earnings bump, year 4
- $48k a year vs bachelor's graduates 4 years out in NY
- 2023 ACS 5-year pooled, adjusted to 2024 dollars
- Payback
- 2.6 years (likely 2.1–3.1)
- Bump vs net cost plus loan interest
- 10-year net return
- $240k (likely $152k – $317k)
- Today's dollars
- 20-year net return
- $842k (likely $607k – $1.05M)
- Today's dollars
- Borrowers making progress / in default, 2 years in
- not reported / ≤ 20%
- NSLDS AY2016-17, AY2017-18 pooled cohorts measured in 2018-19, 2019-20
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Scorecard reports no net price for graduate programs; cost is based on what graduates typically borrowed.
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
Public Administration at other schools in New York
- Columbia University in the City of New York$115,874
- New York University$109,946
- Cornell University$100,325
- Marist University$99,846
- Alfred University$94,571
- CUNY Bernard M Baruch College$93,751
- Excelsior University$91,233
- University at Albany$84,950
- CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice$83,931
- Binghamton University$83,478