Syracuse University
Syracuse, New York · Private · 15,477 undergraduates · syracuse.edu
Test policy (fall 2027)
Test optional
Sending scores is your choice
Admit rate
49%
of 46,645 applicants
SAT (middle 50%)
1300 to 1410
of enrolled freshmen
Annual cost (2027-28)
$99,430Est.Estimate
before aid
Your chances and merit aid at Syracuse University
See where you stand for admission, how much merit aid you could get, and what you'd pay after it.
We started you at a typical enrolled freshman here. Move the sliders to match you.
Your admission chances
49% of applicants admitted
Target
Your SAT is inside the range where the middle half of enrolled freshmen scored, and your GPA is in the middle half of freshmen's.
Estimated merit aid
a year
Your cost after merit aid
$99,430
a year in 2027-28, from a $99,430 sticker price
What to do with your 1350
Send your score
About 71% of freshmen here didn't send a score. We estimate their typical SAT at about 1220, and yours is above it.
Reach, target and likely are a rough guide from your test score and how selective the college is. Admissions also weigh your courses, grades, essays and activities. Merit aid figures are estimates, before any need-based aid.
Admissions
Test policy for fall 2027
Test optional
You choose whether to send an SAT or ACT score. If you send one, it's considered.
- Superscores: it combines your best section scores from different test dates.
- You can type your scores into the application; official reports come later.
Source: Apply to Syracuse University - Syracuse University · Checked October 16, 2026
Application deadlines
- Nov1Early Action · November 1, 2026Apply early and hear early. Not binding.
- Nov1Early Decision · November 1, 2026Binding: if admitted, you commit to enroll.
- Jan5Early Decision II · January 5, 2027A second binding round, after Early Decision.
- Jan5Regular Decision · January 5, 2027The standard deadline.
Who gets in
49%
of applicants were admitted: 22,756 of 46,645 for fall 2025.
Early Action
Not binding. Apply by 11/1, hear by 2/1.
Early Decision
Binding. 56% of early applicants were admitted.
Wait list
14,242 students were offered a spot; 2,039 were later admitted.
Test scores of enrolled freshmen (fall 2025)
The shaded part shows the middle half of enrolled freshmen who sent scores: a quarter scored below it and a quarter above. 23% of them sent SAT scores and 8% sent ACT scores.
SAT total 1300 to 1410
Reading and Writing 650 to 720
Math 640 to 710
ACT composite 29 to 33
How enrolled freshmen scored on the SAT
- 1400 to 160033%
- 1200 to 139962%
- 1000 to 11994.2%
- 800 to 9990.3%
- 600 to 7990%
- 400 to 5990%
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
High school GPA of enrolled freshmen
Average GPA: 3.71
- 4.029%
- 3.75 to 3.9920%
- 3.50 to 3.7422%
- 3.25 to 3.4915%
- 3.00 to 3.2410%
- 2.50 to 2.992.4%
- Below 2.500.4%
Cost and financial aid
The sticker price is what a year costs before any aid. Most students pay less after grants and scholarships.
Sticker price for 2027-28Estimate
$99,430
a year
- Tuition$71,950
- Fees$1,940
- Food and housing$21,400
- Books and supplies$1,920
- Transportation and other$2,220
Syracuse University published $95,609 for 2026-27. Its 2027-28 prices aren't out yet.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
What families actually pay
What a year cost on average after grants and scholarships, for freshmen who got federal aid in 2023-24, by family income.
- $0 to $30,000$21,872
- $30,001 to $48,000$21,339
- $48,001 to $75,000$25,499
- $75,001 to $110,000$33,983
- Over $110,000$60,127
Financial aid
96%
of a student's financial need is covered, on average
$48,257
average need-based grant to freshmen, money you don't repay
31%
of freshmen got merit aid without financial need, $26,259 on average
- FAFSA
- Required for need-based aid. It's the free federal aid form.
- CSS Profile
- Required. It's a second, more detailed aid form some colleges use for their own grants.
- Aid priority date: 1/5
- Send your aid forms by this date to be first in line for the college's grant money.
- Aid deadline: 1/5
- The last day to send aid forms.
Source: Common Data Set 2025-2026
Merit scholarships
Awards for grades and scores, on top of need-based aid. You don't repay them.
1870 Scholarship
Full tuition
Competitive · No separate application
To keep it: the rules are in your financial aid offer in MySlice (the college's online student portal).
DetailsArchitecture Scholarship
Full tuition
Competitive · No separate application
To keep it: the rules are in your financial aid offer in MySlice (the college's online student portal).
DetailsCoronat Scholarship
Full tuition
Competitive · Application required
Deadline: By invitation (notified by email in January); no separate deadline to be considered. To keep it: the rules are in your financial aid offer in MySlice (the college's online student portal).
Details
Compare awards across colleges with the merit aid calculator.
AP credit
AP exams that earn credit can replace college courses, so you pay for fewer of them and may graduate sooner.
AP exams that earn credit
38 of 38
Earn credit with a score of 3
20 exams
A 3-credit course is worth
about $7,200Est.Estimate
at 2027-28 tuition
Credit for each AP exam
| Exam | Score needed | Credits | Counts as |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2-D Art and Design | 5 | 3 | Studio Elective |
| African American Studies | 3 | 3 | CAS 200 |
| Art History | 3 | 6 | HOA 105 & 106 |
| Biology | 4 | 8 | BIO 121, 122, 123 & 124 |
| Calculus AB | 3 | 3 | MAT 285 |
| Calculus AB | 4 | 6 | MAT 285 & 286 or 295 |
| Calculus BC | 4 | 8 | MAT 295 & 296 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 3 | 3 | MAT 285 |
| Calculus BC: AB Subscore | 4 | 6 | MAT 285 & 286 or 295 |
| Chemistry | 4 | 4 | CHE 103 |
| Chemistry | 5 | 8 | CHE 106/107 and CHE 116/117 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | CHI 102 |
| Chinese Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | CHI 201 |
| Comparative Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PSC 123 |
| Computer Science A | 3 | 3 | CPS 196 |
| Computer Science A | 4 | 3 | CIS 151 |
| Computer Science Principles | 4 | 3 | ECS 100 (For students in Information Studies equivalent course is IST 200) |
| Drawing | 5 | 3 | Studio Elective |
| English Language and Composition | 4 | 6 | WRT 105 & 205 |
| English Literature and Composition | 4 | 6 | ENG 151 (or 117 or 118 or 152 or 153) and WRT 105 |
| Environmental Science | 3 | 3 | EAR 200 |
| European History | 4 | 6 | HST 111 & 112 |
| French Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | FRE 102 |
| German Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | GER 102 |
| Human Geography | 4 | 3 | GEO 105 or 171 |
| Italian Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | ITA 102 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | JPS 102 |
| Japanese Language and Culture | 4 | 4 | JPS 201 |
| Latin | 3 | 4 | LAT 102 |
| Latin | 4 | 4 | LAT 201 |
| Latin | 5 | 7 | LAT 201, 320 |
| Macroeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECN 102 |
| Microeconomics | 4 | 3 | ECN 101 |
| Music Theory | 3 | 3 | HOM/MTC 125 |
| Physics 1 | 3 | 4 | PHY 101 |
| Physics 2 | 3 | 4 | PHY 102 |
| Physics C: Electricity and Magnetism | 3 | 4 | PHY 102 or 212 & 222 |
| Physics C: Mechanics | 3 | 4 | PHY 101 or 211 & 221 |
| Pre-Calculus | 4 | 4 | MAT 194 |
| Psychology | 4 | 3 | PSY 205 |
| Spanish Language and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPA 102 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 3 | 4 | SPA 102 |
| Spanish Literature and Culture | 4 | 4 | SPA 201 |
| Statistics | 3 | 3 | MAT 221 (Management Credit accepted as MAS 261) |
| United States Government and Politics | 4 | 3 | PSC 121 |
| United States History | 4 | 6 | HST 101 & 102 |
| World History: Modern | 4 | 6 | HST 121 & 122 |
Source: AP credit policy
After college
Graduate within 6 years
81%
Come back for a second year
90%
Typical earnings
$85,054
a year, 10 years after starting here
- Syracuse University$114,594
- All colleges$91,119
Median yearly earnings of graduates five years after finishing a bachelor's in this major. 59 majors here have earnings data.
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