Upstate Medical University
Public College in Syracuse, NY. Median 10-year earnings $92,257.
Ten-year median earnings of $92,257 are the headline number here, and they are strong ones. Borrowing stays contained, with median debt at graduation of $15,000.
Earnings: College Scorecard, median ten years after entry across students who received federal aid — completers and non-completers alike.
- ✓ Debt-to-income ratio 0.16 — healthy (below the 0.40 threshold)
- ✓ 3-year loan default 0.0% — below national benchmark
Academics
No six-year graduation rate is reported for this institution, which is common for schools whose students are mostly part-time, transfer in, or enroll in short programs that the federal cohort measure does not track. Its absence is not itself a bad sign, but it does remove the clearest completion signal. A 8:1 ratio points to small classes and accessible faculty. Judge these figures against other institutions of the same type — sector explains more of the variation in completion than any single campus factor. This is a small school — 118 undergraduates — so cohorts are tight and the program list is necessarily short.
Financial Aid
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24 · grant and loan rates against 117 degree- or certificate-seeking undergraduates
No average net price is published here, so the cost side of this page is incomplete. Treat the participation rates as a signal about aid, not about price. 64% of students receive grant aid, averaging $7,212 — common but not automatic. Most students borrow — 56% take federal loans to cover the gap.
Federal student loans went to 66 of these 117 students, totalling $619,307 — an average of $9,383 each.
IPEDS Student Financial Aid · 2023-24
Local housing costs
Typical rents near campus (Onondaga County) — budget these against any cost-of-attendance housing estimate.
HUD Fair Market Rents (40th-percentile gross rent incl. utilities) · FY2026
Veterans & GI Bill
VA GI Bill Comparison Tool (Veterans Affairs GIDS)