Public Health at Syracuse University

Syracuse, NY · Bachelor's Degree · about 53 graduates a year

$43,280
Median pay 1 year after graduating
$69,776
Median pay 4 years after graduating
$58,808
National median for this major (4 yrs)
#29 of 215
Rank by pay
#42 of 215
Rank, wage-adjusted
$27,000
Median federal debt

Syracuse University graduates in public health earn 19% more than the national median for the same major four years after graduating. Their median federal debt equals about 39% of one year’s pay at that point.

How Syracuse University Compares for Public Health

All 215 colleges reporting public health earnings at this degree level, ranked by median pay four years after graduation. “Wage-adjusted” divides pay by the square root of the state’s wage index so colleges in low-wage states aren’t penalized for local pay.

#College4 yrs afterWage-adjustedAdj. rank1 yr after
1Duke University Durham, NC$101,771$109,215#1$45,921
2Utah State University Logan, UT$93,161$88,295#4$76,451
3University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA$89,522$81,459#8$36,300
4George Washington University Washington, DC$87,217$76,425#15$44,809
5Montana Technological University Butte, MT$86,855$94,875#2$74,771
6Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI$85,266$89,903#3$59,330
7Illinois State University Normal, IL$84,790$83,306#6$59,207
8Elon University Elon, NC$81,153$87,089#5$42,088
9Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD$79,113$69,431#30$36,540
10University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI$78,928$83,220#7$36,181
…
26University of Delaware Newark, DE$70,793$70,369#26$35,437
27Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH$70,369$75,094#17$36,226
28National University San Diego, CA$70,340$64,005#62$52,057
29Syracuse University Syracuse, NY$69,776$66,412#42$43,280
30University of Florida Gainesville, FL$68,605$73,021#21$30,056
31University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL$68,605$73,021#22$30,056
32Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN$68,038$72,992#23$42,790

Other Majors at Syracuse University by Graduate Pay

Major4 yrs after1 yr afterRank in major
Computer and Information Sciences$120,773$82,378#36 of 459
Finance and Financial Management Services$120,274$72,819#18 of 452
Accounting and Related Services$112,682$75,294#15 of 796
Computer Engineering$110,988$84,793#75 of 189
Information Science/Studies$104,842$73,033#12 of 148
Biomedical/Medical Engineering$99,521$64,660#34 of 118
Business Administration, Management and Operations$91,472$65,009#47 of 1176
Mechanical Engineering$91,438$66,789#148 of 318
Marketing$91,235$57,777#18 of 516
Real Estate$90,764$59,396#10 of 25
Public Relations, Advertising, and Applied Communication$90,535$54,934#1 of 178
Aerospace, Aeronautical, and Astronautical/Space Engineering$90,470$71,417#50 of 59
Family and Consumer Sciences/Human Sciences Business Services$90,210$55,192#2 of 8
Public Administration$89,732$53,912#2 of 47
Civil Engineering$88,996$74,748#67 of 233
Entrepreneurial and Small Business Operations$87,851$55,039#6 of 67
Biotechnology$87,596$44,418#3 of 13
Chemical Engineering$87,529$72,864#136 of 158
Romance Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics$84,654$39,825#7 of 225
Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering—$84,494—
Economics$83,649$55,974#149 of 368
Mathematics$81,941$53,223#74 of 309
Architectural Sciences and Technology$76,367$58,622#6 of 22
Political Science and Government$75,239$43,232#64 of 565
Geography and Cartography$71,543—#12 of 117
Design and Applied Arts$71,527$46,181#16 of 299
Radio, Television, and Digital Communication$70,815$37,556#9 of 158
Journalism$70,404$40,757#11 of 187
Communication and Media Studies$70,106$36,767#45 of 660
Security Science and Technology$69,491$31,750#8 of 45

Frequently Asked Questions

How much do Syracuse University public health graduates make?

Graduates earn a median $43,280 one year after graduating and $69,776 four years after graduating. Figures are from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

How does Syracuse University rank for public health?

Among 215 colleges reporting earnings for public health graduates, Syracuse University ranks #29 by median pay four years after graduation, and #42 after adjusting for state wage levels.

Is public health at Syracuse University worth it?

Its graduates earn 19% more than the national median for public health ($58,808), and the median federal debt at graduation is $27,000.

← All data for Syracuse University · Methodology

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, field-of-study data. Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid and were working and not enrolled; programs with few graduates are not reported. Wage adjustment uses Census ACS state median household income.