Stipends,Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid

Syracuse Costs Less!

To give you an idea how reasonable the cost of living is in Syracuse, we calculated how much you would need to earn in 12 cities with major biomedical research centers to equal our stipend here. These calculations assume you are renting, not owning a home.

If you earn $21,514
living in Syracuse,
you would need to earn:

$31,601 in Berkeley
$29,017 in Boston
$25,145 in Chicago
$30,505 in D.C.
$34,064 in Los Angeles
$21,596 in Minneapolis
$25,984 in New Haven
$43,780 in New York City
$26,544 in Philadelphia
$32,203 in San Diego
$36,715 in San Francisco
$24,698 in Seattle

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This section provides an overview of the financial aspects of being a graduate student at Upstate. For more information on stipends, tuition, tuition waivers, fees or financial aid, please contact:

The Office of Financial Aid
315-464-4329
finaid@upstate.edu
or
The College of Graduate Studies
315-464-4538
gradstud@upstate.edu

PhD Program

All PhD students receive a full-tuition waiver
and a competitive 12-month stipend of $21,514.

By receiving stipends, PhD students become part of the SUNY Graduate Student Employees Union, which provides periodic and automatic increases in stipend awards in addition to other benefits including a low-cost health care package. The comprehensive health benefits include: coverage for medical services; hospitalization; prescription drugs; and mental health, dental and eye care.

Student stipends are derived from a variety of university sources including departmental and university fellowships, training grants and research assistantships. Students are strongly encouraged to apply for individual predoctoral fellowships from the National Science Foundation, the Howard Hughes Medical Institute and the Ford Foundation, which could lead to higher stipends.

The SUNY Underrepresented Graduate Fellowship Program offers fellowships to underrepresented graduate students, which include Native Americans, African Americans and Hispanic Americans. This program assists the University in the recruitment, enrollment, and retention of students who have historically been underrepresented in its graduate and professional programs.

PhD students may also be supported by research grants awarded to individual investigators.

Master's Program

Master's students must pay tuition.

Fall 2008 tuition for master's students is:

$3,450 per semester (New York residents)
$5,460 (out-of-state residents)

NOTE: Tuition subject to change without notice.