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Stipends, Tuition, Fees and Financial Aid

The Office of Financial Aid
Phone: 315 464-4329
Email: finaid@upstate.edu
Website: The Office of Financial Aid
College of Graduate Studies
Phone 315 464-4538
Email: biosci@upstate.edu

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 either the Office of Financial Aid or the Graduate Studies office.


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:

  • $26,563 in Baltimore
  • $28,269 in Boston
  • $25,145 in Chicago
  • $30,193 in D.C.
  • $31,023 in Los Angeles
  • $24,964 in Minneapolis
  • $25,795 in New Haven
  • $47,853 in New York City
  • $26,746 in Philadelphia
  • $28,913 in San Diego
  • $35,978 in San Francisco
  • $27,434 in Seattle