Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Boston grads earn $24.8K more ten years out than Syracuse's ($103,937 vs. $79,164)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Boston graduates 9 pts more of its students than Syracuse (91% vs. 83%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Syracuse$79.2K
Boston$103.9K
Graduation rate
Syracuse83%
Boston91%
Retention rate
Syracuse92%
Boston96%

Borrowing

Median debt
Syracuse$26K
Boston$19K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Syracuse32%
Boston30%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Syracuse$24.5K
Boston$17.3K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Syracuse75%
Boston86%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Syracuse83%
Boston91%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Syracuse11%
Boston7%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Syracuse76%
Boston88%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Syracuse80%
Boston90%
Pell graduation gap
Syracuse4 pts lower
Boston2 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupSyracuseBoston
White86%93%
Asian85%88%
Hispanic/Latino87%91%
Black78%83%
Two or more races84%86%
International74%88%

On-time progress, from the colleges' Common Data Sets

Finished withinSyracuseBoston
4 years: Pell recipients63%81%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan69%86%
4 years: all first-time full-time69%86%
5 years: Pell recipients74%85%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan78%90%
5 years: all first-time full-time79%90%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Syracuse University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;Syracuse University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;Boston College Common Data Set 2024–25, Entered fall 2018About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)

Figures are the newest each college has published; years can differ between colleges. Each value's ⓘ shows its source and year. Why