Business & finance at Syracuse
Syracuse graduates about 608 business & finance majors a year, 18% of its graduating class. That puts it 25th of 650 schools we score for business & finance, a standout program at 87 out of 100. Its current catalog lists 232 undergraduate courses in the field, more than 96% of the schools we've counted. Graduates in the major earn a median $101,000 four years out, 1.37× what the same major pays nationally. Research spending in the field runs about $25 million a year, a rough guide to how many labs and projects undergraduates can join.
Around Syracuse
Where business & finance happens
Buildings on campus that fit the field: Syracuse University Whitman School of Management.
Named buildings on the campus map: Academic 65 · Dorm 22 · Library 5 · Chapel 3 · Athletics 3 · Student housing 1.
Nearby in the business & finance ranking
Other strong majors at Syracuse
- Communications & media 95 · #3
- Public policy & social work 91 · #6
- Art, music & theater 90 · #23
- Political science & IR 87 · #47
- Computer science 85 · #56
- Sociology & anthropology 85 · #61
How the score works
The score is out of 100 and compares Syracuse with every school we score in business & finance. It weighs the school's overall strength; how many students graduate in the major and what share of the class they are; research spending in the field (NSF); early pay against the same major nationally; how many courses the catalog lists; and test scores. 80+ is a standout program, 65+ strong, 45+ solid. Sources: US Department of Education (College Scorecard, IPEDS), NSF HERD, each school's current course catalog, OpenStreetMap and Wikimedia Commons.