Emerson College vs Syracuse University

Boston, MA · Syracuse, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair MA:NY

PRIVATE-NP-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-SPLIT · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-EARN

  • PRIVATE-NP-PAIR Private nonprofit pair
  • CROSS-STATE MA × NY
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-SPLIT Net-price split
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Only one enrollment path is a trend

ENROLL-1SIDE · modest · 2013–2023

Size changed directionally at one school over 2013–2023; the peer's series stays a range. Pair any selectivity note with that asymmetry before treating the two campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • Emerson College: enrollment grew +11.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +42 students/yr fitted, r² 0.64.
  • Syracuse University: enrollment ranged 14,252–15,245 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.
  • Emerson College: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.13).
  • Syracuse University: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.01).

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: Emerson College vs Syracuse University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 Syracuse University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($60,459 vs $42,799 at Emerson College)
  2. AVG-NET-PRICE Syracuse University leads on avg net price ($38,793 vs $49,180 at Emerson College)
  3. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 Syracuse University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($79,164 vs $62,832 at Emerson College)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between Emerson College and Syracuse University?
Syracuse University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $60,459 versus $42,799 at Emerson College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On avg net price, who leads between Emerson College and Syracuse University?
Syracuse University leads on avg net price at $38,793 versus $49,180 at Emerson College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between Emerson College and Syracuse University?
Syracuse University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $79,164 versus $62,832 at Emerson College. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025