Upstate Medical University

What is the cost of studying for a year at Upstate Medical University?

Published costs differ substantially by residency and degree level at Upstate. For 2024-25, full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees totaled $8,038 for New York residents and $19,878 for nonresidents. These figures do not include living expenses, books or transportation.

• Full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees, New York resident: $7,070 plus $968, or $8,038.
• Full-time undergraduate tuition and required fees, nonresident: $18,910 plus $968, or $19,878.
• Full-time graduate tuition and required fees, New York resident: $11,310 plus $968, or $12,278.
• Full-time graduate tuition and required fees, nonresident: $24,990 plus $1,013, or $26,003.
• Reported typical annual room and board: $25,200; reported books and supplies: $1,800.

Those 2024-25 figures should not be treated as a single price for every degree. Medical and other professional programs may publish their own budgets, and an individual's housing choice can differ greatly from the reported room-and-board amount. Adding the listed undergraduate tuition, room and board, and books produces an illustrative figure of $35,038 for a resident or $46,878 for a nonresident, before transportation and personal expenses. It is not a current aid-adjusted bill or a substitute for the program's official cost-of-attendance budget.

Eligible students may finance part of their costs through federal grants or loans, New York State assistance, institutional awards or military education benefits, depending on the program and their circumstances. In the 2024-25 figures, 56% of students received student loans, and the reported average undergraduate grant award was $7,157. An average award is not an amount every applicant can expect. The program-specific aid offer and budget provide a better estimate of what a student would need to pay or borrow.

What are the work-study opportunities at Upstate Medical University?

Students interested in paid work should distinguish Federal Work-Study from ordinary part-time employment. Federal Work-Study, when included in an eligible student's aid package, is earned through qualifying work rather than credited automatically against a tuition bill. Other campus or hospital jobs may have different hiring and eligibility rules.

Upstate's hospital and academic setting may be relevant to a health-professions student's job search, but a position should not be assumed to count as a required clinical placement or internship. Students can ask the financial aid office whether they have a Work-Study award, then check student-employment postings and confirm whether a position is approved for that funding. Scheduling deserves particular attention when laboratory sessions or clinical rotations have fixed hours.

For longer-term career planning, undergraduate students have access to individual career counseling and résumé assistance, and a job bank is available. Those services can help with a search, but they are distinct from an employment offer or a required internship; Upstate does not impose a university-wide internship requirement on all students.