A non-refundable $75 fee is required for the processing of your application.
Application fee waivers are possible for certain students. Please review the information below and if you meet the eligibility requirements for a waiver, complete this waiver request form.
Waivers for All Graduate Programs
If you participated in one of the following programs/groups, you are eligible to have your application fee waived regardless of the graduate program you are applying to:
- GEM Fellowship Applicants (Graduate Education for Minority Students)
- International Fulbright Scholars via IIE, AmidEast, or LASPAU
- McNair Scholars
- Syracuse University Employees
- Syracuse University Undergraduates (current students and alumni)
- U.S. Veterans and Active Duty Military
Department of Public Administration and International Affairs (PAIA) Waivers
Applicants to the MPA, MA International Relations, and MA Public Diplomacy & Global Communications programs who participated in one of the following groups are eligible for an application fee waiver:
- Charles B. Rangel International Affairs Fellows & Finalists
- CHCI Fellows and Interns (Congressional Hispanic Caucus Institute)
- PPIA Fellows (Public Policy and International Affairs)
- Returned Peace Corps Volunteers (RPCVs)
- Thomas R. Pickering International Affairs Fellows & Finalists
- U.S. Fulbright Grantees
Executive Education Waivers
Applicants to the Executive MPA and Executive Master’s of International Relations who participated in the following group are eligible for an application fee waiver:
- BACI-affiliated Applicants (Burmese American Community Institute)
Financial Hardship Waivers
The following programs will consider requests for application fee waivers based on financial hardship:
- Anthropology, MA
- Anthropology, PhD
- Economics, MA
- Economics, PhD
- Geography, MA
- Geography, PhD
- History, MA
- History, PhD
- International Relations, Executive Master's (EMIR)
- Public Administration, Executive Master's (EMPA)
- Public Administration, PhD
- Social Science, PhD
- Sociology, MA
- Sociology, PhD