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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Rhode Island grads earn $10.5K more ten years out than U. Alabama's ($69,743 vs. $59,221)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    U. Rhode Island graduates 1 pts more of its students than U. Alabama (72% vs. 71%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Alabama$59.2K
U. Rhode Island$69.7K
Graduation rate
U. Alabama71%
U. Rhode Island72%
Retention rate
U. Alabama89%
U. Rhode Island85%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Alabama$22.8K
U. Rhode Island$22.3K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Alabama32%
U. Rhode Island49%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Alabama$19.5K
U. Rhode Island$17.6K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Alabama55%
U. Rhode Island59%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Alabama72%
U. Rhode Island72%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Alabama21%
U. Rhode Island18%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Alabama63%
U. Rhode Island62%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Alabama77%
U. Rhode Island75%
Pell graduation gap
U. Alabama14 pts lower
U. Rhode Island13 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. AlabamaU. Rhode Island
White76%76%
Asian83%86%
Hispanic/Latino63%60%
Black60%60%
Two or more races69%60%
International52%Not shown: under 30 students

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

Finished withinU. AlabamaU. Rhode Island
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published45%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published62%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published57%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published59%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published73%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published69%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;University of Rhode Island Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;University of Rhode Island Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019About 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