Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Berkeley grads earn $17.3K more ten years out than UT Austin's ($92,446 vs. $75,121)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Berkeley graduates 9 pts more of its students than UT Austin (94% vs. 85%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Berkeley$92.4K
UT Austin$75.1K
Graduation rate
Berkeley94%
UT Austin85%
Retention rate
Berkeley97%
UT Austin97%

Borrowing

Median debt
Berkeley$13K
UT Austin$20.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Berkeley17%
UT Austin27%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Berkeley$11.2K
UT Austin$19.3K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Berkeley84%
UT Austin71%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Berkeley95%
UT Austin85%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Berkeley3%
UT Austin7%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Berkeley87%
UT Austin84%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Berkeley95%
UT Austin91%
Pell graduation gap
Berkeley8 pts lower
UT Austin7 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupBerkeleyUT Austin
White92%90%
Asian96%93%
Hispanic/Latino85%84%
Black78%83%
Two or more races93%87%
International94%88%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of California-Berkeley Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;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;The University of Texas at Austin Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024About 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