Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. California-Riverside graduates 9 pts more of its students than U. Illinois Chicago (79% vs. 70%)

    Graduation rate
  2. 2

    U. Illinois Chicago grads earn $1K more ten years out than U. California-Riverside's ($68,740 vs. $67,699)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. California-Riverside$67.7K
U. Illinois Chicago$68.7K
Graduation rate
U. California-Riverside79%
U. Illinois Chicago70%
Retention rate
U. California-Riverside88%
U. Illinois Chicago83%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. California-Riverside$17.5K
U. Illinois Chicago$16.7K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. California-Riverside31%
U. Illinois Chicago22%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. California-Riverside$14.5K
U. Illinois Chicago$13.1K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. California-Riverside66%
U. Illinois Chicago54%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. California-Riverside79%
U. Illinois Chicago70%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. California-Riverside8%
U. Illinois Chicago21%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. California-Riverside75%
U. Illinois Chicago59%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. California-Riverside76%
U. Illinois Chicago63%
Pell graduation gap
U. California-Riverside1 pts lower
U. Illinois Chicago4 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. California-RiversideU. Illinois Chicago
White74%66%
Asian82%77%
Hispanic/Latino72%54%
Black64%48%
Two or more races74%58%
International67%68%

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

Finished withinU. California-RiversideU. Illinois Chicago
4 years: Pell recipients64%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan64%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time64%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients73%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan74%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time74%Not published

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;University of California-Riverside Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;University of Illinois Chicago Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018About 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