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U. California-Santa Barbara
Berkeley

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Berkeley grads earn $17.5K more ten years out than U. California-Santa Barbara's ($92,446 vs. $74,915)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Berkeley graduates 7 pts more of its students than U. California-Santa Barbara (94% vs. 87%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. California-Santa Barbara$74.9K
Berkeley$92.4K
Graduation rate
U. California-Santa Barbara87%
Berkeley94%
Retention rate
U. California-Santa Barbara93%
Berkeley97%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. California-Santa Barbara$14K
Berkeley$13K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. California-Santa Barbara18%
Berkeley17%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. California-Santa Barbara$11.7K
Berkeley$11.2K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. California-Santa Barbara77%
Berkeley84%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. California-Santa Barbara88%
Berkeley95%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. California-Santa Barbara8%
Berkeley3%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. California-Santa Barbara80%
Berkeley87%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. California-Santa Barbara85%
Berkeley95%
Pell graduation gap
U. California-Santa Barbara5 pts lower
Berkeley8 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. California-Santa BarbaraBerkeley
White84%92%
Asian90%96%
Hispanic/Latino76%85%
Black80%78%
Two or more races85%93%
International82%94%

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 California-Berkeley 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