Quad
Santa Clara
U. Rochester

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Santa Clara grads earn $30.1K more ten years out than U. Rochester's ($109,183 vs. $79,042)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Santa Clara graduates 1 pts more of its students than U. Rochester (90% vs. 88%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Santa Clara$109.2K
U. Rochester$79K
Graduation rate
Santa Clara90%
U. Rochester88%
Retention rate
Santa Clara93%
U. Rochester91%

Borrowing

Median debt
Santa Clara$19.2K
U. Rochester$21K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Santa Clara37%
U. Rochester40%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Santa Clara$18.2K
U. Rochester$21K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Santa Clara83%
U. Rochester81%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Santa Clara88%
U. Rochester90%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Santa Clara8%
U. Rochester3%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Santa Clara85%
U. Rochester79%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Santa Clara88%
U. Rochester87%
Pell graduation gap
Santa Clara3 pts lower
U. Rochester8 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupSanta ClaraU. Rochester
White88%87%
Asian87%81%
Hispanic/Latino92%79%
Black86%77%
Two or more races89%80%
International81%88%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Santa Clara University 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;University of Rochester 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