Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Dickinson grads earn $5K more ten years out than Colorado's ($70,204 vs. $65,222)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Colorado graduates 3 pts more of its students than Dickinson (86% vs. 83%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Colorado$65.2K
Dickinson$70.2K
Graduation rate
Colorado86%
Dickinson83%
Retention rate
Colorado93%
Dickinson93%

Borrowing

Median debt
Colorado$18.3K
Dickinson$19K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Colorado26%
Dickinson39%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Colorado$12.5K
Dickinson$15.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Colorado82%
Dickinson80%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Colorado87%
Dickinson84%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Colorado11%
Dickinson15%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Colorado86%
Dickinson79%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Colorado86%
Dickinson79%
Pell graduation gap
Colorado1 pts lower
DickinsonNo gap

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupColoradoDickinson
White87%80%
Asian87%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino93%75%
BlackNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
Two or more races85%Not shown: under 30 students
International82%86%

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

Finished withinColoradoDickinson
4 years: Pell recipients81%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan73%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time74%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients86%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan86%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time86%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;Colorado College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;Colorado College Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;Dickinson College 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