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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    UNC graduates 2 pts more of its students than Florida (91% vs. 89%)

    Graduation rate
  2. 2

    UNC grads earn $612 more ten years out than Florida's ($72,200 vs. $71,588)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Florida$71.6K
UNC$72.2K
Graduation rate
Florida89%
UNC91%
Retention rate
Florida97%
UNC97%

Borrowing

Median debt
Florida$15K
UNC$14K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Florida11%
UNC13%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Florida$13.8K
UNC$10.9K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Florida74%
UNC85%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Florida89%
UNC91%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Florida7%
UNC6%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Florida87%
UNC88%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Florida93%
UNC93%
Pell graduation gap
Florida5 pts lower
UNC5 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupFloridaUNC
White92%92%
Asian93%95%
Hispanic/Latino91%92%
Black85%88%
Two or more races90%88%
International84%88%

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

Finished withinFloridaUNC
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published78%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published85%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published83%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published87%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published92%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published90%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Florida 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 North Carolina at Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019About 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