Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Brown grads earn $1.6K more ten years out than U. Chicago's ($93,487 vs. $91,885)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Brown graduates 0 pts more of its students than U. Chicago (96% vs. 96%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Chicago$91.9K
Brown$93.5K
Graduation rate
U. Chicago96%
Brown96%
Retention rate
U. Chicago99%
Brown99%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Chicago$15K
Brown$11.4K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Chicago5%
Brown10%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Chicago$11K
Brown$8.4K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Chicago90%
Brown86%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Chicago96%
Brown96%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Chicago2%
Brown1%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Chicago92%
Brown92%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Chicago96%
Brown97%
Pell graduation gap
U. Chicago5 pts lower
Brown5 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. ChicagoBrown
White97%96%
Asian97%98%
Hispanic/Latino93%91%
Black96%93%
Two or more races95%95%
International97%96%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Chicago 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;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023About 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