Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    UCLA graduates 7 pts more of its students than UIUC (93% vs. 86%)

    Graduation rate
  2. 2

    UCLA grads earn $1.5K more ten years out than UIUC's ($82,511 vs. $81,054)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
UIUC$81.1K
UCLA$82.5K
Graduation rate
UIUC86%
UCLA93%
Retention rate
UIUC95%
UCLA97%

Borrowing

Median debt
UIUC$19.5K
UCLA$14K
Undergrads with a federal loan
UIUC27%
UCLA19%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
UIUC$16.2K
UCLA$12.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
UIUC74%
UCLA87%
Credential within 8 years, all students
UIUC86%
UCLA94%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
UIUC11%
UCLA4%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
UIUC81%
UCLA89%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
UIUC89%
UCLA94%
Pell graduation gap
UIUC8 pts lower
UCLA6 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupUIUCUCLA
White88%94%
Asian89%96%
Hispanic/Latino76%87%
Black70%84%
Two or more races86%92%
International87%93%

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

Finished withinUIUCUCLA
4 years: Pell recipients67%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan78%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time74%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients79%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan87%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time84%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019;University of California-Los Angeles 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