Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    UIUC grads earn $20.6K more ten years out than Ohio State's ($81,054 vs. $60,409)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    UIUC graduates 4 pts more of its students than Ohio State (86% vs. 82%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
UIUC$81.1K
Ohio State$60.4K
UW$78.5K
Graduation rate
UIUC86%
Ohio State82%
UW85%
Retention rate
UIUC95%
Ohio State94%
UW95%

Borrowing

Median debt
UIUC$19.5K
Ohio State$20K
UW$14.6K
Undergrads with a federal loan
UIUC27%
Ohio State29%
UW15%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
UIUC$16.2K
Ohio State$14.5K
UW$12K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
UIUC74%
Ohio State68%
UW74%
Credential within 8 years, all students
UIUC86%
Ohio State83%
UW85%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
UIUC11%
Ohio State11%
UW8%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
UIUC81%
Ohio State80%
UW80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
UIUC89%
Ohio State90%
UW87%
Pell graduation gap
UIUC8 pts lower
Ohio State10 pts lower
UW7 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupUIUCOhio StateUW
White88%89%85%
Asian89%92%87%
Hispanic/Latino76%82%78%
Black70%82%72%
Two or more races86%79%87%
International87%85%89%

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

Finished withinUIUCOhio StateUW
4 years: Pell recipients67%Not publishedNot published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan78%Not publishedNot published
4 years: all first-time full-time74%Not publishedNot published
5 years: Pell recipients79%Not publishedNot published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan87%Not publishedNot published
5 years: all first-time full-time84%Not publishedNot 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;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;University of Washington-Seattle Campus 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