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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Drexel grads earn $13.1K more ten years out than Loyola University Chicago's ($84,648 vs. $71,530)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Drexel graduates 3 pts more of its students than Loyola University Chicago (74% vs. 71%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Loyola University Chicago$71.5K
Drexel$84.6K
Graduation rate
Loyola University Chicago71%
Drexel74%
Retention rate
Loyola University Chicago85%
Drexel90%

Borrowing

Median debt
Loyola University Chicago$24.2K
Drexel$25.3K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Loyola University Chicago45%
Drexel49%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Loyola University Chicago$23.3K
Drexel$23.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Loyola University Chicago65%
Drexel43%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Loyola University Chicago70%
Drexel74%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Loyola University Chicago21%
Drexel15%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Loyola University Chicago64%
Drexel76%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Loyola University Chicago77%
Drexel81%
Pell graduation gap
Loyola University Chicago13 pts lower
Drexel5 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupLoyola University ChicagoDrexel
White75%77%
Asian79%84%
Hispanic/Latino73%76%
Black57%67%
Two or more races70%65%
International45%85%

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

Finished withinLoyola University ChicagoDrexel
4 years: Pell recipients57%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan70%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time67%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients63%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan76%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time73%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

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