Quad
Fort Hays State
U. Northern Colorado

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Northern Colorado grads earn $3.3K more ten years out than Fort Hays State's ($52,231 vs. $48,928)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Fort Hays State graduates 2 pts more of its students than U. Northern Colorado (60% vs. 58%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Fort Hays State$48.9K
U. Northern Colorado$52.2K
Graduation rate
Fort Hays State60%
U. Northern Colorado58%
Retention rate
Fort Hays State77%
U. Northern Colorado76%

Borrowing

Median debt
Fort Hays State$21K
U. Northern Colorado$20.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Fort Hays State24%
U. Northern Colorado37%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Fort Hays State$15.4K
U. Northern Colorado$14.7K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Fort Hays State51%
U. Northern Colorado45%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Fort Hays State60%
U. Northern Colorado58%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Fort Hays State16%
U. Northern Colorado29%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Fort Hays State41%
U. Northern Colorado43%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Fort Hays State54%
U. Northern Colorado58%
Pell graduation gap
Fort Hays State14 pts lower
U. Northern Colorado15 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupFort Hays StateU. Northern Colorado
White51%54%
AsianNot shown: under 30 students48%
Hispanic/Latino36%48%
BlackNot shown: under 30 students45%
Two or more races47%43%
InternationalNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;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