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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Saginaw Valley State grads earn $6.2K more ten years out than Eastern Kentucky's ($51,955 vs. $45,795)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Eastern Kentucky graduates 1 pts more of its students than Saginaw Valley State (51% vs. 51%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Eastern Kentucky$45.8K
Saginaw Valley State$52K
Graduation rate
Eastern Kentucky51%
Saginaw Valley State51%
Retention rate
Eastern Kentucky77%
Saginaw Valley State78%

Borrowing

Median debt
Eastern Kentucky$22.5K
Saginaw Valley State$25K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Eastern Kentucky41%
Saginaw Valley State50%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Eastern Kentucky$15.8K
Saginaw Valley State$20.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Eastern Kentucky40%
Saginaw Valley State29%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Eastern Kentucky50%
Saginaw Valley State54%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Eastern Kentucky25%
Saginaw Valley State29%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Eastern Kentucky41%
Saginaw Valley State38%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Eastern Kentucky61%
Saginaw Valley State62%
Pell graduation gap
Eastern Kentucky21 pts lower
Saginaw Valley State24 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupEastern KentuckySaginaw Valley State
White52%52%
Asian69%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino39%42%
Black25%26%
Two or more races37%40%
InternationalNot shown: under 30 students43%

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

Finished withinEastern KentuckySaginaw Valley State
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published13%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published30%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published22%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published32%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published56%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published45%

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 2018;Saginaw Valley State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;Saginaw Valley State University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019About 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