Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Maryland-College Park grads earn $1.8K more ten years out than UIUC's ($82,860 vs. $81,054)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    UIUC graduates 1 pts more of its students than U. Maryland-College Park (86% vs. 85%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Maryland-College Park$82.9K
UIUC$81.1K
Graduation rate
U. Maryland-College Park85%
UIUC86%
Retention rate
U. Maryland-College Park97%
UIUC95%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Maryland-College Park$19K
UIUC$19.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Maryland-College Park22%
UIUC27%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Maryland-College Park$16.7K
UIUC$16.2K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Maryland-College Park74%
UIUC74%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Maryland-College Park86%
UIUC86%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Maryland-College Park8%
UIUC11%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Maryland-College Park84%
UIUC81%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Maryland-College Park90%
UIUC89%
Pell graduation gap
U. Maryland-College Park6 pts lower
UIUC8 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. Maryland-College ParkUIUC
White89%88%
Asian92%89%
Hispanic/Latino84%76%
Black85%70%
Two or more races89%86%
International81%87%

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

Finished withinU. Maryland-College ParkUIUC
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published67%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published78%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published74%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published79%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published87%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published84%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Maryland-College Park Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;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;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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