Quad
U. Maryland-College Park
UW

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Maryland-College Park grads earn $4.4K more ten years out than UW's ($82,860 vs. $78,466)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

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

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Maryland-College Park$82.9K
UW$78.5K
Graduation rate
U. Maryland-College Park85%
UW85%
Retention rate
U. Maryland-College Park97%
UW95%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Maryland-College Park$19K
UW$14.6K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Maryland-College Park22%
UW15%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Maryland-College Park$16.7K
UW$12K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Maryland-College Park74%
UW74%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Maryland-College Park86%
UW85%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Maryland-College Park8%
UW8%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Maryland-College Park84%
UW80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Maryland-College Park90%
UW87%
Pell graduation gap
U. Maryland-College Park6 pts lower
UW7 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. Maryland-College ParkUW
White89%85%
Asian92%87%
Hispanic/Latino84%78%
Black85%72%
Two or more races89%87%
International81%89%

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 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