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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo grads earn $7.1K more ten years out than Michigan's ($90,768 vs. $83,648)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Michigan graduates 7 pts more of its students than California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (94% vs. 87%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Michigan$83.6K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$90.8K
Graduation rate
Michigan94%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo87%
Retention rate
Michigan97%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo96%

Borrowing

Median debt
Michigan$19.5K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$18.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Michigan24%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo25%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Michigan$15K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$16.4K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Michigan83%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo64%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Michigan93%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo87%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Michigan4%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo7%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Michigan89%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Michigan95%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo88%
Pell graduation gap
Michigan6 pts lower
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupMichiganCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
White94%88%
Asian95%89%
Hispanic/Latino93%83%
Black83%Not shown: under 30 students
Two or more races92%82%
International91%81%

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

Finished withinMichiganCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
4 years: Pell recipients74%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan85%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time82%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients86%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan93%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time92%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

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