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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Tennessee-Chattanooga grads earn $7.1K more ten years out than Southeast Missouri State's ($51,151 vs. $44,030)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    U. Tennessee-Chattanooga graduates 3 pts more of its students than Southeast Missouri State (56% vs. 52%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Southeast Missouri State$44K
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$51.2K
Graduation rate
Southeast Missouri State52%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga56%
Retention rate
Southeast Missouri State76%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga73%

Borrowing

Median debt
Southeast Missouri State$21.5K
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$19.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Southeast Missouri State33%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga37%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Southeast Missouri State$15.5K
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$13.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Southeast Missouri State39%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga41%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Southeast Missouri State54%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga56%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Southeast Missouri State24%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga25%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Southeast Missouri State47%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga45%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Southeast Missouri State88%
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga66%
Pell graduation gap
Southeast Missouri StateNot reported
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga21 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupSoutheast Missouri StateU. Tennessee-Chattanooga
White60%52%
AsianNot shown: under 30 students63%
Hispanic/Latino40%39%
Black39%43%
Two or more races48%43%
International74%Not shown: under 30 students

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

Finished withinSoutheast Missouri StateU. Tennessee-Chattanooga
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published32%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published49%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published40%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published43%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published64%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published54%

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;The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga 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