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CUNY Bernard M Baruch
Northern Illinois

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    CUNY Bernard M Baruch grads earn $18.2K more ten years out than Northern Illinois's ($75,971 vs. $57,808)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    CUNY Bernard M Baruch graduates 7 pts more of its students than Northern Illinois (71% vs. 64%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
CUNY Bernard M Baruch$76K
Northern Illinois$57.8K
Graduation rate
CUNY Bernard M Baruch71%
Northern Illinois64%
Retention rate
CUNY Bernard M Baruch89%
Northern Illinois70%

Borrowing

Median debt
CUNY Bernard M Baruch$11.5K
Northern Illinois$22.2K
Undergrads with a federal loan
CUNY Bernard M Baruch11%
Northern Illinois47%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
CUNY Bernard M Baruch$9.3K
Northern Illinois$18.6K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
CUNY Bernard M Baruch56%
Northern Illinois52%
Credential within 8 years, all students
CUNY Bernard M Baruch71%
Northern Illinois65%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
CUNY Bernard M Baruch13%
Northern Illinois22%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
CUNY Bernard M Baruch74%
Northern Illinois36%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
CUNY Bernard M Baruch70%
Northern Illinois64%
Pell graduation gap
CUNY Bernard M Baruch3 pts higher
Northern Illinois28 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupCUNY Bernard M BaruchNorthern Illinois
White73%63%
Asian78%73%
Hispanic/Latino65%43%
Black53%31%
Two or more races67%43%
International69%Not shown: under 30 students

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 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