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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Long Island grads earn $19.8K more ten years out than School of the Art Institute of Chicago's ($59,950 vs. $40,151)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    School of the Art Institute of Chicago graduates 14 pts more of its students than Long Island (69% vs. 55%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Long Island$60K
School of the Art Institute of Chicago$40.2K
Graduation rate
Long Island55%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago69%
Retention rate
Long Island77%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago84%

Borrowing

Median debt
Long Island$23.6K
School of the Art Institute of Chicago$27K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Long Island29%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago37%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Long Island$20.5K
School of the Art Institute of Chicago$22.8K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Long Island49%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago51%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Long Island57%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago70%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Long Island28%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago24%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Long Island54%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago57%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Long Island61%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago73%
Pell graduation gap
Long Island7 pts lower
School of the Art Institute of Chicago15 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupLong IslandSchool of the Art Institute of Chicago
White63%65%
Asian69%73%
Hispanic/Latino48%57%
Black40%Not shown: under 30 students
Two or more races49%Not shown: under 30 students
International41%73%

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