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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo grads earn $18.6K more ten years out than UNC's ($90,768 vs. $72,200)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    UNC graduates 4 pts more of its students than California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo (91% vs. 87%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
UNC$72.2K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$90.8K
Graduation rate
UNC91%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo87%
Retention rate
UNC97%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo96%

Borrowing

Median debt
UNC$14K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$18.5K
Undergrads with a federal loan
UNC13%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo25%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
UNC$10.9K
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo$16.4K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
UNC85%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo64%
Credential within 8 years, all students
UNC91%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo87%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
UNC6%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo7%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
UNC88%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
UNC93%
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo88%
Pell graduation gap
UNC5 pts lower
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo8 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupUNCCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
White92%88%
Asian95%89%
Hispanic/Latino92%83%
Black88%Not shown: under 30 students
Two or more races88%82%
International88%81%

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

Finished withinUNCCalifornia Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
4 years: Pell recipients78%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan85%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time83%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients87%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan92%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time90%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 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