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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    UNC graduates 2 pts more of its students than Florida (91% vs. 89%)

    Graduation rate
  2. 2

    UNC grads earn $612 more ten years out than Florida's ($72,200 vs. $71,588)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
UNC$72.2K
Florida$71.6K
Graduation rate
UNC91%
Florida89%
Retention rate
UNC97%
Florida97%

Borrowing

Median debt
UNC$14K
Florida$15K
Undergrads with a federal loan
UNC13%
Florida11%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
UNC$10.9K
Florida$13.8K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
UNC85%
Florida74%
Credential within 8 years, all students
UNC91%
Florida89%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
UNC6%
Florida7%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
UNC88%
Florida87%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
UNC93%
Florida93%
Pell graduation gap
UNC5 pts lower
Florida5 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupUNCFlorida
White92%92%
Asian95%93%
Hispanic/Latino92%91%
Black88%85%
Two or more races88%90%
International88%84%

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

Finished withinUNCFlorida
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;University of Florida Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;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