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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    San Jose State grads earn $21.7K more ten years out than U. North Carolina at Charlotte's ($78,988 vs. $57,289)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    San Jose State graduates 11 pts more of its students than U. North Carolina at Charlotte (78% vs. 67%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$57.3K
San Jose State$79K
Graduation rate
U. North Carolina at Charlotte67%
San Jose State78%
Retention rate
U. North Carolina at Charlotte86%
San Jose State87%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$21.5K
San Jose State$15K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. North Carolina at Charlotte39%
San Jose State20%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$18K
San Jose State$12K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. North Carolina at Charlotte53%
San Jose State57%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. North Carolina at Charlotte69%
San Jose State79%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. North Carolina at Charlotte20%
San Jose State13%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. North Carolina at Charlotte64%
San Jose State64%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. North Carolina at Charlotte70%
San Jose State74%
Pell graduation gap
U. North Carolina at Charlotte6 pts lower
San Jose State10 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. North Carolina at CharlotteSan Jose State
White69%67%
Asian71%79%
Hispanic/Latino72%60%
Black67%54%
Two or more races60%65%
International75%69%

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

Finished withinU. North Carolina at CharlotteSan Jose State
4 years: Pell recipients47%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan52%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time50%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients61%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan68%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time65%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of North Carolina at Charlotte 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 Charlotte 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