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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    University at Buffalo grads earn $13.5K more ten years out than U. North Carolina at Charlotte's ($70,814 vs. $57,289)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    University at Buffalo graduates 5 pts more of its students than U. North Carolina at Charlotte (72% vs. 67%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$57.3K
University at Buffalo$70.8K
Graduation rate
U. North Carolina at Charlotte67%
University at Buffalo72%
Retention rate
U. North Carolina at Charlotte86%
University at Buffalo85%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$21.5K
University at Buffalo$19K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. North Carolina at Charlotte39%
University at Buffalo40%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. North Carolina at Charlotte$18K
University at Buffalo$14.8K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. North Carolina at Charlotte53%
University at Buffalo59%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. North Carolina at Charlotte69%
University at Buffalo72%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. North Carolina at Charlotte20%
University at Buffalo17%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. North Carolina at Charlotte64%
University at Buffalo70%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. North Carolina at Charlotte70%
University at Buffalo78%
Pell graduation gap
U. North Carolina at Charlotte6 pts lower
University at Buffalo9 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity at Buffalo
White69%75%
Asian71%80%
Hispanic/Latino72%68%
Black67%68%
Two or more races60%67%
International75%78%

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

Finished withinU. North Carolina at CharlotteUniversity at Buffalo
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