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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Pittsburgh grads earn $5.7K more ten years out than Ohio State's ($66,125 vs. $60,409)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    U. Pittsburgh graduates 0 pts more of its students than Ohio State (82% vs. 82%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Pittsburgh$66.1K
Ohio State$60.4K
Graduation rate
U. Pittsburgh82%
Ohio State82%
Retention rate
U. Pittsburgh93%
Ohio State94%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Pittsburgh$24.3K
Ohio State$20K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Pittsburgh36%
Ohio State29%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Pittsburgh$21.4K
Ohio State$14.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Pittsburgh68%
Ohio State68%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Pittsburgh82%
Ohio State83%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Pittsburgh13%
Ohio State11%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Pittsburgh80%
Ohio State80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Pittsburgh87%
Ohio State90%
Pell graduation gap
U. Pittsburgh7 pts lower
Ohio State10 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. PittsburghOhio State
White86%89%
Asian91%92%
Hispanic/Latino81%82%
Black75%82%
Two or more races85%79%
International78%85%

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

Finished withinU. PittsburghOhio State
4 years: Pell recipients64%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan74%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time72%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients79%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan86%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time84%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 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