Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Manhattan grads earn $8.9K more ten years out than Thomas Jefferson's ($86,316 vs. $77,449)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Manhattan graduates 2 pts more of its students than Thomas Jefferson (75% vs. 73%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Thomas Jefferson$77.4K
Manhattan$86.3K
Graduation rate
Thomas Jefferson73%
Manhattan75%
Retention rate
Thomas Jefferson86%
Manhattan76%

Borrowing

Median debt
Thomas Jefferson$14.7K
Manhattan$26K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Thomas Jefferson86%
Manhattan16%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Thomas Jefferson$18.3K
Manhattan$20.6K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Thomas Jefferson64%
Manhattan61%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Thomas Jefferson71%
Manhattan73%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Thomas Jefferson17%
Manhattan12%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Thomas Jefferson70%
Manhattan56%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Thomas Jefferson71%
Manhattan68%
Pell graduation gap
Thomas Jefferson1 pts lower
Manhattan11 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupThomas JeffersonManhattan
White71%74%
Asian85%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino57%51%
Black43%51%
Two or more racesNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students
InternationalNot shown: under 30 students55%

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

Finished withinThomas JeffersonManhattan
4 years: Pell recipients57%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan58%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time58%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients68%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan68%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time69%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

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