Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Jacksonville grads earn $14.3K more ten years out than Southern Adventist's ($68,010 vs. $53,723)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Southern Adventist graduates 7 pts more of its students than Jacksonville (61% vs. 54%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Southern Adventist$53.7K
Jacksonville$68K
Graduation rate
Southern Adventist61%
Jacksonville54%
Retention rate
Southern Adventist83%
Jacksonville74%

Borrowing

Median debt
Southern Adventist$24.5K
Jacksonville$22K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Southern Adventist42%
Jacksonville45%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Southern Adventist$19.5K
Jacksonville$12.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Southern Adventist40%
Jacksonville50%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Southern Adventist60%
Jacksonville57%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Southern Adventist20%
Jacksonville28%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Southern Adventist40%
Jacksonville39%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Southern Adventist58%
Jacksonville54%
Pell graduation gap
Southern Adventist18 pts lower
Jacksonville15 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupSouthern AdventistJacksonville
White51%52%
Asian65%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino45%57%
Black30%38%
Two or more races43%36%
International60%72%

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

Finished withinSouthern AdventistJacksonville
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published28%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published45%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published39%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published37%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published52%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published47%

All outcome numbers in the table

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;College Scorecard, 2023–24;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;Jacksonville University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;Jacksonville University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2019About 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