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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Tennessee-Chattanooga grads earn $5.5K more ten years out than Idaho State's ($51,151 vs. $45,608)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Idaho State graduates 1 pts more of its students than U. Tennessee-Chattanooga (56% vs. 56%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$51.2K
Idaho State$45.6K
Graduation rate
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga56%
Idaho State56%
Retention rate
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga73%
Idaho State72%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$19.5K
Idaho State$20K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga37%
Idaho State23%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga$13.5K
Idaho State$14.7K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga41%
Idaho State33%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga56%
Idaho State47%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga25%
Idaho State24%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga45%
Idaho State34%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga66%
Idaho State46%
Pell graduation gap
U. Tennessee-Chattanooga21 pts lower
Idaho State12 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. Tennessee-ChattanoogaIdaho State
White52%41%
Asian63%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino39%36%
Black43%Not shown: under 30 students
Two or more races43%31%
InternationalNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students

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

Finished withinU. Tennessee-ChattanoogaIdaho State
4 years: Pell recipients32%Not published
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan49%Not published
4 years: all first-time full-time40%Not published
5 years: Pell recipients43%Not published
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan64%Not published
5 years: all first-time full-time54%Not published

All outcome numbers in the table

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