Key differences on Outcomes
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UIUC grads earn $2.6K more ten years out than UW's ($81,054 vs. $78,466)
Median earnings, 10 yrs - 2
UIUC graduates 1 pts more of its students than UW (86% vs. 85%)
Graduation rate
Outcomes
Outcomes
Earnings and finishing
Borrowing
Eight-year outcomes
Graduation by group
Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity
| Group | UW | UIUC |
|---|---|---|
| White | 85% | 88% |
| Asian | 87% | 89% |
| Hispanic/Latino | 78% | 76% |
| Black | 72% | 70% |
| Two or more races | 87% | 86% |
| International | 89% | 87% |
On-time progress, from the colleges' Common Data Sets
| Finished within | UW | UIUC |
|---|---|---|
| 4 years: Pell recipients | Not published | 67% |
| 4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan | Not published | 78% |
| 4 years: all first-time full-time | Not published | 74% |
| 5 years: Pell recipients | Not published | 79% |
| 5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loan | Not published | 87% |
| 5 years: all first-time full-time | Not published | 84% |
Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;University of Washington-Seattle Campus Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;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;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 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