Quad

Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    Valparaiso grads earn $4.6K more ten years out than Whitworth's ($63,191 vs. $58,561)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    Valparaiso graduates 1 pts more of its students than Whitworth (73% vs. 71%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
Whitworth$58.6K
Valparaiso$63.2K
Graduation rate
Whitworth71%
Valparaiso73%
Retention rate
Whitworth78%
Valparaiso77%

Borrowing

Median debt
Whitworth$25K
Valparaiso$26.9K
Undergrads with a federal loan
Whitworth56%
Valparaiso52%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
Whitworth$19.9K
Valparaiso$24.5K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
Whitworth66%
Valparaiso64%
Credential within 8 years, all students
Whitworth76%
Valparaiso71%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
Whitworth19%
Valparaiso23%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
Whitworth64%
Valparaiso59%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
Whitworth78%
Valparaiso78%
Pell graduation gap
Whitworth14 pts lower
Valparaiso19 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupWhitworthValparaiso
White75%76%
Asian65%Not shown: under 30 students
Hispanic/Latino62%62%
BlackNot shown: under 30 students38%
Two or more races64%Not shown: under 30 students
InternationalNot shown: under 30 studentsNot shown: under 30 students

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;Valparaiso University Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024About 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