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Key differences on Outcomes

  1. 1

    U. Wisconsin-Madison grads earn $7.7K more ten years out than U. Pittsburgh's ($73,792 vs. $66,125)

    Median earnings, 10 yrs
  2. 2

    U. Wisconsin-Madison graduates 7 pts more of its students than U. Pittsburgh (89% vs. 82%)

    Graduation rate

Outcomes

Outcomes

Earnings and finishing

Median earnings, 10 yrs
U. Wisconsin-Madison$73.8K
U. Pittsburgh$66.1K
Graduation rate
U. Wisconsin-Madison89%
U. Pittsburgh82%
Retention rate
U. Wisconsin-Madison96%
U. Pittsburgh93%

Borrowing

Median debt
U. Wisconsin-Madison$20.5K
U. Pittsburgh$24.3K
Undergrads with a federal loan
U. Wisconsin-Madison20%
U. Pittsburgh36%
Median debt, Pell Grant recipients
U. Wisconsin-Madison$16.8K
U. Pittsburgh$21.4K

Eight-year outcomes

Credential within 4 years, all students
U. Wisconsin-Madison73%
U. Pittsburgh68%
Credential within 8 years, all students
U. Wisconsin-Madison89%
U. Pittsburgh82%
Enrolled at another college, 8 years on
U. Wisconsin-Madison7%
U. Pittsburgh13%

Graduation by group

Graduated in 6 years, Pell Grant recipients
U. Wisconsin-Madison86%
U. Pittsburgh80%
Graduated in 6 years, neither Pell nor subsidized loan
U. Wisconsin-Madison91%
U. Pittsburgh87%
Pell graduation gap
U. Wisconsin-Madison4 pts lower
U. Pittsburgh7 pts lower

Graduated in 6 years, by race and ethnicity

GroupU. Wisconsin-MadisonU. Pittsburgh
White90%86%
Asian90%91%
Hispanic/Latino87%81%
Black86%75%
Two or more races85%85%
International87%78%

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

Finished withinU. Wisconsin-MadisonU. Pittsburgh
4 years: Pell recipientsNot published64%
4 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published74%
4 years: all first-time full-timeNot published72%
5 years: Pell recipientsNot published79%
5 years: neither Pell nor subsidized loanNot published86%
5 years: all first-time full-timeNot published84%

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;University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus Common Data Set 2025–26, Entered fall 2024;University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 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