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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $55,362 ten years after enrolling, more than at 55% of colleges; 55% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.7 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$55.4K
$55.4K
← $24.8Khigher than 55% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$47.9K
10 years after entry$55.4K

Staying and finishing

71%

Retention

come back for year two

55%

Graduation

graduate within six years

National median graduation rate: 59%

Everyone who starts here, 8 years later

Students who entered in fall 2016, including and part-time students. The graduation rate counts only first-time, full-time students and treats a transfer out as not finishing.

54 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 32 more are enrolled at another college. (665 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.

Pell Grant recipients48%
Students without a Pell Grant60%
How long it takes

46 of 100 finish within 4 years, 53 within 6, and 54 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students46%53%54%
Started in college here48%58%59%
Transferred in43%47%50%

Transfer students' clock starts when they arrive here, not when they first started college.

National median: 60% of all entering students earn a credential at the college they started at within 8 years.

Do lower-income students finish?

Pell Grant recipients: 48%, 20 points below students with no need-based federal aid (68%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients139 students

    48% · 20 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant94 students

    50% · 18 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan109 students

    68% · comparison group

All students in this class: 55%

By race and ethnicity

First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years, from the College Scorecard's most recent release. Groups under 30 students aren't shown.

  • White255 students

    60% · 5 points above all students

  • Asian1 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Hispanic/Latino28 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Black33 students

    18% · 37 points below all students

  • Two or more races16 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • International2 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 55%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.

PublicPrivateDot size = undergrads

↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)

Lower cost, higher earnings$0$20K$40K$60K$80K$100K$120K$140K$160K$0$10K$20K$30K$40K$50K$60K$70K$80KUniversity of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne
Average cost per year, all students (est.) → more expensive

Sources:College Scorecard, most recent release;College Scorecard, Entered fall 2023;IPEDS Outcome Measures survey, Students entering fall 2016;IPEDS Graduation Rates survey (Pell Grant and subsidized loan recipients), Entered fall 2018;IPEDS Institutional Characteristics survey, 2023–24;IPEDS Student Financial Aid survey, 2023–24About the data(retrieved 2026-10-12)