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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $49,156 ten years after enrolling, more than at 36% of colleges; 62% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.7 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$49.2K
$49.2K
← $24.8Khigher than 36% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$43.6K
10 years after entry$49.2K

Staying and finishing

76%

Retention

come back for year two

62%

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.

60 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 19 more are enrolled at another college. (705 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

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

Pell Grant recipients57%
Students without a Pell Grant63%
How long it takes

55 of 100 finish within 4 years, 59 within 6, and 60 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students55%59%60%
Started in college here48%57%57%
Transferred in57%60%60%

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: 55%, 13 points below students with no need-based federal aid (67%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients99 students

    55% · 13 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant53 students

    70% · 2 points above students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan49 students

    67% · comparison group

All students in this class: 62%

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.

  • White127 students

    73% · 12 points above all students

  • Asian2 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Hispanic/Latino28 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Black20 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Two or more races3 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • International4 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native2 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 62%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Buena Vista University. 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$80KBuena Vista University
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)