Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $62,830 ten years after enrolling, more than at 73% of colleges; 88% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.4 years of that salary.
Earnings
Earnings climb with time
Staying and finishing
Retention
come back for year two
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.
89 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 9 more are enrolled at another college. (428 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
84 of 100 finish within 4 years, 88 within 6, and 89 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 84% | 88% | 89% |
| Started in college here | 84% | 88% | 89% |
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: 90%, 5 points above students with no need-based federal aid (85%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.
- Pell Grant recipients100 students
90% · 5 points above students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant116 students
94% · 9 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan247 students
85% · comparison group
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.
- White227 students
88% · the same as all students
- Asian42 students
93% · 5 points above all students
- Hispanic/Latino39 students
85% · 4 points below all students
- Black20 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Two or more races29 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- International86 students
92% · 4 points above all students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Grinnell College. Top-left is lower cost and higher earnings.
↑ Median earnings 10 years after entry (higher = more)
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)