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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $27,981 ten years after enrolling, more than at 2% of colleges; 66% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.5 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$28K
$28K
← $24.8Khigher than 2% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$26.5K
10 years after entry$28K

Staying and finishing

61%

Retention

come back for year two

66%

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.

57 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 16 more are enrolled at another college. (179 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

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

Pell Grant recipients41%
Students without a Pell Grant63%
How long it takes

55 of 100 finish within 4 years, 55 within 6, and 57 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students55%55%57%
Started in college here23%23%28%
Transferred in65%65%66%

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.

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Maharishi International 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$80KMaharishi International 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)