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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $47,697 ten years after enrolling, more than at 32% of colleges; 40% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.4 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$47.7K
$47.7K
← $24.8Khigher than 32% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$34.6K
10 years after entry$47.7K

Staying and finishing

62%

Retention

come back for year two

40%

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.

42 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 41 more are enrolled at another college. (934 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

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

Pell Grant recipients40%
Students without a Pell Grant44%
How long it takes

26 of 100 finish within 4 years, 40 within 6, and 42 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students26%40%42%
Started in college here20%37%39%
Transferred in49%56%56%

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: 29%, 18 points below students with no need-based federal aid (47%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients281 students

    29% · 18 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant88 students

    38% · 9 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan132 students

    47% · comparison group

All students in this class: 35%

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.

  • White32 students

    38% · 2 points above all students

  • Asian7 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Hispanic/Latino12 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Black311 students

    34% · 1 point below all students

  • Two or more races9 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • International7 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native1 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 35%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus University of Maryland Eastern Shore. 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 Maryland Eastern Shore
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)