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Outcomes

What it pays

Former students earn a median $93,487 ten years after enrolling, more than at 97% of colleges; 96% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 2.4 years of that salary.

Earnings

Median earnings vs. every college$93.5K
$93.5K
← $24.8Khigher than 97% of 1,762$108.8K →

Earnings climb with time

6 years after entry$79.1K
10 years after entry$93.5K

Staying and finishing

99%

Retention

come back for year two

96%

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.

96 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 1 more is enrolled at another college. (1,763 students)

Earned a credential within 8 years

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

Pell Grant recipients94%
Students without a Pell Grant96%
How long it takes

86 of 100 finish within 4 years, 95 within 6, and 96 within 8.

Earned a credential within4 yrs6 yrs8 yrs
All students86%95%96%
Started in college here85%95%96%
Transferred in92%93%93%

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: 92%, 5 points below students with no need-based federal aid (97%). First-time, full-time students who finished within 6 years; entered fall 2018.

  • Pell Grant recipients224 students

    92% · 5 points below students with neither

  • Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant160 students

    94% · 2 points below students with neither

  • Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,263 students

    97% · comparison group

All students in this class: 96%

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.

  • White713 students

    96% · 1 point above all students

  • Asian289 students

    98% · 3 points above all students

  • Hispanic/Latino202 students

    91% · 5 points below all students

  • Black113 students

    93% · 3 points below all students

  • Two or more races110 students

    95% · 1 point below all students

  • International171 students

    96% · 1 point above all students

  • American Indian/Alaska Native6 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

  • Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander2 students

    Not shown: under 30 students

All students (IPEDS, entered fall 2018): 96%

Cost vs. earnings

The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus Brown 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$80KBrown 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)