Outcomes
What it pays
Former students earn a median $55,548 ten years after enrolling, more than at 56% of colleges; 60% graduate within six years. Four years of net price is about 1.4 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.
60 of 100 students who start here earn a degree or certificate here within 8 years; 26 more are enrolled at another college. (2,660 students)
All entering students, by whether they had a Pell Grant.
38 of 100 finish within 4 years, 59 within 6, and 60 within 8.
| Earned a credential within | 4 yrs | 6 yrs | 8 yrs |
|---|---|---|---|
| All students | 38% | 59% | 60% |
| Started in college here | 28% | 58% | 59% |
| Transferred in | 52% | 61% | 62% |
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: 42%, 5 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 recipients666 students
42% · 5 points below students with neither
- Subsidized loan, no Pell Grant470 students
51% · 4 points above students with neither
- Neither Pell nor subsidized loan1,172 students
47% · 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.
- White1,866 students
49% · 2 points above all students
- Asian87 students
43% · 4 points below all students
- Hispanic/Latino150 students
43% · 3 points below all students
- Black58 students
22% · 24 points below all students
- Two or more races87 students
41% · 5 points below all students
- International44 students
7% · 39 points below all students
- American Indian/Alaska Native8 students
Not shown: under 30 students
- Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander3 students
Not shown: under 30 students
Cost vs. earnings
The 300 most-applied-to colleges plus University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh. 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)