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University of North Carolina Wilmington

NCLarge public institution · Overall rank #347 nationally

Data snapshot Updated

Azimuth places the university in its 76th percentile overall among nonprofit institutions.

Who it’s a good fit for

University of North Carolina Wilmington is a public university in Wilmington, North Carolina, where Health Professions and Business lead the degree mix. Mobility is well above average.

Graduates earn less than predicts for students like them. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures adds, while the part it cannot explain subtracts.

Return is modestly below average. Pell recipients complete at a rate below the overall cohort, and access is well above average.

The lowest income band pays well under the published cost, while the highest band pays near it. The admission rate is below the median for comparable institutions.

A student drawn to the largest programs should know that the best-paid ones are not the largest.

University of North Carolina Wilmington at a glance

Admissions and outcomes

Admission rate[1]
64.2%
Six-year completion[2]
70.6%
Four-year earnings[3]
$61,925

Cost and family borrowing

Average annual net price · $48–75K family income[6]
$17,378
Median student debt[4]
$19,500
Median Parent PLUS debt[7]
$22,737

University of North Carolina Wilmington rankings: how Azimuth assesses value[5]

University of North Carolina Wilmington is a public university in Wilmington, North Carolina, enrolling 14,922 undergraduates. Its composite standing in the Azimuth ranking sits in the top quarter of the field (76th percentile).

Mobility is the strongest of the four and return is the weakest. The university admits 64.2% of applicants, a rate that is more selective than the 78.1% median for comparable institutions of the same type and size.

Of students who start full time, 88.2% return for a second year, and 70.6% finish within six years. Both figures run above the medians for comparable institutions, which are 83.1% and 65.0%.

An estimated 40.6% of entrants arrive as transfers or part-time students, and the six-year rate describes the first-time, full-time cohort only. The four pillars sit some distance apart.

Mobility is the strongest, and access follows. Affordability sits in the middle of the field, while return is the weakest of the four.

The shape is a selective public campus with a strong mobility pillar and a return pillar that trails the others.

University of North Carolina Wilmington’s profile favors mobility and access more than return, giving readers a mixed institutional picture. Azimuth places the university’s mobility pillar in the 86th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions, its strongest result, and access in the 79th percentile.

Affordability sits in the 64th percentile, according to Azimuth, while return is the weakest pillar at the 43rd percentile.

23.9% of undergraduates at University of North Carolina Wilmington receive Pell Grants, the federal aid program for students with demonstrated financial need. Azimuth ranks the university #303 for access among nonprofit four-year institutions.

The access pillar combines both the share of undergraduates receiving Pell Grants and the completion rate those students reach. Pell recipients at the university complete at 62.8%, 7.8 percentage points below the rate for the entering cohort as a whole.

For mobility, Azimuth ranks the university #210 among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students, a result that is separate from the mobility picture.

The mobility picture draws on both the share of undergraduates receiving aid and their completion rate, and the earnings gap does not define it on its own.

How value-added outcomes are assessed · How to interpret program rankings

University of North Carolina Wilmington rankings in context
GeographyRank
National#347

Azimuth overall value rankings within each geographic comparison group.

National pillar percentiles

Economic mobility
National percentile: 86
Access & reach
National percentile: 79
Affordability
National percentile: 64
Return on investment
National percentile: 43

Top-ranked majors

  1. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Other#2
  2. Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management#15
  3. Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions#18

This school’s three highest-ranked programs nationally. Each rank compares bachelor’s programs in the same field; field sizes differ.

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01 / University of North Carolina Wilmington briefing

University of North Carolina Wilmington cost & financial aid[6][7]

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, the published cost of attendance is $26,547, while the average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,109. The difference between those figures matters because the net price is an average for aid recipients rather than a quoted bill for every family.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported sticker charges for the 2025-26 academic year: in-state tuition of $4,443, out-of-state tuition of $22,597, and required fees of $2,823. Published on-campus food and housing was $15,406.

Average financial aid offsets $6,438 of the published cost. At comparable institutions (same type and size), the peer median net price is $15,634, placing this university $4,475 above that figure.

Azimuth places its affordability pillar in the 64th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer comparison and affordability placement both describe a price picture above comparable institutions.

The published cost of attendance at University of North Carolina Wilmington is $26,547. After grants and scholarships, the average net price—what aid recipients pay—is $10,778 for families earning under $30,000, $17,378 for the middle band earning $48,001 to $75,000, and $25,573 for families earning over $110,000.

The spread between the lowest and highest bands is $14,795. Azimuth ranks the university #514 for affordability among nonprofit four-year institutions.

For the average aid recipient, grants and scholarships cover about 24% of the published cost, leaving an overall of $20,109. That figure is $4,475 above the $15,634 median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

Borrowers who complete a degree leave with a median of $19,500 in federal student loans, which is $576 below the peer median of $20,076. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.

Parents who borrow through the separate Parent PLUS program hold a median of $22,737.

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Reported average annual net price · $48–75K$17,378

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Averages within each income band; individual aid packages vary.

Borrowing and repayment at University of North Carolina Wilmington

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, federal borrowing is common: 86.1% of federal aid recipients take federal loans. Borrowers who completed had median federal student loan debt of $19,500.

The median sits $576 below the $20,076 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). For the separate parent-borrower population, median Parent PLUS borrowing is $22,737.

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 52% of graduates borrowed from any source, including 50% who held federal loans and 12% who had private loans. Average cumulative borrowing per borrower was $27,014; federal borrowers averaged $18,786 and private borrowers averaged $37,181.

The strongest Azimuth pillar at University of North Carolina Wilmington is mobility, yet the return figures are less favorable. Among federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, median earnings are $61,925 four years after completion, in the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, also sits lower. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth places that measure in the 19th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The earnings scenarios put downside earnings at $44,314, typical earnings at $61,925, and upside earnings at $86,065.

Median federal debt of $19,500 is $576 below the peer median of $20,076. That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years. Earnings below expectations and debt below peers point in different directions.

Among Parent PLUS parent borrowers, median borrowing was $22,737, a figure separate from federal student loan borrowers. Median federal student debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years.

How Financial GPS measures payment burden · The four risk-and-reward zones

Financial GPS

What does repayment look like?

Institution median student debt
$19,500
Institution Parent PLUS debt
$22,737

Federal loans only; private or institutional loans aren’t included.

Estimated student payment · monthly
$222/mo
Estimated Parent PLUS payment · monthly
$289/mo

Payments use school-wide median balances, not a specific major’s.

Payment assumptions

Payments are 10-year standard payments on the median balance, before loan fees, used as a yardstick. Rates for newly issued loans may differ, and loans made after July 1, 2026 can repay over a longer term; existing loans keep their original fixed rates.

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University of North Carolina Wilmington career outcomes & earnings[3][8][9]

Mobility is the stronger pillar at University of North Carolina Wilmington, but return is less favorable: Azimuth places its return pillar in the 43rd percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students.

Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sits in the 19th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $9,952.

The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $19,910. Median earnings are $61,925 four years after completion.

Azimuth puts that earnings figure in the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610; its earnings are $3,685 below it. Both measures point below their reference points.

Among federally aided completers from University of North Carolina Wilmington who are working and not enrolled, median earnings four years after completion are $61,925. That is $3,685 below the median for comparable institutions (same type and size).

The figure comes from 3,933 completers and falls at the 57th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students.

Azimuth places that gap in the 19th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Earnings scenarios estimated from the program mix span from $44,314 on the downside to $86,065 on the upside, with $61,925 as the typical figure.

An estimated 29.8% of graduates continue to graduate study, based on the program mix.

The return picture shows median earnings of $61,925 four years after completion for federally aided completers who are working and not enrolled, placing the figure in the 57th percentile. The peer median, the middle value for comparable institutions (same type and size), is $65,610, and the university’s figure is $3,685 below it.

Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, falls in the 19th percentile.

The part the model attributes to the factors it measures (field of study, enrollment and the local labor market) adds $9,952. The part it attributes to a remainder it does not explain subtracts $19,910.

Within the measured factors, the STEM component adds $719. The downside and upside earnings scenarios grounded in the program mix are $44,314 and $86,065.

Azimuth ranks University of North Carolina Wilmington #840 for return among nonprofit four-year institutions. Nursing is the largest program, with 739 degrees awarded and median earnings of $86,606 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #105 nationally in its field.

Business Administration and Management awarded 666 degrees and recorded median earnings of $75,512 four years after completion, with an Azimuth national field rank of #66. Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions awarded 49 degrees, with median earnings of $51,696 four years after completion; Azimuth ranks it #18 nationally in its field. Its Azimuth national field rank is #2.

Program choice marks a wide modeled earnings span at University of North Carolina Wilmington, from the downside scenario of $44,314 to the upside scenario of $86,065. These scenarios are modeled from the program mix rather than observed graduate groups.

Among higher-earning fields, median earnings four years after completion are $88,219 in Computer Science, $86,654 in Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, and $71,964 in Computer and Information Sciences. Those field-level figures show how outcomes can differ across the modeled range.

The published cost of attendance at University of North Carolina Wilmington is $26,547, but aid recipients pay less. The average net price, what aid recipients pay after grants and scholarships, is $20,109.

That is $4,475 above the $15,634 peer median for comparable institutions (same type and size). Borrowers who complete a degree carry a median of $19,500 in federal student loans, $576 below the $20,076 peer median.

That debt corresponds to an estimated payment of $222 a month if repaid over ten years. Parents who borrow hold a separate median of $22,737 in Parent PLUS loans.

Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students, and the median sits below the peer median. Debt and the estimated monthly payment are close to the peer midpoint, while the average net price runs above the peer median.

What explains value-added earnings?
Program & institutional factors The part attributed to observed institutional characteristics.
+$9,952
Unexplained remainder What remains after the model’s observed factors.
-$19,910
Total modeled value added The modeled difference from expected earnings.
-$9,958

These are statistical model components, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

Read the full outcomes brief

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University of North Carolina Wilmington acceptance rate & admissions[1][10][11]

University of North Carolina Wilmington admitted 64.2% of applicants in the reported entering class, a rate that describes that pool rather than an individual applicant’s odds. That rate is below the median of 78.1% for comparable institutions (same type and size).

In its 2025-26 Common Data Set, the university reported 22,358 first-year applicants, 14,472 admitted applicants, and 3,109 enrolled students.

SAT: reported composite scores
Admission rate
64.2%
25th percentile
1240
Median
1301
75th percentile
1350

CDS 2025-26 · enrolled first-year score submitters. This range is not an admission cutoff.

Read the full admissions brief

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What are the largest majors at University of North Carolina Wilmington?[12]

At University of North Carolina Wilmington, program choice spans markedly different earnings levels four years after completion. Nursing had median earnings of $86,606 and 739 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #105 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Computer Science recorded $88,219 with 86 degrees awarded, and Azimuth ranks it #146 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field. Business Administration and Management reported $75,512 across 666 degrees awarded and holds an Azimuth rank of #66 nationally among nonprofit four-year institutions in its field.

Psychology sits at a more moderate $49,609, with 208 degrees awarded and an Azimuth national field rank of #202 among nonprofit four-year institutions. The higher-earning and more moderate fields make the return picture depend heavily on field selection.

University of North Carolina Wilmington has 28 nationally ranked bachelor's programs, with 32 fields reporting earnings data. The strongest rankings sit in health and the sciences, while the largest programs are concentrated in nursing and business.

Nursing is the largest program with published earnings, awarding 739 degrees a year. Graduates earn a median of $86,606 four years after completion, and Azimuth ranks the program #105 nationally and #1 in North Carolina.

The highest-earning program is Computer Science, at $88,219, with 86 degrees awarded; Azimuth ranks it #146 nationally and #9 in North Carolina. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences holds the best national rank at #2, with earnings of $86,654 from 52 degrees a year.

The bachelor's degree mix at University of North Carolina Wilmington is anchored in the health professions and business. Health Professions accounts for 25.6% of degrees awarded, and Business for 17.7%, with Biological Sciences a distant third at 7.2%.

Across 32 programs with published four-year earnings data, Azimuth ranks 28 of them nationally within their fields. The largest single program is Nursing, at 739 degrees awarded, followed by Business Administration and Management with 666 and Communication and Media Studies with 210.

The strongest programs by national rank are not the largest. Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences is the highest-ranked, at #1 in North Carolina within its field, from 52 degrees awarded and with median earnings of $86,654 four years after completion.

Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management ranks #15 nationally and #2 in the state, with 44 degrees awarded. Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions follows at #18 nationally and #1 in North Carolina, awarding 49 degrees.

International/Globalization Studies and Ecology, Evolution, Systematics, and Population Biology also appear among the top-ranked, at #27 and #34 nationally, respectively. The highest-earning program is Computer Science, where graduates earn a median of $88,219 four years after completion, from 86 degrees awarded.

Nursing, the largest program, reports median earnings of $86,606 and ranks #1 in North Carolina within its field. The pattern is one of strength spread across several fields rather than concentrated in a single area.

The highest-ranked programs are Health Professions and Related Clinical Sciences, Parks, Recreation, and Leisure Facilities Management, and Rehabilitation and Therapeutic Professions. Earnings follow a similar spread: the highest-earning program, Computer Science, is a mid-sized field, and the largest program, Nursing, posts earnings just below it. 14.4% of degrees awarded are in STEM fields.

Four-year earnings · six largest reported fields
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing 739 degrees awarded
$86,606
Business Administration, Management and Operations 666 degrees awarded
$75,512
Communication and Media Studies 210 degrees awarded
$54,315
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness 209 degrees awarded
Too few graduates to report
Psychology, General 208 degrees awarded
$49,609
Biology, General 185 degrees awarded
$60,750

Fields selected by reported completions. Counts describe credentials awarded, not unique students or the earnings sample. Bars show median four-year earnings.

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How does University of North Carolina Wilmington serve students from different backgrounds?

Completion offers the clearest positive signal at University of North Carolina Wilmington. The first-time full-time cohort has a six-year graduation rate of 70.6%, while Pell recipients in that cohort complete within six years at 62.8%, below the overall rate by 7.8 percentage points.

Among nonprofit four-year institutions, Azimuth assigns the mobility pillar an 86th percentile standing. Earnings beyond expectations, the gap between what graduates earn and what the model expects for similar students, sit in the 19th percentile.

Graduates earn about $9,958 less than the model expects for similar students. The completion figures are favorable, but modeled earnings fall short of expectations.

Entry to University of North Carolina Wilmington includes both new applicants and transfers: the admission rate is 64.2%, and the estimated share of entrants outside the first-time, full-time group is 40.6%. The public university enrolls 14,922 undergraduates, with 23.9% receiving Pell Grants.

Azimuth puts its access pillar in the 79th percentile among nonprofit four-year institutions. Admission, Pell participation, and transfer entry show several points of access within the undergraduate population.

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What colleges are similar to University of North Carolina Wilmington?[15]

Azimuth groups alternatives by admissions, location, cost and earnings, then orders candidates within each group. Peer earnings use the matched four-year cohort. How matching works.

A shortlist for different decisions

Choose a row to compare the figures with University of North Carolina Wilmington.

Admissions peerMercer University68.9% admitted
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonMercer University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$71,870+$9,945 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$23,847+$3,738 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · higher cost
Admission rate64.2%68.9%
Explore Mercer University →
Higher-admission alternativeEast Carolina University89.2% admitted
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonEast Carolina University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$60,888-$1,037 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$15,739-$4,370 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · lower cost
Admission rate64.2%89.2%
Explore East Carolina University →
Nearby alternativeEast Carolina UniversityNearby option · NC
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonEast Carolina University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$60,888-$1,037 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$15,739-$4,370 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · lower cost
Admission rate64.2%89.2%
Explore East Carolina University →
Higher-earnings alternativeMount Saint Mary's University$79,546 earnings
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonMount Saint Mary's University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$79,546+$17,621 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$21,413+$1,304 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · higher cost
Admission rate64.2%73.1%
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Lower-cost alternativeEast Carolina University$15,739 average net price
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonEast Carolina University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$60,888-$1,037 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$15,739-$4,370 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · lower cost
Admission rate64.2%89.2%
Explore East Carolina University →
Similar profileFlorida Gulf Coast UniversityMatched across several measures
Comparison with University of North Carolina Wilmington
MeasureUniversity of North Carolina WilmingtonFlorida Gulf Coast University
Peer earnings · 4 years$61,925$59,369-$2,556 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington
Average annual net price$20,109$12,568-$7,541 vs University of North Carolina Wilmington · lower cost
Admission rate64.2%63.4%
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Each school is the first-ranked match in its category, not a recommendation across every measure. The same college may lead more than one category. Figures use the matching snapshot; earnings reflect the matched four-year cohort. — means unavailable.

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Data scope & methodology

Structured payloads generated Governed hub narrative Governed spoke corpus

Four-year earnings describe cohorts of completers. Figures for other horizons describe different cohorts and are not joined into a career-growth projection.

Azimuth's overall rank and pillar percentiles come from the school profile. Absolute pillar ranks, city, enrollment and official-site links are shown only when structured data supplies them.

Detailed earnings, cost, admissions and program values come from the endpoint responsible for each measure. Missing values are not replaced with zero. Value-added estimates are model associations, not causal effects.

Figures are refreshed with each data release, at most a quarter apart. The underlying source dates can be earlier than the release.

Explanatory text is AI-assisted drafting checked against those figures; it is not an additional data source.

Analysis and methodology by Daniel Rogers, founder of College Azimuth.

Read the ranking methodology, data definitions and limitations · About College Azimuth

Read the analysis behind value-added earnings and the change to four-year graduate earnings. These articles are published on collegeazimuth.com.

Data notes & source fields

Scorecard field codes identify the underlying measure; Azimuth-derived values are labeled separately. Snapshot dates are not measurement years. Source populations and reporting periods differ across measures. Field definitions are in the U.S. Department of Education · College Scorecard documentation; notes with a different source link it below.

  1. Admission rate. Reported applicants admitted; not a transfer-specific or individual admission probability.

    Source fields: ADM_RATE

  2. Six-year completion. First-time, full-time students completing at the institution within 150% of normal time, typically six years for a bachelor’s degree.

    Source fields: C150_4

  3. Four-year institutional earnings. Median earnings of graduates in the reported cohort who are working and not enrolled, four years after completion.

    Source fields: MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

  4. Median federal student debt. Federal student-loan debt among completers in the reported borrowing cohort. Excludes Parent PLUS and is not total debt across all students.

    Source fields: GRAD_DEBT_MDN

  5. National, regional and state ranks; pillar percentiles; major ranks. Derived scores within the stated eligible comparison set, not raw Scorecard fields. Major ranks compare institutions within a field; their denominators differ.

    Source fields: Azimuth rankings

    College Azimuth · Ranking methodology

  6. Annual net price by family income. Average annual cost after grants and scholarships for the eligible first-time, full-time aid-recipient cohort. Public-school figures reflect in-state tuition. Includes living costs; these are averages, not medians or individual offers.

    Source fields: NPT4_PUB/PRIV; NPT41_PUB/PRIV through NPT45_PUB/PRIV

  7. Parent PLUS debt, payments and GPS illustration. Stored payments use Financial GPS loan and repayment assumptions. The adjustable spectrum applies the published framework to annual student payments divided by earnings minus an expense allowance; its initial allowance is 150% of the federal poverty guideline for one person, for the year the API serves. It is an illustration rather than a school rating. The parent table is the 10-year payment on the median Parent PLUS as a share of household income above 200% of the guideline for a household of three: under 6% Safe, 6–10% Caution, over 10% High pressure. Parent PLUS uses the completer median where available, otherwise the all-borrower median; these describe different borrowing populations.

    Source fields: PLUS_DEBT_ALL_COMP_MD; fallback PLUS_DEBT_ALL_MD; Azimuth Financial GPS calculations

    College Azimuth · Financial GPS methodology

  8. Downside and upside earnings; yellow band. The band spans the modeled lower and higher scenarios. It is not the P25–P75 interval for individual graduates. The median marker is the separately reported institutional median.

    Source fields: Azimuth modeled program-mix scenarios

    College Azimuth · Earnings scenario methodology

  9. Value added and its components. Observed-factor attribution plus the unexplained remainder equals total modeled value added. These are associations, not proven causal effects; the remainder is not a direct measure of teaching quality.

    Source fields: Azimuth statistical model

    College Azimuth · Value-added methodology

  10. SAT score range and reported midpoint. Reported scores of enrolled score-submitters, not admission cutoffs. The midpoint field is not necessarily the middle of the displayed range.

    Source fields: SATVR25 + SATMT25; SATVR75 + SATMT75; SAT_AVG

  11. First-year retention. Retention of the reported full-time cohort at four-year institutions.

    Source fields: RET_FT4

  12. Program earnings, completion counts and major-mix dots. Included bachelor’s programs have at least five reported completions. Counts are aggregated credentials, not unique people or an earnings sample. Major-mix dots group those counts by field of study; excluded programs are not zero activity.

    Source fields: EARN_MDN_4YR; IPEDSCOUNT1; CIPCODE

    College Scorecard · Field-of-study technical documentation

  13. Pell recipients. Share of undergraduates receiving a Pell Grant in the reported academic year.

    Source fields: PCTPELL

  14. Entering students outside the first-time, full-time group. This is not an observed transfer-in rate. It includes part-time entrants and other entering-student attendance patterns.

    Source fields: 1 − PFTFTUG1_EF

  15. Peer earnings and signed differences. Differences are peer minus this school, from the same matching snapshot. A positive earnings difference does not mean the peer is better on every measure.

    Source fields: Azimuth peer model using MD_EARN_WNE_4YR

    College Azimuth · Comparison methodology

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