University of Illinois Chicago vs SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

Chicago, IL · Brooklyn, NY · largest Scorecard gap: median earnings (6 yr)

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Pair IL:NY

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · EARN-SPLIT · DEBT-SPLIT · GAP-EARN

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × NY
  • EARN-SPLIT Earnings split
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • GAP-EARN Largest gap · Median Earnings (6 yr)

Instrument codes from this pair's College Scorecard ownership, geography, acceptance, net price, earnings, debt, and completion, plus the ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023 decade-path stamp below, not a ranking or recommendation.

Decade path · College Scorecard

Headcount surged on one side only

ENROLL-1SIDE · brisk · 2013–2023

University of Illinois Chicago posted a brisk directional enrollment rise over 2013–2023 while its peer's size series stays a range. Pair any cost snapshot with that asymmetry before treating the campuses as parallel growth stories.

  • University of Illinois Chicago: enrollment grew +31.4% over 2013–2023; fitted +634 students/yr fitted, r² 0.91.
  • SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University: enrollment ranged 182–347 (2013–2023, 11 points) without a stable fitted direction.

College Scorecard institution series; dollars are nominal. Direction claims require r² ≥ 0.40 on the fitted annual slope, otherwise the page reports the observed range. Descriptive history, not a recommendation.

Scorecard metrics

Cards ordered by relative gap on this pair. Teal = better side.

Largest gaps: University of Illinois Chicago vs SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University

  1. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(6 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (6 yr) ($110,661 vs $53,218 at University of Illinois Chicago)
  2. MEDIAN-EARNINGS-(1 SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (10 yr) ($109,601 vs $68,740 at University of Illinois Chicago)
  3. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median debt at graduation ($12,500 vs $16,704 at University of Illinois Chicago)

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Median Earnings (6 yr) and other Scorecard questions

On median earnings (6 yr), who leads between University of Illinois Chicago and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (6 yr) at $110,661 versus $53,218 at University of Illinois Chicago. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median earnings (10 yr), who leads between University of Illinois Chicago and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median earnings (10 yr) at $109,601 versus $68,740 at University of Illinois Chicago. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Illinois Chicago and SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University?
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University leads on median debt at graduation at $12,500 versus $16,704 at University of Illinois Chicago. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard College Scorecard institution outcomes (earnings, completion, debt); median earnings (6 yr) focus for this pair · 2025