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University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign vs University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Champaign, IL · Seattle, WA · largest Scorecard gap: median debt at graduation

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Pair IL:WA

PUBLIC-PAIR · CROSS-STATE · ACCEPT-PAR · NET-PAR · EARN-PAR · DEBT-SPLIT · COMPLETE-HIGH · GAP-DEBT

  • PUBLIC-PAIR Public pair
  • CROSS-STATE IL × WA
  • ACCEPT-PAR Admission near-par
  • NET-PAR Net near-par
  • EARN-PAR Earnings near-par
  • DEBT-SPLIT Debt split
  • COMPLETE-HIGH High completion
  • GAP-DEBT Largest gap · Median Debt at Graduation

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

Decade path · College Scorecard

Selectivity moved on only one side of this board

ADM-ASYM · 2013–2023

Over 2013–2023, one school's acceptance-rate series clears the r² ≥ 0.40 floor while the other does not. Read the directional claim as one-sided, then check the companion metric below.

  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: acceptance rate tightened -30.0% across 2013–2023 (r² 0.47).
  • University of Washington-Seattle Campus: acceptance-rate path 2013–2023 stays non-directional here (r² 0.20).
  • University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign: enrollment grew +9.3% over 2013–2023; fitted +266 students/yr fitted, r² 0.94.
  • University of Washington-Seattle Campus: enrollment grew +9.9% over 2013–2023; fitted +248 students/yr fitted, r² 0.88.

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 Urbana-Champaign vs University of Washington-Seattle Campus

  1. MEDIAN-DEBT-AT-GRA University of Washington-Seattle Campus leads on median debt at graduation ($14,615 vs $19,500 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  2. IN-STATE-TUITION University of Washington-Seattle Campus leads on in-state tuition ($12,973 vs $16,004 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign)
  3. OUT-OF-STATE-TUITI University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on out-of-state tuition ($35,124 vs $43,209 at University of Washington-Seattle Campus)

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Median Debt at Graduation and other Scorecard questions

On median debt at graduation, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington-Seattle Campus?▼
University of Washington-Seattle Campus leads on median debt at graduation at $14,615 versus $19,500 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On in-state tuition, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington-Seattle Campus?▼
University of Washington-Seattle Campus leads on in-state tuition at $12,973 versus $16,004 at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.
On out-of-state tuition, who leads between University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign and University of Washington-Seattle Campus?▼
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign leads on out-of-state tuition at $35,124 versus $43,209 at University of Washington-Seattle Campus. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

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