Highest Earning Bachelor's Liberal Arts Programs

These are the highest earning bachelor's liberal arts programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading at $147,998.

Rank Institution State Earnings Completers
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $147,998 11
2 Yale University CT $113,788 27
3 Georgetown University DC $112,722 24
4 Columbia University in the City of New York NY $99,679 6
5 University of Chicago IL $96,510 10
6 Champlain College VT $91,533 14
7 Emory University GA $90,025 7
8 DePaul University IL $86,444 119
9 Drexel University PA $84,166 52
10 University of Hartford CT $80,775 19
11 American Public University System WV $79,734 97
12 Life University GA $78,151 32
13 University of Mount Union OH $76,675 10
14 Union College NY $75,345 42
15 Rutgers University-Camden NJ $74,122 29
16 University of Massachusetts-Amherst MA $73,242 90
17 The University of Texas at Austin TX $73,089 294
18 William Jewell College MO $72,507 9
19 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill NC $72,422 26
20 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA $72,048 10
21 Wesleyan University CT $71,932 10
22 University of North Dakota ND $71,538 105
23 Molloy University NY $71,097 24
24 Xavier University OH $69,546 54
25 Saint Mary's College of California CA $68,501 47
26 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College NY $68,471 10
27 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $68,171 116
28 Sacred Heart University CT $68,092 16
29 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor MI $67,859 52
30 Seton Hall University NJ $67,522 123
31 Montana State University Billings MT $67,304 39
32 Southern New Hampshire University NH $66,656 1,312
33 Antioch University-Los Angeles CA $66,596 36
34 Antioch University-Seattle WA $66,596 13
35 Antioch University OH $66,596 28
36 New York University NY $66,502 538
37 Wayne State University MI $66,426 14
38 Empire State University NY $66,111 12
39 Pace University NY $65,637 15
40 North Carolina State University at Raleigh NC $65,594 25
41 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus OK $65,474 203
42 University of Missouri-Columbia MO $65,029 121
43 St. Francis College NY $64,725 26
44 University of Indianapolis IN $64,325 19
45 Seattle University WA $64,098 27
46 Thomas Edison State University NJ $64,011 352
47 Rochester Institute of Technology NY $63,845 109
48 Oakland University MI $63,534 122
49 The New School NY $62,976 71
50 Trinity Washington University DC $62,755 6

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 24 (Liberal Arts) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.