Highest Earning Bachelor's Physical Sciences Programs

These are the highest earning bachelor's physical sciences programs, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 50 programs, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading at $131,025.

Rank	Institution	Program	State	Earnings	Completers
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Physics	MA	$131,025	79
2	Carnegie Mellon University	Materials Science	PA	$119,715	26
3	Cornell University	Physics	NY	$118,649	48
4	University of Notre Dame	Physics	IN	$110,029	32
5	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	Physics	NC	$103,477	47
6	Oregon State University	Physics	OR	$103,167	33
7	Whitworth University	Physics	WA	$99,842	24
8	College of the Holy Cross	Physics	MA	$99,165	13
9	Le Moyne College	Physics	NY	$99,009	9
10	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	Physics	CA	$96,805	35
11	University of California-Irvine	Physics	CA	$96,215	86
12	George Mason University	Physics	VA	$96,138	13
13	University of California-Berkeley	Physics	CA	$96,043	110
14	University of California-San Diego	Physics	CA	$95,018	60
15	Ohio State University-Main Campus	Physics	OH	$94,543	68
16	Utah State University	Physics	UT	$93,461	13
17	College of the Holy Cross	Chemistry	MA	$93,122	26
18	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus	Materials Science	PA	$92,864	58
19	Texas A&M University-College Station	Physics	TX	$92,826	46
20	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	Physics	VA	$92,746	42
21	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	Physics	MI	$92,293	70
22	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	Physics	MA	$91,438	22
23	University of California-Berkeley	Astronomy	CA	$90,943	46
24	University of Maryland-College Park	Physics	MD	$90,900	62
25	Towson University	Physics	MD	$90,457	12
26	The College of New Jersey	Chemistry	NJ	$90,396	35
27	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	Physics	NC	$89,944	18
28	Southern Arkansas University Main Campus	Physics	AR	$89,685	23
29	Willamette University	Physics	OR	$89,506	10
30	West Virginia Wesleyan College	Physics	WV	$89,430	12
31	Northeastern University	Chemistry	MA	$88,364	27
32	University of Arizona	Physics	AZ	$88,207	71
33	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	Physics	CA	$87,856	27
34	Portland State University	Physics	OR	$87,488	18
35	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire	Physics	WI	$87,033	12
36	Stockton University	Physics	NJ	$86,849	7
37	California State University-Fullerton	Physics	CA	$86,504	9
38	New York University	Chemistry	NY	$86,197	30
39	University of Houston	Physics	TX	$86,078	25
40	University of California-Los Angeles	Physics	CA	$85,708	74
41	Bethel University	Physics	MN	$85,657	24
42	University of Wisconsin-River Falls	Physics	WI	$85,638	9
43	University of California-Santa Barbara	Physics	CA	$85,219	183
44	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	Geological Sciences	OK	$85,207	27
45	University of Connecticut	Chemistry	CT	$84,609	40
46	University of Delaware	Chemistry	DE	$84,428	19
47	The University of Texas at Austin	Geological Sciences	TX	$83,481	43
48	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Physics	GA	$82,431	52
49	Appalachian State University	Physics	NC	$82,399	20
50	University of California-Berkeley	Chemistry	CA	$82,386	129

Methodology

Programs ranked by highest earning. Only includes bachelor's programs in CIP family 40 (Physical Sciences) with at least 10 completers. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.