Highest Earning Colleges

These are the highest earning colleges, ranked by median earnings. The ranking includes 100 institutions, with Massachusetts Institute of Technology leading at $143,372.

Rank Institution State Earnings
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology MA $143,372
2 Samuel Merritt University CA $143,238
3 Harvey Mudd College CA $138,687
4 California Institute of Technology CA $128,566
5 MCPHS University MA $125,557
6 Stanford University CA $124,080
7 Babson College MA $123,938
8 Bentley University MA $120,959
9 Roseman University of Health Sciences NV $120,163
10 Carnegie Mellon University PA $114,862
11 University of Pennsylvania PA $111,371
12 Helene Fuld College of Nursing NY $111,027
13 Princeton University NJ $110,066
14 Santa Clara University CA $109,183
15 Stevens Institute of Technology NJ $108,772
16 Lehigh University PA $105,584
17 Claremont McKenna College CA $104,736
18 St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens NY $104,403
19 Cornell University NY $104,043
20 Boston College MA $103,937
21 Georgetown University DC $103,494
22 Worcester Polytechnic Institute MA $103,470
23 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus GA $102,772
24 West Coast University-Orange County CA $102,672
25 West Coast University-Los Angeles CA $102,672
26 West Coast University-Ontario CA $102,672
27 West Coast University-Texas TX $102,672
28 West Coast University-Miami FL $102,672
29 Columbia University in the City of New York NY $102,491
30 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute NY $102,051
31 Harvard University MA $101,817
32 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology IN $101,253
33 Oregon Health & Science University OR $101,028
34 Yale University CT $100,533
35 Villanova University PA $100,423
36 University of Notre Dame IN $99,980
37 Duke University NC $97,800
38 Dartmouth College NH $97,434
39 Colorado School of Mines CO $97,335
40 SUNY Maritime College NY $95,951
41 Kettering University MI $94,823
42 Washington and Lee University VA $94,810
43 California State University Maritime Academy CA $94,784
44 Bucknell University PA $93,807
45 Brown University RI $93,487
46 The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston TX $92,961
47 Northeastern University MA $92,538
48 Northeastern University Professional Programs MA $92,538
49 University of Southern California CA $92,498
50 University of California-Berkeley CA $92,446
51 Chamberlain University-Illinois IL $92,405
52 Chamberlain University-Texas TX $92,405
53 Chamberlain University-Georgia GA $92,405
54 Chamberlain University-New Jersey NJ $92,405
55 Chamberlain University-Florida FL $92,405
56 Chamberlain University-California CA $92,405
57 Chamberlain University-Arizona AZ $92,405
58 Chamberlain University-Nevada NV $92,405
59 Chamberlain University-Michigan MI $92,405
60 Chamberlain University-Louisiana LA $92,405
61 Chamberlain University-Virginia VA $92,405
62 Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center TX $92,348
63 University of Chicago IL $91,885
64 Vanderbilt University TN $91,565
65 Lafayette College PA $91,410
66 George Washington University DC $90,873
67 Trinity College CT $90,779
68 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo CA $90,768
69 United States Merchant Marine Academy NY $90,610
70 College of the Holy Cross MA $90,543
71 Bryant University RI $90,008
72 Maine Maritime Academy ME $89,964
73 Loma Linda University CA $89,816
74 University of San Francisco CA $89,812
75 Rice University TX $89,718
76 Clarkson University NY $89,696
77 Northwestern University IL $89,363
78 Milwaukee School of Engineering WI $89,070
79 Fairfield University CT $88,794
80 Williams College MA $88,665
81 Union College NY $88,604
82 University of Maryland Baltimore MD $88,174
83 Case Western Reserve University OH $87,989
84 Johns Hopkins University MD $87,555
85 Providence College RI $87,054
86 Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia PA $86,881
87 Saint Joseph's University - Lancaster PA $86,881
88 University of Virginia-Main Campus VA $86,863
89 St Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island NY $86,693
90 University of San Diego CA $86,522
91 Manhattan University NY $86,316
92 Washington University in St Louis MO $86,182
93 Fordham University NY $85,569
94 Colgate University NY $85,139
95 University of California-San Diego CA $84,943
96 Wellesley College MA $84,803
97 Dominican University of California CA $84,713
98 Drexel University PA $84,648
99 New Jersey Institute of Technology NJ $84,276
100 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide FL $84,131

Methodology

Institutions ranked by highest earning. Minimum enrollment: 500 students. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.