Colleges Whose Graduates Earn the Most in the U.S.
Ranked by median earnings 10 years after entry (100 colleges with at least 200 undergraduates). Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, June 2026 release.
| # | College | Median earnings 10 years after entry | Net price | Earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | $143,372 | $20,111 | $143,372 |
| 2 | Samuel Merritt University Oakland, CA · Private nonprofit | $143,238 | — | $143,238 |
| 3 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit | $138,687 | $35,924 | $138,687 |
| 4 | University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis Saint Louis, MO · Private nonprofit | $137,047 | $31,817 | $137,047 |
| 5 | Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Albany, NY · Private nonprofit | $131,426 | $29,882 | $131,426 |
| 6 | Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MA · Private nonprofit | $129,455 | $25,171 | $129,455 |
| 7 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA · Private nonprofit | $128,566 | $16,075 | $128,566 |
| 8 | Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | $125,557 | $39,545 | $125,557 |
| 9 | Stanford University Stanford, CA · Private nonprofit | $124,080 | $13,807 | $124,080 |
| 10 | Babson College Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit | $123,938 | $40,514 | $123,938 |
| 11 | Bentley University Waltham, MA · Private nonprofit | $120,959 | $37,930 | $120,959 |
| 12 | Roseman University of Health Sciences Henderson, NV · Private nonprofit | $120,163 | — | $120,163 |
| 13 | Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health Los Angeles, CA · Public | $115,318 | — | $115,318 |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · Private nonprofit | $114,862 | $31,944 | $114,862 |
| 15 | Gnomon North Hollywood, CA · Private for-profit | $114,785 | $51,949 | $114,785 |
| 16 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit | $111,371 | $28,699 | $111,371 |
| 17 | Helene Fuld College of Nursing New York, NY · Private nonprofit | $111,027 | $47,181 | $111,027 |
| 18 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ · Private nonprofit | $110,066 | $6,128 | $110,066 |
| 19 | SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University Brooklyn, NY · Public | $109,601 | — | $109,601 |
| 20 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA · Private nonprofit | $109,183 | $50,062 | $109,183 |
| 21 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ · Private nonprofit | $108,772 | $41,346 | $108,772 |
| 22 | Center for Allied Health Education Brooklyn, NY · Private for-profit | $107,249 | $48,150 | $107,249 |
| 23 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA · Private nonprofit | $105,584 | $36,931 | $105,584 |
| 24 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA · Private nonprofit | $104,736 | $28,849 | $104,736 |
| 25 | St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens Rego Park, NY · Private for-profit | $104,403 | $26,315 | $104,403 |
| 26 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY · Private nonprofit | $104,043 | $28,690 | $104,043 |
| 27 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA · Private nonprofit | $103,937 | $41,704 | $103,937 |
| 28 | Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | $103,494 | $40,815 | $103,494 |
| 29 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit | $103,470 | $43,071 | $103,470 |
| 30 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus Atlanta, GA · Public | $102,772 | $12,116 | $102,772 |
| 31 | West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County Anaheim, CA · Private for-profit | $102,672 | $32,879 | $102,672 |
| 32 | West Coast University-Miami Doral, FL · Private for-profit | $102,672 | $32,539 | $102,672 |
| 33 | West Coast University-Texas Richardson, TX · Private for-profit | $102,672 | $53,020 | $102,672 |
| 34 | West Coast University-Ontario Ontario, CA · Private for-profit | $102,672 | $49,590 | $102,672 |
| 35 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY · Private nonprofit | $102,491 | $21,590 | $102,491 |
| 36 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY · Private nonprofit | $102,051 | $36,228 | $102,051 |
| 37 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA · Private nonprofit | $101,817 | $19,066 | $101,817 |
| 38 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN · Private nonprofit | $101,253 | $42,513 | $101,253 |
| 39 | Oregon Health & Science University Portland, OR · Public | $101,028 | — | $101,028 |
| 40 | Yale University New Haven, CT · Private nonprofit | $100,533 | $23,777 | $100,533 |
| 41 | Villanova University Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit | $100,423 | $43,756 | $100,423 |
| 42 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private nonprofit | $99,980 | $26,780 | $99,980 |
| 43 | Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City, UT · Private for-profit | $97,827 | $35,205 | $97,827 |
| 44 | Duke University Durham, NC · Private nonprofit | $97,800 | $29,612 | $97,800 |
| 45 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH · Private nonprofit | $97,434 | $29,519 | $97,434 |
| 46 | Colorado School of Mines Golden, CO · Public | $97,335 | $28,690 | $97,335 |
| 47 | Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing New York, NY · Private nonprofit | $96,980 | — | $96,980 |
| 48 | SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY · Public | $95,951 | $22,367 | $95,951 |
| 49 | Kettering University Flint, MI · Private nonprofit | $94,823 | $34,660 | $94,823 |
| 50 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA · Private nonprofit | $94,810 | $23,781 | $94,810 |
| 51 | Cal Poly Maritime Academy Vallejo, CA · Public | $94,784 | $20,555 | $94,784 |
| 52 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA · Private nonprofit | $93,807 | $40,766 | $93,807 |
| 53 | American University of Health Sciences Signal Hill, CA · Private for-profit | $93,610 | — | $93,610 |
| 54 | Brown University Providence, RI · Private nonprofit | $93,487 | $25,184 | $93,487 |
| 55 | The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston Galveston, TX · Public | $92,961 | — | $92,961 |
| 56 | Northeastern University Professional Programs Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | $92,538 | — | $92,538 |
| 57 | Northeastern University Oakland Oakland, CA · Private nonprofit | $92,538 | $25,181 | $92,538 |
| 58 | Northeastern University Boston, MA · Private nonprofit | $92,538 | $30,915 | $92,538 |
| 59 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA · Private nonprofit | $92,498 | $32,740 | $92,498 |
| 60 | University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | $92,446 | $13,481 | $92,446 |
| 61 | Chamberlain University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $40,096 | $92,405 |
| 62 | Chamberlain University-North Carolina Charlotte, NC · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $38,436 | $92,405 |
| 63 | Chamberlain University-Nevada Las Vegas, NV · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $27,073 | $92,405 |
| 64 | Chamberlain University-Georgia Sandy Springs, GA · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $33,188 | $92,405 |
| 65 | Chamberlain University-New Jersey North Brunswick, NJ · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $37,984 | $92,405 |
| 66 | Chamberlain University-Florida Jacksonville, FL · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $31,269 | $92,405 |
| 67 | Chamberlain University-Texas Houston, TX · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $32,209 | $92,405 |
| 68 | Chamberlain University-Michigan Troy, MI · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $28,045 | $92,405 |
| 69 | Chamberlain University-California Rancho Cordova, CA · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $36,559 | $92,405 |
| 70 | Chamberlain University-Ohio Columbus, OH · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $31,544 | $92,405 |
| 71 | Chamberlain University-Missouri St. Louis, MO · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $30,716 | $92,405 |
| 72 | Chamberlain University-Virginia Vienna, VA · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $33,199 | $92,405 |
| 73 | Chamberlain University-Louisiana Jefferson, LA · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $30,791 | $92,405 |
| 74 | Chamberlain University-Illinois Addison, IL · Private for-profit | $92,405 | $31,837 | $92,405 |
| 75 | Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center Lubbock, TX · Public | $92,348 | — | $92,348 |
| 76 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL · Private nonprofit | $91,885 | $14,860 | $91,885 |
| 77 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit | $91,565 | $15,846 | $91,565 |
| 78 | Lafayette College Easton, PA · Private nonprofit | $91,410 | $34,433 | $91,410 |
| 79 | George Washington University Washington, DC · Private nonprofit | $90,873 | $36,586 | $90,873 |
| 80 | Trinity College Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit | $90,779 | $34,832 | $90,779 |
| 81 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA · Public | $90,768 | $16,665 | $90,768 |
| 82 | United States Merchant Marine Academy Kings Point, NY · Public | $90,610 | $6,174 | $90,610 |
| 83 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA · Private nonprofit | $90,543 | $38,782 | $90,543 |
| 84 | The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center Houston, TX · Public | $90,232 | — | $90,232 |
| 85 | Bryant University Smithfield, RI · Private nonprofit | $90,008 | $41,219 | $90,008 |
| 86 | Maine Maritime Academy Castine, ME · Public | $89,964 | $23,414 | $89,964 |
| 87 | Loma Linda University Loma Linda, CA · Private nonprofit | $89,816 | — | $89,816 |
| 88 | University of San Francisco San Francisco, CA · Private nonprofit | $89,812 | $41,431 | $89,812 |
| 89 | Rice University Houston, TX · Private nonprofit | $89,718 | $13,370 | $89,718 |
| 90 | Clarkson University Potsdam, NY · Private nonprofit | $89,696 | $30,305 | $89,696 |
| 91 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit | $89,363 | $29,167 | $89,363 |
| 92 | Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI · Private nonprofit | $89,070 | $22,453 | $89,070 |
| 93 | Fairfield University Fairfield, CT · Private nonprofit | $88,794 | $48,095 | $88,794 |
| 94 | The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston Houston, TX · Public | $88,757 | — | $88,757 |
| 95 | Williams College Williamstown, MA · Private nonprofit | $88,665 | $17,716 | $88,665 |
| 96 | Union College Schenectady, NY · Private nonprofit | $88,604 | $34,561 | $88,604 |
| 97 | Medical University of South Carolina Charleston, SC · Public | $88,420 | — | $88,420 |
| 98 | University of Maryland Baltimore Baltimore, MD · Public | $88,174 | — | $88,174 |
| 99 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OH · Private nonprofit | $87,989 | $41,190 | $87,989 |
| 100 | Unitek College Hayward, CA · Private for-profit | $87,877 | $19,130 | $87,877 |