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Earnings & debt

Earnings are medians for graduates who received federal aid, four years after completing the program.

Highest-paid bachelor’s programs
  1. Computer Engineering, Bachelor’s$228,705
  2. Computer Science, Bachelor’s$217,051
  3. Computer and Information Sciences, General, Bachelor’s$216,722
Highest-paid master’s programs
  1. Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies, Master’s$262,394
  2. Medical Clinical Sciences/Graduate Medical Studies, Master’s$247,837
  3. Computer Science, Master’s$235,241
Highest-paid associate’s programs
  1. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Associate’s$163,641
  2. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Associate’s$160,743
  3. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Associate’s$147,965
Highest-paid undergraduate certificates
  1. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Undergraduate certificate$133,763
  2. Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing, Undergraduate certificate$122,830
  3. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Undergraduate certificate$119,604
Bachelor’s programs with the lowest debt
  1. Business Administration, Management and Operations, Bachelor’s$5,500
  2. Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Bachelor’s$5,765
  3. Allied Health Diagnostic, Intervention, and Treatment Professions, Bachelor’s$6,750
Colleges with the highest-earning alumni
  1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology$143,372
  2. Samuel Merritt University$143,238
  3. Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine$138,767
Largest colleges by undergraduate enrollment
  1. Southern New Hampshire University156,755
  2. Western Governors University135,822
  3. University of Phoenix-Arizona76,996
Colleges with the highest average SAT
  1. University of Chicago1,554
  2. Harvard University1,553
  3. Johns Hopkins University1,553