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Colleges with the highest-earning alumni

Colleges with the highest-earning alumni

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

#	College	State	Sector	Median earnings, 10 years after entry
1	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$143,372
2	Samuel Merritt University	California	Private nonprofit	$143,238
3	Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$138,767
4	Harvey Mudd College	California	Private nonprofit	$138,687
5	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	Missouri	Private nonprofit	$137,047
6	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	New York	Private nonprofit	$131,426
7	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$129,455
8	California Institute of Technology	California	Private nonprofit	$128,566
9	MCPHS University	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$125,557
10	Stanford University	California	Private nonprofit	$124,080
11	Babson College	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$123,938
12	Bentley University	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$120,959
13	Roseman University of Health Sciences	Nevada	Private nonprofit	$120,163
14	Los Angeles County College of Nursing and Allied Health	California	Public	$115,318
15	Carnegie Mellon University	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$114,862
16	Gnomon	California	Private for-profit	$114,785
17	University of Pennsylvania	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$111,371
18	Helene Fuld College of Nursing	New York	Private nonprofit	$111,027
19	Princeton University	New Jersey	Private nonprofit	$110,066
20	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	New York	Public	$109,601
21	Jesuit School of Theology of Santa Clara University	California	Private nonprofit	$109,183
22	Santa Clara University	California	Private nonprofit	$109,183
23	Stevens Institute of Technology	New Jersey	Private nonprofit	$108,772
24	Center for Allied Health Education	New York	Private for-profit	$107,249
25	Miami Ad School	Florida	Private for-profit	$106,192
26	Miami Ad School-Atlanta	Georgia	Private for-profit	$106,192
27	Miami Ad School-New York	New York	Private for-profit	$106,192
28	Lehigh University	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$105,584
29	Touro University California	California	Private nonprofit	$104,805
30	Touro University Nevada	Nevada	Private nonprofit	$104,805
31	Claremont McKenna College	California	Private nonprofit	$104,736
32	St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens	New York	Private for-profit	$104,403
33	Cornell University	New York	Private nonprofit	$104,043
34	Weill Medical College of Cornell University	New York	Private nonprofit	$104,043
35	Boston College	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$103,937
36	Georgetown University	District of Columbia	Private nonprofit	$103,494
37	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$103,470
38	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	Georgia	Public	$102,772
39	West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies	California	Private for-profit	$102,672
40	West Coast University-Dallas	Texas	Private for-profit	$102,672
41	West Coast University-Los Angeles	California	Private for-profit	$102,672
42	West Coast University-Miami	Florida	Private for-profit	$102,672
43	West Coast University-Ontario	California	Private for-profit	$102,672
44	West Coast University-Orange County	California	Private for-profit	$102,672
45	Columbia University in the City of New York	New York	Private nonprofit	$102,491
46	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	New York	Private nonprofit	$102,051
47	Rensselaer at Hartford	Connecticut	Private nonprofit	$102,051
48	Harvard University	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$101,817
49	Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$101,466
50	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Indiana	Private nonprofit	$101,253
51	Oregon Health & Science University	Oregon	Public	$101,028
52	Yale University	Connecticut	Private nonprofit	$100,533
53	Villanova University	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$100,423
54	University of Notre Dame	Indiana	Private nonprofit	$99,980
55	University of Notre Dame -	Illinois	Private nonprofit	$99,980
56	Cochran School of Nursing	New York	Private nonprofit	$99,503
57	Neumont College of Computer Science	Utah	Private for-profit	$97,827
58	Duke University	North Carolina	Private nonprofit	$97,800
59	Dartmouth College	New Hampshire	Private nonprofit	$97,434
60	Colorado School of Mines	Colorado	Public	$97,335
61	Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing	New York	Private nonprofit	$96,980
62	SUNY Maritime College	New York	Public	$95,951
63	Kettering University	Michigan	Private nonprofit	$94,823
64	Washington and Lee University	Virginia	Private nonprofit	$94,810
65	California State University Maritime Academy	California	Public	$94,784
66	Bucknell University	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$93,807
67	University of North Texas Health Science Center	Texas	Public	$93,615
68	American University of Health Sciences	California	Private for-profit	$93,610
69	Brown University	Rhode Island	Private nonprofit	$93,487
70	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	Texas	Public	$92,961
71	Jewish Theological Seminary of America	New York	Private nonprofit	$92,751
72	Northeastern University	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$92,538
73	Northeastern University Oakland	California	Private nonprofit	$92,538
74	Northeastern University Professional Programs	Massachusetts	Private nonprofit	$92,538
75	University of Southern California	California	Private nonprofit	$92,498
76	University of California-Berkeley	California	Public	$92,446
77	Chamberlain University-Arizona	Arizona	Private for-profit	$92,405
78	Chamberlain University-California	California	Private for-profit	$92,405
79	Chamberlain University-Florida	Florida	Private for-profit	$92,405
80	Chamberlain University-Georgia	Georgia	Private for-profit	$92,405
81	Chamberlain University-Illinois	Illinois	Private for-profit	$92,405
82	Chamberlain University-Indiana	Indiana	Private for-profit	$92,405
83	Chamberlain University-Louisiana	Louisiana	Private for-profit	$92,405
84	Chamberlain University-Michigan	Michigan	Private for-profit	$92,405
85	Chamberlain University-Missouri	Missouri	Private for-profit	$92,405
86	Chamberlain University-Nevada	Nevada	Private for-profit	$92,405
87	Chamberlain University-New Jersey	New Jersey	Private for-profit	$92,405
88	Chamberlain University-North Carolina	North Carolina	Private for-profit	$92,405
89	Chamberlain University-Ohio	Ohio	Private for-profit	$92,405
90	Chamberlain University-Texas	Texas	Private for-profit	$92,405
91	Chamberlain University-Virginia	Virginia	Private for-profit	$92,405
92	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	Texas	Public	$92,348
93	Upstate Medical University	New York	Public	$92,257
94	University of Chicago	Illinois	Private nonprofit	$91,885
95	Vanderbilt University	Tennessee	Private nonprofit	$91,565
96	Lafayette College	Pennsylvania	Private nonprofit	$91,410
97	George Washington University	District of Columbia	Private nonprofit	$90,873
98	Trinity College	Connecticut	Private nonprofit	$90,779
99	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	California	Public	$90,768
100	United States Merchant Marine Academy	New York	Public	$90,610

Top 100 entries with a recorded value; entries without data are not ranked.