Median earnings of ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies graduates (bachelor's degree) one year after graduation, at 89 colleges. National median: $40,510, rising to $51,791 after four years.
| # | College | State | Earnings after 1 yr | After 4 yrs | Median debt |
|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York | NY | $63,128 | $55,472 | $17,750 |
| 2 | Harvard University | MA | $60,764 | — | — |
| 3 | Spelman College | GA | $58,614 | $25,137 | — |
| 4 | Yale University | CT | $53,654 | $65,213 | — |
| 5 | Seattle Pacific University | WA | $51,332 | — | — |
| 6 | CUNY Lehman College | NY | $49,047 | $56,907 | — |
| 7 | Stanford University | CA | $48,283 | $45,519 | — |
| 8 | University of California-Berkeley | CA | $47,245 | $67,291 | $12,204 |
| 9 | CUNY Hunter College | NY | $47,074 | $51,569 | — |
| 10 | Rutgers University-Camden | NJ | $45,191 | $55,164 | $20,484 |
| 11 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | $45,191 | $55,164 | $20,484 |
| 12 | Rutgers University-Newark | NJ | $45,191 | $55,164 | $20,484 |
| 13 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | $44,660 | $57,646 | $22,075 |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte | NC | $44,241 | $54,798 | $25,154 |
| 15 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | MA | $44,232 | $64,701 | $26,959 |
| 16 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | $44,102 | $72,063 | $27,000 |
| 17 | Oberlin College | OH | $44,098 | — | $19,596 |
| 18 | Dartmouth College | NH | $43,992 | — | $12,000 |
| 19 | University of Maryland-College Park | MD | $43,821 | $59,461 | — |
| 20 | University of Massachusetts-Boston | MA | $43,556 | $53,509 | $25,500 |
| 21 | Oregon State University | OR | $43,375 | $50,421 | — |
| 22 | Oregon State University-Cascades Campus | OR | $43,375 | $50,421 | — |
| 23 | University of Utah | UT | $43,064 | $60,245 | $14,000 |
| 24 | San Francisco State University | CA | $43,013 | $59,990 | $17,958 |
| 25 | St Olaf College | MN | $42,785 | $54,100 | $24,250 |
| 26 | CUNY Brooklyn College | NY | $42,693 | $56,138 | $9,800 |
| 27 | Sonoma State University | CA | $42,649 | $64,116 | $19,500 |
| 28 | Brandeis University | MA | $42,051 | $73,256 | $18,000 |
| 29 | University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee | WI | $42,026 | $42,435 | $23,675 |
| 30 | University at Albany | NY | $42,004 | $51,565 | $23,922 |
| 31 | SUNY Oneonta | NY | $41,904 | — | $26,000 |
| 32 | Emory University | GA | $41,543 | $58,745 | — |
| 33 | The University of Texas at Austin | TX | $41,464 | $57,292 | $20,500 |
| 34 | University of Colorado Boulder | CO | $41,358 | $52,173 | $14,000 |
| 35 | University of New Hampshire-Main Campus | NH | $41,225 | $59,567 | $25,000 |
| 36 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | $41,150 | $57,534 | $13,000 |
| 37 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | WA | $41,150 | $57,534 | $13,000 |
| 38 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | WA | $41,150 | $57,534 | $13,000 |
| 39 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | $41,026 | $40,713 | $25,292 |
| 40 | University of California-San Diego | CA | $40,942 | $53,319 | $17,103 |
| 41 | Metropolitan State University of Denver | CO | $40,882 | $52,747 | — |
| 42 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | WI | $40,847 | $48,934 | $19,500 |
| 43 | Towson University | MD | $40,669 | $50,406 | $21,624 |
| 44 | University of Delaware | DE | $40,519 | $61,443 | $24,250 |
| 45 | University of California-Davis | CA | $40,510 | $58,670 | $11,000 |
| 46 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion | AZ | $40,138 | $51,565 | $17,500 |
| 47 | Arizona State University Digital Immersion | AZ | $40,138 | $51,565 | $17,500 |
| 48 | University of Oregon | OR | $40,019 | $54,057 | $25,000 |
| 49 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | $39,634 | $54,691 | — |
| 50 | William Paterson University of New Jersey | NJ | $39,623 | — | $18,009 |
| 51 | University of California-Santa Barbara | CA | $39,589 | $59,004 | $11,010 |
| 52 | University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | $39,295 | $55,798 | $14,006 |
| 53 | University of California-Irvine | CA | $39,189 | $47,471 | $15,225 |
| 54 | University of Rhode Island | RI | $39,003 | $54,955 | $19,750 |
| 55 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | $39,000 | $55,088 | $12,500 |
| 56 | California State University-Sacramento | CA | $38,793 | $56,188 | $15,000 |
| 57 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | $38,493 | — | $22,500 |
| 58 | Virginia Commonwealth University | VA | $38,263 | $42,233 | $20,500 |
| 59 | University of Connecticut | CT | $37,887 | $48,810 | $13,883 |
| 60 | University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus | CT | $37,887 | $48,810 | $13,883 |
| 61 | University of Connecticut-Avery Point | CT | $37,887 | $48,810 | $13,883 |
| 62 | University of Connecticut-Stamford | CT | $37,887 | $48,810 | $13,883 |
| 63 | University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus | CT | $37,887 | $48,810 | $13,883 |
| 64 | University of Hawaii at Manoa | HI | $37,745 | $47,880 | $20,500 |
| 65 | California State University-Long Beach | CA | $37,734 | $50,453 | $15,000 |
| 66 | Portland State University | OR | $37,725 | $45,631 | $20,000 |
| 67 | University of Nebraska-Lincoln | NE | $37,622 | $42,635 | — |
| 68 | Colorado State University-Fort Collins | CO | $37,602 | $58,121 | — |
| 69 | Florida International University | FL | $37,287 | — | — |
| 70 | University of Puget Sound | WA | $37,196 | $37,553 | $24,750 |
| 71 | University of Illinois Chicago | IL | $37,152 | $45,253 | $19,000 |
| 72 | CUNY City College | NY | $36,788 | $48,637 | — |
| 73 | California State Polytechnic University-Pomona | CA | $35,924 | $43,082 | — |
| 74 | University of California-Riverside | CA | $35,211 | $56,555 | $12,333 |
| 75 | San Diego State University | CA | $35,158 | $55,230 | $16,700 |
| 76 | Temple University | PA | $35,106 | $39,449 | $27,000 |
| 77 | California State University-Fullerton | CA | $35,010 | $46,384 | $21,500 |
| 78 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $34,854 | $63,426 | $21,441 |
| 79 | Wellesley College | MA | $34,787 | $100,712 | — |
| 80 | Haskell Indian Nations University | KS | $34,275 | $35,081 | — |
| 81 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | IL | $34,000 | $50,941 | $21,068 |
| 82 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | $33,291 | $49,305 | — |
| 83 | California State University-Northridge | CA | $33,237 | $50,708 | $16,250 |
| 84 | The University of Texas at San Antonio | TX | $32,752 | — | — |
| 85 | California State University-Los Angeles | CA | $32,691 | $55,970 | — |
| 86 | University of Florida | FL | $32,532 | $51,791 | $17,675 |
| 87 | University of Arizona | AZ | $31,514 | $50,784 | $23,000 |
| 88 | University of North Carolina at Greensboro | NC | $28,733 | $45,294 | $22,300 |
| 89 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | $26,855 | $48,572 | $18,750 |
Earnings are median annual earnings of graduates who received federal financial aid, measured by the U.S. Department of Education. Colleges with too few graduates are not shown.
Frequently asked questions
How much do ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies graduates earn?
The median college reports $40,510 in earnings one year after a bachelor's degree in ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies and $51,791 four years after. The highest is $63,128 at Columbia University in the City of New York.
How much student debt do ethnic, cultural minority, gender, and group studies graduates have?
The median federal loan debt for this degree is about $19,500 at the typical college.