Highest-earning colleges

Median earnings of former students 10 years after enrolling. Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

#	College	State	Net price / yr	Acceptance	Grad rate	Earnings after 10 yrs	Undergrads
1	California Institute of Technology	CA	$8,509	2.6%	90%	$166,642	987
2	Harvey Mudd College	CA	$39,347	13%	93%	$164,248	921
3	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$14,815	4.5%	96%	$152,553	4,535
4	Samuel Merritt University	CA	—	—	—	$151,150	718
5	Babson College	MA	$34,096	17%	92%	$138,950	2,728
6	Princeton University	NJ	$7,815	4.6%	97%	$133,523	5,709
7	Claremont McKenna College	CA	$26,039	9.6%	90%	$127,532	1,388
8	Bentley University	MA	$38,969	45%	88%	$126,427	4,474
9	Stanford University	CA	$12,307	3.6%	92%	$125,340	7,554
10	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	$35,780	12%	94%	$125,257	7,304
11	Harvard University	MA	$19,148	3.6%	97%	$121,957	7,601
12	University of Pennsylvania	PA	$29,577	5.4%	97%	$121,687	10,650
13	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	$37,396	48%	89%	$118,358	4,222
14	Yale University	CT	$11,340	3.9%	96%	$118,356	6,758
15	Santa Clara University	CA	$36,116	48%	87%	$117,193	6,552
16	Lehigh University	PA	$25,272	26%	85%	$116,342	5,898
17	Villanova University	PA	$41,536	27%	93%	$115,382	6,938
18	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$12,028	14%	94%	$114,210	18,785
19	Duke University	NC	$23,706	5.7%	96%	$113,937	6,442
20	Cornell University	NY	$33,934	8.8%	95%	$113,531	15,995
21	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	$43,885	60%	90%	$113,513	5,447
22	University of Notre Dame	IN	$25,339	11%	95%	$113,124	8,818
23	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	$32,758	63%	80%	$113,011	5,714
24	Boston College	MA	$38,930	16%	90%	$112,178	10,085
25	Dartmouth College	NH	$26,707	5.4%	95%	$111,162	4,541
26	Georgetown University	DC	$33,661	13%	94%	$110,516	7,569
27	Bucknell University	PA	$50,021	29%	85%	$109,954	3,876
28	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	—	—	—	$109,788	836
29	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	$15,370	4.0%	95%	$109,430	8,973
30	Roseman University of Health Sciences	NV	—	—	—	$108,902	536
31	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	$43,360	77%	74%	$107,683	2,309
32	Cal Poly Maritime Academy	CA	$17,793	95%	58%	$105,475	804
33	Johns Hopkins University	MD	$18,431	6.4%	93%	$104,590	5,693
34	Bryant University	RI	$39,186	65%	81%	$104,456	3,194
35	Wake Forest University	NC	$28,165	22%	90%	$104,443	5,485
36	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	CA	$36,240	—	25%	$104,344	3,192
37	West Coast University-Texas	TX	$52,439	—	0%	$104,344	2,673
38	West Coast University-Ontario	CA	$47,072	—	56%	$104,344	2,671
39	West Coast University-Miami	FL	$37,774	—	25%	$104,344	961
40	Northwestern University	IL	$34,420	7.7%	96%	$104,255	9,201
41	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	MA	$23,759	95%	73%	$104,098	1,395
42	University of Chicago	IL	$16,776	4.5%	95%	$103,872	7,569
43	University of Southern California	CA	$33,056	9.8%	90%	$103,420	20,443
44	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	$1,516	34%	78%	$103,283	962
45	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	$43,891	85%	61%	$103,156	3,451
46	Trinity College	CT	$37,004	29%	83%	$103,089	2,146
47	Washington and Lee University	VA	$25,279	14%	96%	$102,966	1,881
48	Lafayette College	PA	$35,879	31%	85%	$102,336	2,757
49	Colorado School of Mines	CO	$32,901	61%	82%	$102,077	6,155
50	Fairfield University	CT	$49,906	33%	85%	$101,587	5,373
51	Maine Maritime Academy	ME	$21,078	54%	58%	$101,511	942
52	SUNY Maritime College	NY	$22,888	72%	54%	$100,966	1,285
53	College of the Holy Cross	MA	$38,829	18%	86%	$100,485	3,106
54	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$14,538	11%	94%	$100,212	33,068
55	Brown University	RI	$26,976	5.4%	96%	$99,974	7,226
56	Loma Linda University	CA	$25,018	—	—	$99,540	909
57	Northeastern University	MA	$17,850	5.2%	91%	$99,371	17,326
58	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	—	—	—	$99,371	1,802
59	Vanderbilt University	TN	$15,497	5.9%	93%	$99,080	7,208
60	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	TX	—	—	—	$98,687	545
61	Bates College	ME	$27,390	13%	88%	$98,373	1,760
62	Barnard College	NY	$28,930	8.8%	92%	$98,280	3,264
63	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	TX	—	—	—	$97,667	1,482
64	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	$38,263	83%	35%	$96,897	14,027
65	Chamberlain University-Texas	TX	$39,545	84%	40%	$96,897	2,270
66	Chamberlain University-Georgia	GA	$38,666	91%	50%	$96,897	1,940
67	Chamberlain University-New Jersey	NJ	$42,922	100%	60%	$96,897	1,226
68	Chamberlain University-Florida	FL	$37,672	91%	0%	$96,897	821
69	Chamberlain University-California	CA	$46,658	80%	—	$96,897	751
70	Chamberlain University-Arizona	AZ	$41,882	91%	40%	$96,897	693
71	Chamberlain University-Nevada	NV	$41,032	76%	25%	$96,897	652
72	Chamberlain University-Michigan	MI	—	86%	—	$96,897	629
73	Chamberlain University-Louisiana	LA	$36,976	100%	0%	$96,897	622
74	Chamberlain University-Virginia	VA	$44,710	90%	0%	$96,897	557
75	George Washington University	DC	$35,760	47%	83%	$96,691	11,182
76	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	$18,056	17%	94%	$96,468	17,597
77	Colgate University	NY	$29,409	14%	89%	$96,328	3,180
78	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	$18,832	31%	87%	$96,304	21,996
79	University of California-San Diego	CA	$14,794	27%	86%	$96,197	34,948
80	Kettering University	MI	$29,797	79%	74%	$96,136	1,205
81	University of Maryland Baltimore	MD	—	—	—	$96,035	958
82	Williams College	MA	$15,157	8.3%	95%	$95,954	2,076
83	Union College	NY	$28,128	44%	81%	$95,269	2,046
84	Amherst College	MA	$19,536	9.0%	93%	$95,161	1,911
85	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	$30,134	91%	63%	$94,995	3,747
86	University of San Francisco	CA	$30,496	62%	66%	$94,613	5,287
87	Emory University	GA	$16,754	11%	91%	$93,897	7,298
88	University of San Diego	CA	$29,539	52%	81%	$93,069	5,671
89	Manhattan University	NY	$25,074	79%	68%	$92,904	2,744
90	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	$14,362	16%	93%	$92,832	34,177
91	Fordham University	NY	$42,760	59%	81%	$92,809	10,512
92	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	$27,027	59%	63%	$92,761	2,654
93	Clarkson University	NY	$32,137	77%	72%	$92,494	2,196
94	University of Richmond	VA	$34,256	22%	87%	$92,362	2,980
95	Drexel University	PA	$37,529	79%	78%	$92,338	13,233
96	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	FL	$19,741	58%	31%	$92,069	9,139
97	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach	FL	$40,539	65%	68%	$92,069	7,860
98	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott	AZ	$38,102	77%	69%	$92,069	3,218
99	Washington University in St Louis	MO	$13,360	12%	93%	$91,497	7,857
100	New York University	NY	$35,737	9.2%	88%	$90,957	28,663