Best Colleges in the Mid-Atlantic

Best Colleges in the Mid-Atlantic, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Region: Census Middle Atlantic division. Included states / district: NJ NY PA. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. “Best” on this page means highest reported earnings, not an overall quality score. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 206 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 2University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 3Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 4Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 5Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 6Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 7Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 8Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 9Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 10SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 11Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 12Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 13Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 14Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 15Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 16Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 17Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York79%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 18Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 19Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 20Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 21New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 22New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 23Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 24Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 25Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 26Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 27Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 28University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 29Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 30Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 31Molloy UniversityRockville Centre, New York82%1187$24k$78k70%3,1624 mi 32Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 33Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 34Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania28%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 35Siena UniversityLoudonville, New York69%1254$34k$76k75%3,40998 mi 36CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 37Immaculata UniversityImmaculata, Pennsylvania86%1260$24k$76k71%1,32016 mi 38Adelphi UniversityGarden City, New York66%1219$31k$75k67%5,2766 mi 39Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania29%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 40Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania84%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 41University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania81%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 42Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 43Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 44Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 45Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 46Wagner CollegeStaten Island, New York88%1243$28k$74k65%1,6511 mi 47Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania92%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 48Iona UniversityNew Rochelle, New York87%1217$29k$74k56%2,9512 mi 49The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 50Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania39%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 51Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York19%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 52Yeshiva UniversityNew York, New York56%1426$50k$71k83%2,852< 1 mi 53Widener UniversityChester, Pennsylvania71%1180$26k$71k68%2,9511 mi 54University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 55Pace UniversityNew York, New York76%1266$31k$70k60%7,665< 1 mi 56Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania42%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 57Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey73%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 58New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York81%1311$22k$70k59%3,4402 mi 59Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York63%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 60St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York83%1244$30k$70k66%9,4774 mi 61Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York21%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 62Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey———$69k—6,70720 mi 63Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania72%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 64Hofstra UniversityHempstead, New York68%1319$34k$69k69%6,4886 mi 65Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York64%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 66Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey89%1223$31k$68k72%3,6841 mi 67University at AlbanyAlbany, New York69%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 68Washington & Jefferson CollegeWashington, Pennsylvania81%—$25k$68k70%1,295120 mi 69Mount Saint Mary CollegeNewburgh, New York89%1150$26k$68k65%1,14814 mi 70Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 71La Salle UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania97%—$19k$67k57%1,9535 mi 72SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York66%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 73St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York54%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 74Gwynedd Mercy UniversityGwynedd Valley, Pennsylvania90%1090$27k$67k57%1,06716 mi 75St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York66%1214$29k$67k74%2,56510 mi 76D'Youville UniversityBuffalo, New York81%1130$20k$67k67%1,258< 1 mi 77University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 78University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania95%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 79University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania95%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 80CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 81CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York68%——$66k—3,2541 mi 82University of Mount Saint VincentBronx, New York85%1090$22k$66k57%2,692< 1 mi 83SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York81%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 84Misericordia UniversityDallas, Pennsylvania71%—$37k$64k72%1,672103 mi 85St. Joseph's University-New YorkBrooklyn, New York72%1190$19k$64k69%3,1441 mi 86Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 87Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey68%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 88Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York69%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 89Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania91%1136$28k$63k63%1,98596 mi 90Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 91Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania91%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 92Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania98%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi 93Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania97%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi 94Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania97%1181$18k$63k20%2,8778 mi 95Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania98%1187$22k$63k17%2,367130 mi 96Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania99%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.