Best Public Universities on the East Coast

Best Public Universities on the East Coast, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Region: Atlantic coastal states. Included states / district: CT DE FL GA ME MD MA NH NJ NY NC RI SC VA. 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 164 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 2SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 3University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 4New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 5University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 6Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 7Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 8Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 9Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 10George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 11CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 12Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 13Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 14Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 15Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 16University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 17University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut83%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 18University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut88%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 19William & MaryWilliamsburg, Virginia34%1473$19k$73k89%7,0553 mi 20The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 21University of DelawareNewark, Delaware71%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 22University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 23Citadel Military College of South CarolinaCharleston, South Carolina23%1208$21k$72k75%2,705< 1 mi 24University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 25University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 26Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 27University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 28University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland72%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 29James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 30Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York63%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 31University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island72%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 32Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey———$69k—6,70720 mi 33University of Massachusetts-DartmouthNorth Dartmouth, Massachusetts91%1182$21k$69k52%5,2215 mi 34North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina42%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 35University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 36University at AlbanyAlbany, New York69%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 37Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 38SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York66%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 39University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 40CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 41CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York68%——$66k—3,2541 mi 42University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts84%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 43University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 44University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts83%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 45Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland82%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 46SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York81%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 47CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 48CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 49University of South Carolina-ColumbiaColumbia, South Carolina60%1297$23k$62k79%29,820101 mi 50Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 51Salisbury UniversitySalisbury, Maryland87%1252$18k$62k68%6,05713 mi 52Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey88%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 53University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland79%940$14k$61k38%1,1333 mi 54CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York58%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 55Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts88%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 56University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia80%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 57Christopher Newport UniversityNewport News, Virginia86%1180$23k$61k72%4,3651 mi 58SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York70%1230$19k$60k69%4,64395 mi 59Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 60State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York60%—$22k$60k68%5,90158 mi 61St. Mary's College of MarylandSt. Mary's City, Maryland69%1261$18k$60k70%1,603< 1 mi 62Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey78%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 63Western Connecticut State UniversityDanbury, Connecticut87%1110$18k$59k52%3,51120 mi 64Central Connecticut State UniversityNew Britain, Connecticut73%1080$17k$59k48%7,82228 mi 65SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York84%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 66University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 67Georgia College & State UniversityMilledgeville, Georgia78%1163$21k$58k64%5,947143 mi 68Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia93%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi 69State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York62%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 70CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York57%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 71William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey90%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 72University of South FloridaTampa, Florida43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 73Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey89%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 74State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York81%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 75Kennesaw State UniversityKennesaw, Georgia69%1113$15k$58k52%41,254239 mi 76Bridgewater State UniversityBridgewater, Massachusetts88%1180$16k$57k53%7,82913 mi 77Westfield State UniversityWestfield, Massachusetts81%—$17k$57k54%3,61557 mi 78Plymouth State UniversityPlymouth, New Hampshire88%—$19k$57k52%3,15365 mi 79University of North Carolina at CharlotteCharlotte, North Carolina80%1231$15k$57k69%24,453153 mi 80Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey76%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 81CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York64%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 82Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 83Salem State UniversitySalem, Massachusetts96%—$16k$57k50%4,291< 1 mi 84Eastern Connecticut State UniversityWillimantic, Connecticut83%1160$21k$56k58%3,41826 mi 85College of CharlestonCharleston, South Carolina60%1247$19k$56k66%10,558< 1 mi 86State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York78%1165$17k$56k59%3,76946 mi 87University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 88Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island92%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 89CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York57%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 90SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York63%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 91Frostburg State UniversityFrostburg, Maryland89%—$17k$55k50%2,909112 mi 92East Carolina UniversityGreenville, North Carolina89%1180$16k$55k63%19,89618 mi 93Southern Connecticut State UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut91%—$21k$55k50%6,2953 mi 94University of North Carolina WilmingtonWilmington, North Carolina64%1287$20k$55k71%14,9223 mi 95Old Dominion UniversityNorfolk, Virginia90%1197$15k$55k46%17,5141 mi 96Florida Gulf Coast UniversityFort Myers, Florida63%1114$13k$55k57%13,8745 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.