Best Public Universities in the Mid-Atlantic

Best Public Universities 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 70 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 2New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 3Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 4CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 5Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 6Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 7Rutgers University-NewarkNewark, New Jersey71%—$20k$74k64%7,7094 mi 8Rutgers University-CamdenCamden, New Jersey66%1178$19k$74k67%3,753< 1 mi 9The College of New JerseyEwing, New Jersey62%1246$28k$73k86%7,10522 mi 10University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 11Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York63%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 12Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey———$69k—6,70720 mi 13University at AlbanyAlbany, New York69%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 14Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey71%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 mi 15SUNY College at GeneseoGeneseo, New York66%1286$18k$67k71%3,86934 mi 16University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 17University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania95%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi 18University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania95%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi 19CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 20CUNY Graduate School and University CenterNew York, New York68%——$66k—3,2541 mi 21SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York81%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 22Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 23Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 24Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania91%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi 25Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania98%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi 26Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania97%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi 27Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania97%1181$18k$63k20%2,8778 mi 28Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AltoonaAltoona, Pennsylvania98%1187$22k$63k17%2,367130 mi 29Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania99%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi 30Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BrandywineMedia, Pennsylvania98%1200$23k$63k26%1,2237 mi 31CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 32CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 33Montclair State UniversityMontclair, New Jersey88%1070$16k$61k65%18,37611 mi 34West Chester University of PennsylvaniaWest Chester, Pennsylvania78%1187$23k$61k71%14,16413 mi 35CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York58%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 36SUNY OneontaOneonta, New York70%1230$19k$60k69%4,64395 mi 37State University of New York at CortlandCortland, New York60%—$22k$60k68%5,90158 mi 38Rowan UniversityGlassboro, New Jersey78%1212$22k$60k67%15,84112 mi 39SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York84%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 40State University of New York at New PaltzNew Paltz, New York62%1265$19k$58k72%6,08631 mi 41CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York57%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 42William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey90%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 43Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey89%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 44State University of New York at OswegoOswego, New York81%1187$16k$58k60%5,4731 mi 45Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey76%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 46CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York64%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 47State University of New York at PlattsburghPlattsburgh, New York78%1165$17k$56k59%3,76946 mi 48Shippensburg University of PennsylvaniaShippensburg, Pennsylvania87%1120$24k$56k56%4,08673 mi 49CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York57%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 50East Stroudsburg University of PennsylvaniaEast Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania92%1084$18k$56k43%4,81456 mi 51SUNY College of Environmental Science and ForestrySyracuse, New York63%—$19k$56k66%1,83935 mi 52Millersville University of PennsylvaniaMillersville, Pennsylvania86%1110$21k$55k58%5,72834 mi 53SUNY BrockportBrockport, New York71%1193$16k$54k55%5,78411 mi 54SUNY at FredoniaFredonia, New York78%1250$16k$54k50%2,7553 mi 55Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, New York——$12k$54k41%7,585122 mi 56Kutztown University of PennsylvaniaKutztown, Pennsylvania91%1210$21k$54k54%6,18051 mi 57College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York92%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 58Slippery Rock University of PennsylvaniaSlippery Rock, Pennsylvania71%1095$20k$53k66%6,78868 mi 59New Jersey City UniversityJersey City, New Jersey98%—$16k$53k34%3,6811 mi 60Commonwealth University of PennsylvaniaBloomsburg, Pennsylvania93%1090$16k$52k54%9,21098 mi 61SUNY Buffalo State UniversityBuffalo, New York73%1070$11k$52k33%5,0971 mi 62Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania91%1082$17k$51k56%6,764116 mi 63CUNY New York City College of TechnologyBrooklyn, New York80%1010$5k$49k21%13,580< 1 mi 64SUNY College at PotsdamPotsdam, New York78%—$14k$48k45%1,82327 mi 65SUNY College of Technology at CantonCanton, New York92%—$15k$48k38%2,74131 mi 66Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania94%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi 67CUNY Medgar Evers CollegeBrooklyn, New York86%920$6k$46k20%3,2333 mi 68SUNY at Purchase CollegePurchase, New York74%1312$19k$45k63%3,1974 mi 69SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at CobleskillCobleskill, New York84%—$19k$45k42%1,90498 mi 70Lincoln UniversityLincoln University, Pennsylvania66%920$15k$43k44%1,53914 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.