Bachelor's Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Biological and Physical Sciences Programs with the Highest First-Year Earnings, ranked by median first-year earnings. College Scorecard field-of-study data for this credential only. Earnings are measured after completion among federally aided completers working and not enrolled. Suppressed values are excluded. Debt and earnings can describe different cohorts. Only Biological and Physical Sciences programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 35 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$75,41811%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi2Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, New Jersey$69,480———$69k—6,70720 mi3Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington$46,28887%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi4Grand Valley State UniversityAllendale, Michigan$44,52583%1074$16k$56k67%18,85417 mi5Indiana University-KokomoKokomo, Indiana$41,56186%1065$4k$50k46%2,35296 mi6Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York$39,29652%1380$35k$47k68%2,41449 mi7University of OregonEugene, Oregon$38,28588%1272$22k$61k72%20,49752 mi8Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon$37,41991%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi9Virginia Commonwealth UniversityRichmond, Virginia$36,70993%1137$23k$58k63%20,75318 mi10CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York$36,36254%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi11University of Houston-DowntownHouston, Texas$35,95290%1029$11k$54k33%12,55518 mi12Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$35,63961%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi13Pennsylvania State University-World CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania$35,63991%1248$20k$63k34%7,877124 mi14Pennsylvania State University-Penn State HarrisburgMiddletown, Pennsylvania$35,63998%1227$23k$63k26%4,03157 mi15Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend CollegeErie, Pennsylvania$35,63997%1228$25k$63k44%3,2404 mi16Pennsylvania State University-Penn State AbingtonAbington, Pennsylvania$35,63997%1181$18k$63k20%2,8778 mi17Pennsylvania State University-Penn State BerksReading, Pennsylvania$35,63999%1174$24k$63k32%1,87247 mi18Pennsylvania State University-Penn State ScrantonDunmore, Pennsylvania$35,63999%1190$18k$63k39%79386 mi19Pennsylvania State University-Penn State YorkYork, Pennsylvania$35,63997%1140$19k$63k16%66841 mi20Whitworth UniversitySpokane, Washington$34,70390%1220$27k$59k71%1,858222 mi21University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$34,38058%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi22University of Pittsburgh-JohnstownJohnstown, Pennsylvania$34,38095%1105$18k$66k56%1,808133 mi23University of Pittsburgh-GreensburgGreensburg, Pennsylvania$34,38095%1160$18k$66k40%1,305128 mi24New College of FloridaSarasota, Florida$32,85873%1150$7k$48k67%8431 mi25University of Alaska AnchorageAnchorage, Alaska$32,699——$15k$52k30%7,2124 mi26Shawnee State UniversityPortsmouth, Ohio$31,151——$14k$40k48%2,247186 mi27Middle Tennessee State UniversityMurfreesboro, Tennessee$31,12569%1121$13k$49k54%16,301364 mi28Pennsylvania Western UniversityCalifornia, Pennsylvania$31,08094%1063$18k$47k52%7,451136 mi29Fordham UniversityBronx, New York$29,95859%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi30Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan CampusTeaneck, New Jersey$28,44691%—$15k$57k53%2,6275 mi31The Evergreen State CollegeOlympia, Washington$27,55596%1216$24k$45k41%2,1601 mi32The University of MontanaMissoula, Montana$25,95096%1190$17k$45k48%7,488392 mi33University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia$25,50838%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi34Indiana University of PennsylvaniaIndiana, Pennsylvania$25,31191%1082$17k$51k56%6,764116 mi35Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$22,63113%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard field-of-study data. Program-level earnings describe completers; institution-wide earnings describe former students and can include non-completers. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.