Colleges with Average Net Price at or Below $15,000 with the Highest Former-Student Earnings

Colleges with Average Net Price at or Below $15,000 with the Highest Former-Student Earnings, ranked by median 10-year earnings. Median earnings of federally aided former students who are working and not enrolled, 10 years after entry; includes students who did not graduate. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 311 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 2Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 3Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 4University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 5University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 6Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 7University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 8University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 9Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 10University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 11University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 12University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 13University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 14San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 15University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 16University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 17University of Washington-Tacoma CampusTacoma, Washington83%—$10k$78k63%4,1851 mi 18Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 mi 19CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 20Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana50%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 21University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 22California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 23University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 24California State University-East BayHayward, California97%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 25Farmingdale State CollegeFarmingdale, New York63%1147$11k$70k53%9,5527 mi 26Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 27University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 28University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 29San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 30University of California-RiversideRiverside, California76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 31CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 32Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California93%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 33California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 34California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 35University of California-MercedMerced, California91%—$12k$64k69%8,37271 mi 36SUNY Polytechnic InstituteUtica, New York81%1201$14k$64k55%1,84957 mi 37University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado75%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 38California State University-ChicoChico, California93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 39University of St FrancisJoliet, Illinois65%1141$13k$64k67%1,22332 mi 40The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas80%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 41California State University-StanislausTurlock, California98%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 42CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 43California State University-FullertonFullerton, California91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 44California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 45CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 46Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 47University of HoustonHouston, Texas74%1250$14k$62k65%38,38017 mi 48Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania71%1060$13k$62k61%2,4644 mi 49California State University-Channel IslandsCamarillo, California95%—$10k$62k51%5,0135 mi 50Florida State UniversityTallahassee, Florida24%1361$11k$62k86%32,21224 mi 51University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma62%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi 52University of BaltimoreBaltimore, Maryland79%940$14k$61k38%1,1333 mi 53California State University-FresnoFresno, California95%—$7k$61k57%21,605112 mi 54CUNY Brooklyn CollegeBrooklyn, New York58%1140$3k$61k54%10,5433 mi 55Worcester State UniversityWorcester, Massachusetts88%1150$13k$61k61%3,93039 mi 56Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois90%1002$12k$60k55%2,5619 mi 57Florida International UniversityMiami, Florida55%1163$9k$60k74%39,5088 mi 58California State University-San BernardinoSan Bernardino, California94%—$5k$60k55%15,02352 mi 59University of Michigan-DearbornDearborn, Michigan56%1115$9k$60k58%5,9526 mi 60University of Missouri-Kansas CityKansas City, Missouri72%1204$13k$60k55%6,817415 mi 61California State University-Monterey BaySeaside, California97%—$14k$59k59%6,8192 mi 62California State University-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California91%—$4k$59k53%19,56218 mi 63California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California93%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 64California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California94%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 65Fresno Pacific UniversityFresno, California64%—$14k$59k50%1,544110 mi 66Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan81%—$14k$59k62%1,30074 mi 67Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois84%—$11k$59k57%3,0969 mi 68Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan88%1120$9k$59k58%12,35126 mi 69SUNY Old WestburyOld Westbury, New York84%—$11k$59k45%4,1624 mi 70University of Central FloridaOrlando, Florida40%1269$10k$58k78%59,14623 mi 71Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, Minnesota93%—$12k$58k66%1,073180 mi 72Governors State UniversityUniversity Park, Illinois48%—$12k$58k22%2,55621 mi 73University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, Minnesota88%—$12k$58k50%1,729222 mi 74CUNY Lehman CollegeBronx, New York57%970$3k$58k51%10,6961 mi 75Portland State UniversityPortland, Oregon91%—$10k$58k53%13,18251 mi 76Eastern Washington UniversityCheney, Washington91%—$14k$58k43%6,222217 mi 77Saint Peter's UniversityJersey City, New Jersey90%—$12k$58k58%2,1352 mi 78Northern Illinois UniversityDekalb, Illinois70%—$13k$58k49%11,30153 mi 79University of South FloridaTampa, Florida43%1227$10k$58k77%37,2079 mi 80Kean UniversityUnion, New Jersey76%1040$12k$57k47%11,4333 mi 81California State University-Dominguez HillsCarson, California93%—$9k$57k43%12,5387 mi 82The University of Texas at San AntonioSan Antonio, Texas87%1105$11k$57k53%30,580132 mi 83University of Illinois SpringfieldSpringfield, Illinois86%1102$10k$57k53%2,263176 mi 84The University of Texas at TylerTyler, Texas94%1114$13k$57k54%7,440177 mi 85CUNY York CollegeJamaica, New York64%880$4k$57k32%4,3454 mi 86University of WyomingLaramie, Wyoming97%—$14k$57k59%7,944766 mi 87Florida Atlantic UniversityBoca Raton, Florida66%1127$9k$57k63%23,7572 mi 88Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas96%—$12k$57k49%8,767270 mi 89Southern Illinois University EdwardsvilleEdwardsville, Illinois98%1100$15k$56k57%8,750240 mi 90University of North FloridaJacksonville, Florida53%1153$10k$56k69%13,3597 mi 91Rhode Island CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island92%990$9k$56k48%5,0494 mi 92Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri84%1320$13k$56k69%2,513283 mi 93CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York57%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 94The University of Texas Permian BasinOdessa, Texas95%1033$13k$56k40%3,911400 mi 95Saint Cloud State UniversitySaint Cloud, Minnesota95%1092$14k$56k40%5,088129 mi 96Midwestern State UniversityWichita Falls, Texas94%—$12k$56k43%4,087350 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.