Large Universities with the Highest Former-Student Earnings

Large Universities 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 10,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 214 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 2Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 3Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 4Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, Georgia14%1480$12k$103k94%18,785222 mi 5Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 6University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 7University of California-BerkeleyBerkeley, California11%—$13k$92k93%33,0682 mi 8Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, Illinois83%—$32k$92k42%14,02719 mi 9George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 10California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California31%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 11University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 12Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 13University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 14Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 15University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 16Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 17University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 18University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 19New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 20Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 21University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 22University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 23University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 24Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 25Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 26San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California85%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 27University of Washington-Seattle CampusSeattle, Washington39%—$14k$78k85%31,9423 mi 28Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 29George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia87%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 30CUNY Bernard M Baruch CollegeNew York, New York48%1280$3k$76k72%16,1541 mi 31Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah68%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 32University of MiamiCoral Gables, Florida19%1415$37k$75k84%12,9132 mi 33The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas27%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 34University of California-Santa BarbaraSanta Barbara, California33%—$16k$75k83%23,113< 1 mi 35Stony Brook UniversityStony Brook, New York49%1419$19k$75k76%18,1012 mi 36Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, New Jersey58%1410$24k$74k84%37,7519 mi 37University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut52%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 38University of Wisconsin-MadisonMadison, Wisconsin45%1427$17k$74k90%36,90276 mi 39University of DelawareNewark, Delaware71%1292$18k$73k81%19,0718 mi 40Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana50%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 41University of North Carolina at Chapel HillChapel Hill, North Carolina15%1439$12k$72k91%20,752115 mi 42Texas A&M University-College StationCollege Station, Texas57%1280$21k$72k84%59,61597 mi 43California State Polytechnic University-PomonaPomona, California75%—$12k$72k68%25,04227 mi 44University of Massachusetts-AmherstAmherst, Massachusetts60%1423$22k$72k83%23,67170 mi 45University of FloridaGainesville, Florida24%1403$7k$72k91%35,62942 mi 46Loyola University ChicagoChicago, Illinois82%1297$36k$72k73%11,737< 1 mi 47Clemson UniversityClemson, South Carolina38%1353$22k$72k87%23,300187 mi 48University at BuffaloBuffalo, New York74%1295$21k$71k75%20,1126 mi 49University of Maryland-Baltimore CountyBaltimore, Maryland72%1323$16k$70k70%10,7015 mi 50James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, Virginia72%1256$23k$70k80%20,88882 mi 51University of Rhode IslandKingston, Rhode Island72%1160$21k$70k73%13,3815 mi 52University of Colorado BoulderBoulder, Colorado78%1357$25k$70k74%31,939750 mi 53University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMinneapolis, Minnesota80%1362$17k$69k85%31,855134 mi 54Washington State UniversityPullman, Washington87%—$15k$69k61%21,099247 mi 55North Carolina State University at RaleighRaleigh, North Carolina42%1376$17k$69k85%27,37193 mi 56DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois76%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 57University of Illinois ChicagoChicago, Illinois77%1250$11k$69k62%22,1702 mi 58University of GeorgiaAthens, Georgia38%1397$14k$69k90%32,137175 mi 59Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, Texas44%1298$37k$68k86%11,026246 mi 60University of California-Santa CruzSanta Cruz, California66%—$18k$68k75%17,9403 mi 61The University of Texas at DallasRichardson, Texas65%1286$18k$68k76%21,751245 mi 62San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California96%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 63University at AlbanyAlbany, New York69%—$17k$68k61%12,56495 mi 64University of California-RiversideRiverside, California76%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 65National UniversitySan Diego, California——$23k$68k43%10,7948 mi 66Michigan State UniversityEast Lansing, Michigan85%1269$20k$67k81%40,92271 mi 67University of UtahSalt Lake City, Utah86%1257$16k$67k65%27,264547 mi 68University of New Hampshire-Main CampusDurham, New Hampshire88%1218$24k$66k76%11,26110 mi 69University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPittsburgh, Pennsylvania58%1370$30k$66k86%20,370110 mi 70CUNY City CollegeNew York, New York60%1260$4k$66k57%12,505< 1 mi 71University of Massachusetts-BostonBoston, Massachusetts84%1194$18k$66k49%11,512< 1 mi 72Baylor UniversityWaco, Texas51%1329$41k$66k80%14,785175 mi 73Auburn UniversityAuburn, Alabama46%1345$24k$65k82%26,816151 mi 74University of Maryland Global CampusAdelphi, Maryland——$22k$65k33%49,66410 mi 75San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California36%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 76California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California94%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 77University of Massachusetts-LowellLowell, Massachusetts83%1285$17k$65k65%11,43424 mi 78University of IowaIowa City, Iowa84%1200$23k$65k75%22,264195 mi 79California State University-Long BeachLong Beach, California46%—$10k$64k69%35,9243 mi 80Towson UniversityTowson, Maryland82%1095$17k$64k69%16,1369 mi 81University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical CampusDenver, Colorado75%1116$12k$64k46%10,519750 mi 82California State University-ChicoChico, California93%—$14k$64k63%13,631103 mi 83Oregon State UniversityCorvallis, Oregon77%1290$20k$64k70%30,74336 mi 84Indiana University-BloomingtonBloomington, Indiana78%1313$16k$64k80%37,806174 mi 85Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania80%—$28k$64k75%20,9702 mi 86Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusUniversity Park, Pennsylvania61%1337$33k$63k86%42,284124 mi 87University of Missouri-ColumbiaColumbia, Missouri78%1247$20k$63k75%23,929318 mi 88Iowa State UniversityAmes, Iowa89%1204$19k$63k75%25,367299 mi 89The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas80%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 90CUNY Hunter CollegeNew York, New York54%1280$3k$63k57%16,2891 mi 91University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma77%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 92Howard UniversityWashington, District of Columbia41%1213$51k$63k70%10,1083 mi 93California State University-FullertonFullerton, California91%—$7k$63k70%38,54616 mi 94California State University-San MarcosSan Marcos, California95%—$10k$63k55%14,87710 mi 95CUNY Queens CollegeQueens, New York64%1120$4k$63k53%12,5503 mi 96Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona90%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 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.