Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) with the Highest Former-Student Earnings

Residential Colleges (Dorm Capacity for at Least 50% of Undergraduates) 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 580 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts5%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 2Stanford UniversityStanford, California4%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 3Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts17%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 4Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts45%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 5Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania12%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 6University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania5%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 7Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey5%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 8Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, California48%1426$50k$109k88%6,5529 mi 9Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 10Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 11Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 12Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 13Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia13%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 14Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York4%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 15Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York63%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 16Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts4%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 17Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 18Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 19Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 20University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 21Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 22Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 23SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 24Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 25Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 26Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 27Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 28University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 29Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 30Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 31George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 32Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 33College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 34Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 35University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 36Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 37Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 38Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin59%—$22k$89k67%2,6541 mi 39Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 40Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 41Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 42Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 43Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 44Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 45University of San DiegoSan Diego, California52%—$30k$87k84%5,6713 mi 46Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York79%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 47Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 48Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 49University of California-San DiegoLa Jolla, California27%—$12k$85k86%34,9481 mi 50Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 51Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 52Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 53Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 54Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 55University of PortlandPortland, Oregon89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 56Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 57Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 58Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland75%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 59Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 60University of California-Los AngelesLos Angeles, California9%—$13k$83k93%33,4755 mi 61Massachusetts Maritime AcademyBuzzards Bay, Massachusetts95%—$22k$82k74%1,395< 1 mi 62Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 63Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio74%1252$24k$81k75%2,48962 mi 64University of California-DavisDavis, California42%—$15k$81k86%32,25327 mi 65University of California-IrvineIrvine, California29%—$14k$81k87%30,1974 mi 66Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 67Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 68Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 69Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 70Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 71Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 72Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 73University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 74Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 75Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 76Linfield UniversityMcMinnville, Oregon85%—$27k$79k70%1,62137 mi 77University of the PacificStockton, California71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 78Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 79Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 80Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 81Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 mi 82Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina22%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 83Marist UniversityPoughkeepsie, New York57%1295$42k$78k80%5,18228 mi 84Pomona CollegeClaremont, California7%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 85Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 86Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts9%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 87Scripps CollegeClaremont, California38%1492$36k$78k83%1,11334 mi 88Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 89American UniversityWashington, District of Columbia62%1381$42k$77k75%7,2663 mi 90Virginia Military InstituteLexington, Virginia71%1244$17k$77k76%1,527120 mi 91Butler UniversityIndianapolis, Indiana85%1274$36k$77k80%4,317135 mi 92Brandeis UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts41%1462$36k$77k86%3,61811 mi 93Saint Johns UniversityCollegeville, Minnesota91%1183$26k$77k75%1,395136 mi 94Rochester Institute of TechnologyRochester, New York67%1383$35k$77k70%13,21513 mi 95Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont11%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 96University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia22%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 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.