Test-Optional Colleges with the Highest Former-Student Earnings

Test-Optional Colleges 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 810 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health SciencesBoston, Massachusetts85%1269$40k$126k62%3,4513 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 9Stevens Institute of TechnologyHoboken, New Jersey48%1446$41k$109k87%4,222< 1 mi 10Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania26%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 11Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California10%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 12Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York9%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 13Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts16%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 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 16Rose-Hulman Institute of TechnologyTerre Haute, Indiana77%1427$43k$101k78%2,309148 mi 17Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut4%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 18Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania27%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 19University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana11%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 20Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina6%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 21Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire5%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 22Colorado School of MinesGolden, Colorado61%1412$29k$97k82%6,155737 mi 23SUNY Maritime CollegeThroggs Neck, New York72%1214$22k$96k64%1,285< 1 mi 24Kettering UniversityFlint, Michigan79%1251$35k$95k71%1,20541 mi 25Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia14%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 26Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania29%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 27Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island5%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 28Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts5%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 29University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California10%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 30Chamberlain University-IllinoisAddison, Illinois83%—$32k$92k42%14,02719 mi 31Chamberlain University-TexasHouston, Texas84%—$32k$92k25%2,27031 mi 32Chamberlain University-GeorgiaSandy Springs, Georgia91%—$33k$92k50%1,940223 mi 33Chamberlain University-New JerseyNorth Brunswick, New Jersey100%—$38k$92k33%1,2268 mi 34University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois4%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 35Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee6%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 36Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania31%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 37George Washington UniversityWashington, District of Columbia47%1433$37k$91k84%11,1821 mi 38Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut29%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 39College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts18%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 40Bryant UniversitySmithfield, Rhode Island65%1265$41k$90k80%3,19410 mi 41University of San FranciscoSan Francisco, California62%1295$41k$90k70%5,2872 mi 42Rice UniversityHouston, Texas8%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 43Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 44Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois8%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 45Fairfield UniversityFairfield, Connecticut33%1335$48k$89k84%5,3732 mi 46Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts8%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 47Union CollegeSchenectady, New York44%1395$35k$89k80%2,046104 mi 48Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio37%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 49Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland6%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 50Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island51%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 51Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 52University of Virginia-Main CampusCharlottesville, Virginia17%1480$22k$87k96%17,59767 mi 53Manhattan UniversityRiverdale, New York79%1270$27k$86k64%2,7441 mi 54Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri12%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 55Fordham UniversityBronx, New York59%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 56Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York14%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 57Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts14%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 58Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, California84%1290$35k$85k78%1,1141 mi 59Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania79%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 60New Jersey Institute of TechnologyNewark, New Jersey65%1337$17k$84k73%9,0194 mi 61Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-WorldwideDaytona Beach, Florida58%1148$19k$84k21%9,1394 mi 62Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, Florida65%1257$41k$84k67%7,8604 mi 63Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-PrescottPrescott, Arizona77%1250$40k$84k68%3,218222 mi 64Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 65University of Michigan-Ann ArborAnn Arbor, Michigan16%1465$13k$84k93%34,17730 mi 66Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts11%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 67Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts11%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 68Missouri University of Science and TechnologyRolla, Missouri73%1317$16k$83k64%5,521344 mi 69Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California63%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 70University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, Maryland45%1473$16k$83k89%30,7609 mi 71University of PortlandPortland, Oregon89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 72Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine7%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 73Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 74Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland75%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 75Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 76New York UniversityNew York, New York9%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 77Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityBlacksburg, Virginia55%1364$25k$82k86%30,923173 mi 78Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina13%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 79University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, Illinois42%1440$14k$81k85%36,258115 mi 80Ohio Northern UniversityAda, Ohio74%1252$24k$81k75%2,48962 mi 81Binghamton UniversityVestal, New York39%1415$22k$81k82%14,65594 mi 82Barnard CollegeNew York, New York9%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 83Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine7%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 84Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania7%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 85Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia11%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 86Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania12%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 87Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, New York46%1375$39k$79k84%15,47735 mi 88University of RochesterRochester, New York40%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 89Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 90University of Washington-Bothell CampusBothell, Washington91%—$12k$78k65%5,4579 mi 91University of the PacificStockton, California71%1346$25k$78k69%3,2047 mi 92Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York14%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 93Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas63%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 94Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 95Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 96Michigan Technological UniversityHoughton, Michigan92%1258$14k$78k68%5,9551 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.