Bachelor's Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings

Bachelor's Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities Programs with the Highest Five-Year Earnings, ranked by median five-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 Liberal Arts and Sciences, General Studies and Humanities programs at the stated credential level are included; no institution-wide earnings are substituted. This page lists all 436 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

1Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$119,18813%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 2Bentley UniversityWaltham, Massachusetts$103,18745%1352$38k$121k87%4,4749 mi 3Roosevelt UniversityChicago, Illinois$88,99597%1011$20k$49k35%2,8491 mi 4University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$87,62011%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 5Brigham Young UniversityProvo, Utah$86,93968%1376$16k$76k81%32,952547 mi 6DePaul UniversityChicago, Illinois$86,01576%1262$31k$69k68%14,0901 mi 7Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$75,37827%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 8Southern Methodist UniversityDallas, Texas$74,50963%1428$41k$78k84%7,277237 mi 9Purdue University-Main CampusWest Lafayette, Indiana$73,42250%1364$15k$72k83%44,50385 mi 10Belmont UniversityNashville, Tennessee$73,15695%1280$33k$56k71%7,137380 mi 11Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$70,90589%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 12Metropolitan State UniversitySaint Paul, Minnesota$70,01899%1020$17k$65k44%5,616131 mi 13Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$68,11979%1345$39k$85k78%13,2333 mi 14Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$68,04816%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 15New York UniversityNew York, New York$68,0089%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 16College of Staten Island CUNYStaten Island, New York$67,33492%1040$6k$54k34%9,6572 mi 17Saginaw Valley State UniversityUniversity Center, Michigan$67,14872%1052$11k$52k48%5,98912 mi 18Purdue University GlobalWest Lafayette, Indiana$66,863——$8k$37k50%30,82883 mi 19Chapman UniversityOrange, California$66,79665%1357$47k$70k82%7,47813 mi 20Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey$65,80779%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 21The University of Texas at AustinAustin, Texas$65,56727%1395$20k$75k89%42,855126 mi 22Providence CollegeProvidence, Rhode Island$65,37551%1346$49k$87k86%4,2293 mi 23Seattle UniversitySeattle, Washington$64,87577%1307$35k$75k76%4,0621 mi 24Excelsior UniversityAlbany, New York$64,828———$78k—11,55096 mi 25Nelson UniversityWaxahachie, Texas$64,70289%980$22k$46k42%1,479212 mi 26William Jewell CollegeLiberty, Missouri$64,66338%1095$18k$59k68%924399 mi 27Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey$64,65973%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 28California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoSan Luis Obispo, California$64,39031%—$17k$91k86%21,9969 mi 29University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$64,04010%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 30Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California$63,47087%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 31Wayne State UniversityDetroit, Michigan$63,19281%1156$13k$53k58%15,5874 mi 32Arizona State University Campus ImmersionTempe, Arizona$62,84390%—$15k$63k68%64,674166 mi 33Arizona State University Digital ImmersionScottsdale, Arizona$62,84367%——$63k0%53,782169 mi 34University of Wisconsin-MilwaukeeMilwaukee, Wisconsin$62,36891%1090$15k$55k49%16,758< 1 mi 35Wayland Baptist UniversityPlainview, Texas$62,25556%—$21k$52k19%2,041481 mi 36Southern New Hampshire UniversityManchester, New Hampshire$61,845100%—$37k$50k43%163,16433 mi 37Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California$61,71045%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 38University of California-RiversideRiverside, California$61,69076%—$14k$68k76%22,59340 mi 39Oakland UniversityRochester Hills, Michigan$61,56388%1120$9k$59k58%12,35126 mi 40Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio$61,53586%1217$33k$65k69%4,207176 mi 41San Francisco State UniversitySan Francisco, California$61,52696%—$12k$68k50%18,6392 mi 42Fordham UniversityBronx, New York$61,01159%1418$44k$86k82%10,5122 mi 43Sacred Heart UniversityFairfield, Connecticut$60,91165%—$46k$75k73%7,0874 mi 44University of Wisconsin-OshkoshOshkosh, Wisconsin$60,61987%1090$14k$56k46%6,87742 mi 45Charter Oak State CollegeNew Britain, Connecticut$60,492——$16k$64k67%1,82126 mi 46University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana$60,43767%—$22k$54k56%3,005144 mi 47Misericordia UniversityDallas, Pennsylvania$60,12171%—$37k$64k72%1,672103 mi 48Tennessee State UniversityNashville, Tennessee$60,05470%1000$16k$43k34%4,848378 mi 49Pepperdine UniversityMalibu, California$59,81563%1384$58k$83k83%3,5531 mi 50Neumann UniversityAston, Pennsylvania$59,74681%—$28k$58k54%1,5334 mi 51University of Central ArkansasConway, Arkansas$59,51189%1118$17k$46k54%7,762349 mi 52University of IowaIowa City, Iowa$59,49184%1200$23k$65k75%22,264195 mi 53Azusa Pacific UniversityAzusa, California$59,33588%1195$22k$67k62%2,75930 mi 54George Mason UniversityFairfax, Virginia$59,12487%1274$18k$76k68%27,75212 mi 55University of Massachusetts GlobalAliso Viejo, California$59,101——$33k$66k43%4,4915 mi 56California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California$59,02576%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 57California State University-East BayHayward, California$58,97097%—$9k$71k48%9,8096 mi 58Sonoma State UniversityRohnert Park, California$58,91393%—$13k$66k58%5,16616 mi 59California State University-StanislausTurlock, California$58,88398%—$6k$63k53%8,38546 mi 60Weber State UniversityOgden, Utah$58,770——$10k$56k46%16,360551 mi 61Marymount UniversityArlington, Virginia$58,62893%—$29k$68k54%1,8103 mi 62California State University-BakersfieldBakersfield, California$58,62294%—$6k$59k50%8,57770 mi 63Montana State University BillingsBillings, Montana$58,448——$17k$44k30%2,626662 mi 64University of North DakotaGrand Forks, North Dakota$58,42877%—$19k$64k60%9,981245 mi 65San Diego State UniversitySan Diego, California$58,20236%—$15k$65k76%35,3777 mi 66Oklahoma City UniversityOklahoma City, Oklahoma$58,10377%1177$23k$55k65%1,514423 mi 67University of ConnecticutStorrs, Connecticut$57,79352%1348$25k$74k83%19,83531 mi 68University of Connecticut-StamfordStamford, Connecticut$57,79383%1094$17k$74k57%2,4322 mi 69University of Connecticut-Hartford CampusHartford, Connecticut$57,79388%1073$16k$74k65%1,52531 mi 70University of Connecticut-Waterbury CampusWaterbury, Connecticut$57,79387%1060$11k$74k53%73319 mi 71University of Connecticut-Avery PointGroton, Connecticut$57,79388%1090$14k$74k62%4541 mi 72Texas State UniversitySan Marcos, Texas$57,78589%1103$17k$57k55%36,177112 mi 73University of Akron Main CampusAkron, Ohio$57,60560%1081$14k$47k52%9,05232 mi 74Champlain CollegeBurlington, Vermont$57,43783%1312$36k$58k65%2,75266 mi 75University of BridgeportBridgeport, Connecticut$57,39583%—$28k$50k41%1,534< 1 mi 76Drew UniversityMadison, New Jersey$57,34668%1227$24k$64k70%1,53314 mi 77King UniversityBristol, Tennessee$57,168100%—$22k$60k48%908272 mi 78University of KansasLawrence, Kansas$57,04593%1190$18k$62k69%21,217448 mi 79University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio$56,98178%1088$23k$53k59%1,99552 mi 80University of ScrantonScranton, Pennsylvania$56,97081%1237$33k$75k80%3,55487 mi 81California State University-NorthridgeNorthridge, California$56,78193%—$7k$59k57%32,69114 mi 82Oklahoma State University-Main CampusStillwater, Oklahoma$56,67075%1150$17k$57k68%21,773456 mi 83Texas Woman's UniversityDenton, Texas$56,60396%—$12k$57k49%8,767270 mi 84University of Mary Hardin-BaylorBelton, Texas$56,57996%1099$26k$56k49%2,759169 mi 85CUNY John Jay College of Criminal JusticeNew York, New York$56,31357%1080$3k$56k56%11,590< 1 mi 86University of Mary WashingtonFredericksburg, Virginia$56,27480%1272$21k$61k66%3,5668 mi 87Stockton UniversityGalloway, New Jersey$56,14289%1139$21k$58k69%7,5375 mi 88University of Nevada-RenoReno, Nevada$55,99774%1132$16k$61k61%15,599137 mi 89The University of Texas at ArlingtonArlington, Texas$55,90180%1124$14k$63k54%32,294239 mi 90Blackburn CollegeCarlinville, Illinois$55,86563%—$18k$47k57%471208 mi 91California State University-SacramentoSacramento, California$55,82394%—$9k$65k56%28,35032 mi 92San Jose State UniversitySan Jose, California$55,76485%—$14k$79k69%27,60112 mi 93University of Oklahoma-Norman CampusNorman, Oklahoma$55,64177%1246$15k$63k75%22,734402 mi 94William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, New Jersey$55,63490%—$19k$58k44%6,61414 mi 95California Baptist UniversityRiverside, California$55,62685%—$26k$62k62%8,17934 mi 96Ramapo College of New JerseyMahwah, New Jersey$55,42371%1211$18k$68k70%4,89813 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.