The Best Colleges For Salary Potential

 

SALARY POTENTIAL – ALL ALUMNI (1-25)

Rank School Name Type(s) Early Career Salary Mid-Career Salary % High Meaning % STEM Degrees
1 Harvey Mudd College Liberal Arts, Engineering $76,300 $137,800 55% 86%
2 United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis State School, Engineering, Sober School, For Sports Fans, Liberal Arts $81,700 $134,000 59% 54%
3 Stanford University Research Universities, For Sports Fans $65,800 $133,700 62% 28%
4 Washington and Lee University Liberal Arts $53,700 $133,500 48% 17%
5 Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art Engineering $61,100 $131,800 N/A 59%
6 Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Engineering, Research Universities $72,300 $131,700 58% 79%
7 United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point State School, Sober School, For Sports Fans, Liberal Arts $77,300 $131,100 57% 39%
8 SUNY – Maritime College State School, Business $62,100 $129,600 N/A 46%
9 California Institute of Technology (Caltech) Engineering, Research Universities $82,200 $126,200 60% 93%
10 Yale University Ivy League, Research Universities, For Sports Fans $62,400 $124,600 65% 21%
11 Harvard University Ivy League, Research Universities, For Sports Fans $59,600 $122,700 66% 28%
12 Colgate University Liberal Arts, For Sports Fans $54,000 $122,000 53% 15%
13 Babson College Business $61,500 $121,700 46% N/A
14 Tufts University Research Universities $53,800 $119,700 59% 23%
15 Rice University Research Universities, For Sports Fans $65,500 $119,300 53% 42%
16 University of California – Berkeley State School, For Sports Fans, Research Universities $60,200 $119,100 52% 31%
17 Princeton University Ivy League, Research Universities, For Sports Fans $62,600 $119,000 57% 32%
18 Brown University Ivy League, Research Universities, For Sports Fans $57,500 $117,400 63% 22%
18 Clarkson University – Potsdam, NY Engineering, Research Universities $63,000 $117,400 63% 72%
20 Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) Engineering, Research Universities $64,000 $117,000 53% 51%
21 Virginia Military Institute (VMI) State School, For Sports Fans, Liberal Arts $60,400 $116,000 76% 38%
22 University of Pennsylvania Ivy League, Research Universities, For Sports Fans $59,900 $115,900 53% 19%
22 Manhattan College For Sports Fans, Religious $57,000 $115,900 52% 24%
24 Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) Engineering $67,300 $115,700 57% 97%
25 Santa Clara University For Sports Fans, Religious $60,200 $114,900 46% 15%

 

Source: PayScale