Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis ObispoCA$80,965—Bachelor's22
Iowa State UniversityIA$60,737—Master's22
Oklahoma State University-Main CampusOK$52,747$16,125Bachelor's50
Tarleton State UniversityTX$60,588—Master's46
Texas A&M University-College StationTX$54,017$19,500Bachelor's103
Texas Tech UniversityTX$50,248$20,500Bachelor's39
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleTN$52,060$19,500Bachelor's27
University of ArkansasAR$54,454$19,952Bachelor's20
University of IdahoID$45,263—Bachelor's16
University of KentuckyKY$42,612$22,000Bachelor's41
University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI$71,726$17,460Bachelor's55
University of WyomingWY$41,533—Bachelor's17

Credential levels differ: a certificate, associate's, bachelor's, master's or doctoral figure are not comparable with each other, so check the Credential column before comparing, and note that a college appears once per field, with one credential level's figure. Graduates measured is the number of graduates behind the median; small groups are less reliable.

Colleges are listed alphabetically to start; MajorPays does not rank colleges. Click a column heading to sort; shift-click more headings to sort by several columns as a group. Each figure is the median the U.S. Dept. of Education College Scorecard reports for that college’s graduates in this field, 4 years after graduation. It describes a group of graduates, not any one person, and says nothing about how much the college added to its graduates’ earnings. Colleges that do not report a figure for this field are not listed: the Department of Education withholds earnings for programs with few graduates, so a college may offer a major and still be missing here.