Colleges, in alphabetical order
| Institution | State | Median earnings (4 yrs out) | Median debt | Credential | Graduates measured |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carnegie Mellon University | PA | $162,106 | — | Bachelor's | 16 |
| Occidental College | CA | $78,782 | — | Bachelor's | 16 |
| Rice University | TX | $66,913 | $13,000 | Bachelor's | 18 |
| Stanford University | CA | $131,650 | $8,055 | Bachelor's | 22 |
| State University of New York at Oswego | NY | $76,118 | — | Bachelor's | 16 |
| The University of Texas at Dallas | TX | $71,364 | — | Master's | 49 |
| Tufts University | MA | $130,801 | $18,000 | Bachelor's | 22 |
| University of California-Berkeley | CA | $120,193 | $13,950 | Bachelor's | 232 |
| University of California-Davis | CA | $68,463 | $15,000 | Bachelor's | 62 |
| University of California-Los Angeles | CA | $102,066 | $13,000 | Bachelor's | 45 |
| University of California-Merced | CA | $51,147 | $21,000 | Bachelor's | 63 |
| University of California-San Diego | CA | $81,160 | $17,481 | Bachelor's | 332 |
| University of California-Santa Cruz | CA | $72,125 | $19,500 | Bachelor's | 90 |
| University of Delaware | DE | $66,716 | $26,000 | Bachelor's | 105 |
| University of Georgia | GA | $69,169 | $15,750 | Bachelor's | 16 |
| University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | $79,016 | $22,500 | Bachelor's | 46 |
| University of Pennsylvania | PA | $109,784 | $18,660 | Bachelor's | 35 |
| University of Southern California | CA | $93,440 | $19,669 | Bachelor's | 27 |
| University of Virginia-Main Campus | VA | $83,554 | $16,162 | Bachelor's | 50 |
| Washington University in St Louis | MO | $67,212 | $17,500 | Bachelor's | 21 |
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.