Colleges, in alphabetical order

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InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
Arizona State University Campus ImmersionAZ$47,331$18,750Bachelor's24
Ball State UniversityIN$44,208—Bachelor's18
CUNY Hunter CollegeNY$53,509—Bachelor's21
Florida State UniversityFL$44,502$17,100Bachelor's16
Indiana University-BloomingtonIN$50,989$24,093Bachelor's24
Michigan State UniversityMI$52,496$20,620Bachelor's17
North Central CollegeIL$57,424—Bachelor's16
Ohio State University-Main CampusOH$46,527$22,500Bachelor's54
Portland State UniversityOR$39,563$25,500Bachelor's18
Rowan UniversityNJ$52,195—Bachelor's20
San Francisco State UniversityCA$61,603$14,108Bachelor's40
The University of Texas at AustinTX$38,455$20,750Bachelor's25
University of California-DavisCA$60,939$15,375Bachelor's44
University of California-Los AngelesCA$55,898$13,900Bachelor's37
University of Hawaii at ManoaHI$46,563$18,076Bachelor's55
University of Maryland-College ParkMD$58,063—Bachelor's16
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMN$42,569$18,463Bachelor's45
University of North Carolina at CharlotteNC$44,878$28,313Bachelor's20
University of OregonOR$53,064$21,201Bachelor's23
University of Puget SoundWA$53,792$27,000Bachelor's24
University of Rhode IslandRI$77,224$19,845Bachelor's28
University of Southern CaliforniaCA$64,421—Bachelor's16
University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA$51,826—Bachelor's21
Western Kentucky UniversityKY$43,210—Bachelor's16

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.