Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
Alabama A & M UniversityAL$44,814$41,531Bachelor's21
Ball State UniversityIN$48,378—Bachelor's19
Berea CollegeKY$38,352—Bachelor's22
California State University-FresnoCA$41,734—Bachelor's24
California State University-Long BeachCA$50,361$12,906Bachelor's481
California State University-NorthridgeCA$55,327$17,000Bachelor's223
California State University-SacramentoCA$55,830$14,108Bachelor's261
Central Washington UniversityWA$75,999—Master's22
CUNY Queens CollegeNY$49,054$13,375Bachelor's36
Delta State UniversityMS$41,285$26,979Bachelor's33
Eastern Illinois UniversityIL$49,209$26,000Bachelor's141
Fort Valley State UniversityGA$38,345$44,653Bachelor's30
Illinois State UniversityIL$51,806$20,322Bachelor's25
Iowa State UniversityIA$51,531$23,250Bachelor's33
Jacksonville State UniversityAL$42,212$28,327Bachelor's46
Kansas State UniversityKS$49,593—Bachelor's17
Lamar UniversityTX$67,813—Master's16
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical CollegeLA$38,968—Bachelor's40
Minnesota State University-MankatoMN$52,041$25,125Bachelor's102
Montana State UniversityMT$52,702$25,000Bachelor's172
Montclair State UniversityNJ$52,511—Bachelor's111
Morgan State UniversityMD$49,198$31,000Bachelor's44
Nicholls State UniversityLA$40,241$31,125Bachelor's41
North Carolina A & T State UniversityNC$43,937$27,791Bachelor's41
North Carolina Central UniversityNC$46,136$31,976Bachelor's120
Northeastern State UniversityOK$40,275—Bachelor's30
Northwestern State University of LouisianaLA$42,434$43,158Bachelor's36
Pittsburg State UniversityKS$34,318$25,000Bachelor's30
Prairie View A & M UniversityTX$56,507—Master's29
Sam Houston State UniversityTX$49,840$26,000Bachelor's27
San Francisco State UniversityCA$58,530$17,212Bachelor's67
South Carolina State UniversitySC$40,050$34,625Bachelor's40
Southeast Missouri State UniversityMO$41,619$25,000Bachelor's88
Southeastern Louisiana UniversityLA$38,514$25,401Bachelor's66
Southern University and A & M CollegeLA$48,596$39,100Bachelor's30
Southern University Law CenterLA$48,596$39,100Bachelor's30
Southern Utah UniversityUT$36,654$14,292Bachelor's30
Stephen F Austin State UniversityTX$44,600$27,500Bachelor's142
SUNY OneontaNY$60,550—Bachelor's197
Tennessee Technological UniversityTN$39,565$20,975Bachelor's90
Texas Tech UniversityTX$56,117$26,690Bachelor's182
The University of AlabamaAL$57,205$25,125Bachelor's145
The University of Tennessee-MartinTN$39,914$27,000Bachelor's30
University of Arkansas at Pine BluffAR$41,327$27,845Bachelor's33
University of Central ArkansasAR$42,493$31,000Bachelor's72
University of KentuckyKY$47,296$27,250Bachelor's49
University of Maryland Eastern ShoreMD$43,492$28,000Bachelor's45
University of MontevalloAL$42,038—Bachelor's26
University of New Mexico-Main CampusNM$46,421$20,000Bachelor's31
University of North AlabamaAL$42,733$27,143Bachelor's25
University of WyomingWY$47,250$26,000Bachelor's23
Western Illinois UniversityIL$54,059—Bachelor's29

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.