Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
California State Polytechnic University-HumboldtCA$50,525—Bachelor's23
Lake Superior State UniversityMI$44,090$25,250Bachelor's40
Oregon State UniversityOR$48,077$33,518Bachelor's114
Purdue University-Main CampusIN$40,053$20,500Bachelor's47
Texas A&M University-College StationTX$47,918$24,114Bachelor's24
University of FloridaFL$67,836—Master's27
University of Minnesota-Twin CitiesMN$41,934$27,000Bachelor's56
University of Rhode IslandRI$48,348—Bachelor's16
University of Wisconsin-Stevens PointWI$52,424$21,399Bachelor's75

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.