Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
Ashford UniversityCA$49,843$40,396Bachelor's26
Bethune-Cookman UniversityFL$51,623—Bachelor's16
Bowling Green State University-Main CampusOH$50,070$26,973Bachelor's26
Brenau UniversityGA$50,743—Master's21
California State University-SacramentoCA$60,868$21,000Bachelor's59
Capella UniversityMN$47,856—Master's38
Kansas State UniversityKS$60,172$25,000Bachelor's55
Northwood Technical CollegeWI$38,916$11,137Certificate29
Purdue University Fort WayneIN$51,839—Certificate20
University of Massachusetts-BostonMA$71,482—Master's25
University of Northern IowaIA$63,876—Bachelor's24
University of Southern CaliforniaCA$79,668—Master's72

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.