Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
George Washington UniversityDC$59,584—Master's81
Georgetown UniversityDC$62,965—Master's18
Harvard UniversityMA$49,683—Master's27
Indiana University-IndianapolisIN$47,477—Master's20
Johns Hopkins UniversityMD$61,632—Master's126
SUNY OneontaNY$50,499—Master's32
Syracuse UniversityNY$42,914—Master's19
Texas Tech UniversityTX$40,956—Master's17
Tufts UniversityMA$51,775—Master's18
University of IowaIA$40,294$21,295Certificate20
University of San FranciscoCA$68,582—Master's20
University of the ArtsPA$52,931—Master's24
University of Washington-Seattle CampusWA$55,996—Master's41
Western Illinois UniversityIL$43,387—Master's25

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.