Colleges, in alphabetical order

InstitutionStateMedian earnings (4 yrs out)Median debtCredentialGraduates measured
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusGA$114,772$24,879Bachelor's28
Missouri University of Science and TechnologyMO$89,929$23,354Bachelor's37
North Carolina State University at RaleighNC$100,212$23,250Bachelor's32
Oregon State UniversityOR$94,105$27,000Bachelor's32
Pennsylvania State University-Main CampusPA$94,365$24,799Bachelor's62
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteNY$87,239$19,500Bachelor's21
Texas A&M University-College StationTX$103,438$18,471Bachelor's65
The University of Tennessee-KnoxvilleTN$99,139$23,000Bachelor's31
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignIL$116,047$21,350Bachelor's29
University of Michigan-Ann ArborMI$94,330$22,000Bachelor's24
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh CampusPA$95,861$27,000Certificate46
University of Wisconsin-MadisonWI$102,449—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.