Highest-Earning Graduates (2026)

Colleges ranked by median earnings of graduates 10 years after enrollment. Data from the U.S. Department of Education — these are real outcomes, not projections.

Showing top 50 of 755 qualifying colleges

755

Qualifying Colleges

$30,446

Avg Net Price

27%

Avg Acceptance Rate

$100,824

Avg Graduate Earnings

Top 6 — Highest-Earning Graduates (2026)

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.9

Privatemedium

5% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$60,156

Net Price

$19,813

Graduation Rate

96%

Median Earnings

$143,372

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Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia, PA

Private

Out-of-State Tuition

N/A

Net Price

N/A

Graduation Rate

N/A

Median Earnings

$138,767

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MCPHS University

Boston, MA

3.9

Privatemedium

85%

85% Acceptance

Open Admissions

Out-of-State Tuition

$38,850

Net Price

$35,084

Graduation Rate

62%

Median Earnings

$125,557

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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

4.9

Privatemedium

4% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$62,484

Net Price

$12,136

Graduation Rate

94%

Median Earnings

$124,080

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Bentley University

Waltham, MA

4.5

Privatemedium

48%

48% Acceptance

Moderately Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$58,150

Net Price

$38,787

Graduation Rate

88%

Median Earnings

$120,959

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Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

4.7

Privatemedium

11%

11% Acceptance

Highly Selective

Out-of-State Tuition

$63,829

Net Price

$31,671

Graduation Rate

92%

Median Earnings

$114,862

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Full Rankings — Top 50

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private

$143,372

Median Earnings (10yr)

Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$138,767

Median Earnings (10yr)

MCPHS University

Boston, MA · Private

$125,557

Median Earnings (10yr)

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

$124,080

Median Earnings (10yr)

Bentley University

Waltham, MA · Private

$120,959

Median Earnings (10yr)

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

$114,862

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$111,371

Median Earnings (10yr)

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ · Private

$110,066

Median Earnings (10yr)

Santa Clara University

Santa Clara, CA · Private

$109,183

Median Earnings (10yr)

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · Private

$108,772

Median Earnings (10yr)

Lehigh University

Bethlehem, PA · Private

$105,584

Median Earnings (10yr)

Touro University California

Vallejo, CA · Private

$104,805

Median Earnings (10yr)

Weill Medical College of Cornell University

New York, NY · Private

$104,043

Median Earnings (10yr)

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$104,043

Median Earnings (10yr)

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private

$103,937

Median Earnings (10yr)

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

$103,494

Median Earnings (10yr)

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · Private

$103,470

Median Earnings (10yr)

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA · Public

$102,772

Median Earnings (10yr)

West Coast University-Center for Graduate Studies

Los Angeles, CA

$102,672

Median Earnings (10yr)

West Coast University-Orange County

Anaheim, CA

$102,672

Median Earnings (10yr)

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

$102,491

Median Earnings (10yr)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

$102,051

Median Earnings (10yr)

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

$101,817

Median Earnings (10yr)

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

$100,533

Median Earnings (10yr)

Villanova University

Villanova, PA · Private

$100,423

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

$99,980

Median Earnings (10yr)

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

$97,800

Median Earnings (10yr)

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

$97,434

Median Earnings (10yr)

Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO · Public

$97,335

Median Earnings (10yr)

Bucknell University

Lewisburg, PA · Private

$93,807

Median Earnings (10yr)

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

$93,487

Median Earnings (10yr)

Northeastern University

Boston, MA · Private

$92,538

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$92,498

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$92,446

Median Earnings (10yr)

Chamberlain University-Illinois

Addison, IL

$92,405

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

$91,885

Median Earnings (10yr)

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

$91,565

Median Earnings (10yr)

George Washington University

Washington, DC · Private

$90,873

Median Earnings (10yr)

California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo

San Luis Obispo, CA · Public

$90,768

Median Earnings (10yr)

College of the Holy Cross

Worcester, MA · Private

$90,543

Median Earnings (10yr)

Bryant University

Smithfield, RI · Private

$90,008

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · Private

$89,812

Median Earnings (10yr)

Rice University

Houston, TX · Private

$89,718

Median Earnings (10yr)

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

$89,363

Median Earnings (10yr)

Fairfield University

Fairfield, CT · Private

$88,794

Median Earnings (10yr)

Case Western Reserve University

Cleveland, OH · Private

$87,989

Median Earnings (10yr)

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD · Private

$87,555

Median Earnings (10yr)

Providence College

Providence, RI · Private

$87,054

Median Earnings (10yr)

Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$86,881

Median Earnings (10yr)

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

$86,863

Median Earnings (10yr)

Rankings are based on data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Rankings do not reflect editorial opinion and are generated algorithmically based on publicly available outcomes data.

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