Rank |
School Name |
Early Career Pay |
Mid-Career Pay |
% High Meaning |
% STEM Degrees |
1 |
SUNY - Maritime College |
$69,700 |
$144,000 |
58% |
47% |
2 |
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) |
$78,300 |
$134,000 |
62% |
87% |
3 (tie) |
Harvey Mudd College |
$78,500 |
$131,000 |
68% |
91% |
3 (tie) |
Princeton University |
$65,700 |
$131,000 |
60% |
39% |
5 |
Stanford University |
$70,800 |
$127,000 |
65% |
43% |
6 |
United States Military Academy (USMA) at West Point * |
$76,000 |
$126,000 |
72% |
40% |
7 |
United States Naval Academy (USNA) at Annapolis * |
$72,900 |
$125,000 |
65% |
63% |
8 (tie) |
United States Air Force Academy (USAFA) * |
$68,800 |
$124,000 |
63% |
49% |
8 (tie) |
University of Pennsylvania |
$62,200 |
$124,000 |
56% |
25% |
10 |
Harvard University |
$65,200 |
$123,000 |
64% |
35% |
11 |
Babson College |
$59,500 |
$122,000 |
36% |
0% |
12 |
Santa Clara University |
$61,900 |
$121,000 |
49% |
27% |
13 (tie) |
Bates College |
$47,000 |
$119,000 |
32% |
24% |
13 (tie) |
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) |
$69,400 |
$119,000 |
51% |
54% |
13 (tie) |
Dartmouth College |
$60,800 |
$119,000 |
57% |
31% |
13 (tie) |
Duke University |
$61,300 |
$119,000 |
60% |
39% |
17 (tie) |
Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY |
$61,700 |
$117,000 |
55% |
69% |
17 (tie) |
Occidental College |
$49,200 |
$117,000 |
59% |
20% |
17 (tie) |
Stevens Institute of Technology |
$65,600 |
$117,000 |
46% |
81% |
20 |
Brown University |
$58,600 |
$116,000 |
54% |
34% |
21 |
University of Chicago |
$53,000 |
$115,000 |
56% |
32% |
22 (tie) |
Colorado School of Mines |
$65,200 |
$114,000 |
55% |
99% |
22 (tie) |
Georgetown University - Washington D.C. |
$55,400 |
$114,000 |
53% |
10% |
24 (tie) |
Colgate University |
$56,500 |
$113,000 |
38% |
21% |
24 (tie) |
Rice University |
$62,300 |
$113,000 |
58% |
53% |
26 (tie) |
Georgia Institute of Technology |
$65,300 |
$112,000 |
48% |
76% |
26 (tie) |
Lehigh University |
$62,900 |
$112,000 |
52% |
51% |
26 (tie) |
University of California - Berkeley |
$60,500 |
$112,000 |
55% |
35% |
26 (tie) |
Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) |
$65,300 |
$112,000 |
53% |
92% |
30 (tie) |
Reed College |
$44,800 |
$111,000 |
51% |
29% |
30 (tie) |
Washington and Lee University |
$54,500 |
$111,000 |
50% |
24% |
32 (tie) |
Cooper union for The Advancement of Science and Art |
$65,700 |
$110,000 |
50% |
56% |
32 (tie) |
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) |
$64,400 |
$110,000 |
50% |
78% |
34 (tie) |
Columbia University |
$64,000 |
$109,000 |
56% |
36% |
34 (tie) |
Cornell University - Ithaca, NY |
$63,200 |
$109,000 |
57% |
39% |
36 (tie) |
Bucknell University |
$58,500 |
$108,000 |
53% |
38% |
36 (tie) |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) |
$67,500 |
$108,000 |
55% |
100% |
36 (tie) |
University of California - San Diego (UCSD) |
$54,400 |
$108,000 |
61% |
43% |
36 (tie) |
Virginia Military Institute (VMI) * |
$54,100 |
$108,000 |
46% |
42% |
40 |
Lafayette College |
$55,900 |
$107,000 |
36% |
40% |
41 (tie) |
Saint Mary's College of California |
$50,000 |
$106,000 |
51% |
8% |
41 (tie) |
Tufts University |
$56,700 |
$106,000 |
63% |
26% |
43 (tie) |
Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) |
$59,900 |
$105,000 |
59% |
70% |
43 (tie) |
Kettering University |
$66,300 |
$105,000 |
51% |
97% |
45 (tie) |
Manhattan College |
$58,500 |
$104,000 |
52% |
34% |
45 (tie) |
University of Notre Dame |
$61,200 |
$104,000 |
49% |
25% |
47 (tie) |
Oberlin College |
$44,900 |
$103,000 |
59% |
23% |
47 (tie) |
Washington University in St. Louis |
$56,700 |
$103,000 |
52% |
37% |
49 (tie) |
California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) - San Luis Obispo |
$59,300 |
$102,000 |
52% |
36% |
49 (tie) |
Loyola University - Baltimore, MD |
$51,800 |
$102,000 |
49% |
10% |
49 (tie) |
Michigan Technological University |
$63,000 |
$102,000 |
48% |
74% |
49 (tie) |
Northwestern University |
$56,800 |
$102,000 |
54% |
30% |
49 (tie) |
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) |
$58,100 |
$102,000 |
48% |
35% |
49 (tie) |
Yale University |
$60,800 |
$102,000 |
66% |
25% |
55 (tie) |
Franklin and Marshall College |
$45,600 |
$101,000 |
43% |
19% |
55 (tie) |
Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) |
$63,400 |
$101,000 |
53% |
85% |
55 (tie) |
South Dakota School of Mines & Technology |
$63,300 |
$101,000 |
64% |
95% |
55 (tie) |
University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB) |
$50,400 |
$101,000 |
52% |
21% |
55 (tie) |
Villanova University |
$58,600 |
$101,000 |
52% |
25% |
60 (tie) |
Massachusetts Maritime Academy |
$58,900 |
$100,000 |
50% |
41% |
60 (tie) |
New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) |
$57,100 |
$100,000 |
53% |
64% |
60 (tie) |
New York University (NYU) |
$55,700 |
$100,000 |
50% |
13% |
60 (tie) |
University of Southern California (USC) |
$56,100 |
$100,000 |
53% |
20% |
64 |
Texas A&M University - Main Campus |
$54,400 |
$99,700 |
52% |
27% |
65 |
University of San Francisco (USF) |
$51,100 |
$99,500 |
55% |
9% |
66 |
Trinity University |
$44,900 |
$99,400 |
59% |
26% |
67 (tie) |
Boston College |
$56,800 |
$98,900 |
49% |
15% |
67 (tie) |
University of Michigan - Ann Arbor |
$60,600 |
$98,900 |
56% |
37% |
69 (tie) |
Carleton College |
$46,900 |
$98,800 |
45% |
41% |
69 (tie) |
Wake Forest University |
$49,300 |
$98,800 |
46% |
16% |
71 |
Vanderbilt University |
$57,900 |
$98,700 |
59% |
29% |
72 |
University of California - Davis (UC Davis) |
$51,800 |
$98,400 |
54% |
36% |
73 |
University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) |
$53,100 |
$98,100 |
53% |
33% |
74 |
Westmont College |
$45,700 |
$98,000 |
67% |
17% |
75 |
San Jose State University (SJSU) |
$56,800 |
$97,700 |
53% |
16% |
76 |
University of Virginia (UVA) - Main Campus |
$57,300 |
$97,100 |
50% |
27% |
77 |
Wheaton College - Wheaton, IL |
$43,300 |
$96,900 |
60% |
14% |
78 |
Wentworth Institute of Technology |
$56,900 |
$96,800 |
49% |
18% |
79 |
University of Texas (UT) - Austin |
$53,400 |
$96,400 |
51% |
29% |
80 (tie) |
Bryant University |
$51,600 |
$96,200 |
31% |
9% |
80 (tie) |
Hamilton College - Clinton, NY |
$54,600 |
$96,200 |
51% |
26% |
82 |
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) |
$56,500 |
$96,100 |
51% |
38% |
83 |
Providence College |
$50,600 |
$96,000 |
45% |
10% |
84 |
Pace University - New York, NY |
$51,300 |
$95,800 |
46% |
8% |
85 |
American University - Washington D.C. |
$46,100 |
$95,700 |
49% |
4% |
86 (tie) |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) - Prescott, AZ |
$59,700 |
$95,500 |
55% |
33% |
86 (tie) |
Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) |
$56,700 |
$95,500 |
61% |
66% |
88 (tie) |
DePauw University |
$47,900 |
$95,100 |
56% |
21% |
88 (tie) |
Fordham University |
$50,500 |
$95,100 |
45% |
9% |
88 (tie) |
Wesleyan University - Middletown, CT |
$50,000 |
$95,100 |
54% |
19% |
91 |
Wittenberg University |
$44,500 |
$94,900 |
69% |
19% |
92 |
Johns Hopkins University |
$61,500 |
$94,600 |
63% |
38% |
93 (tie) |
Brandeis University |
$47,100 |
$94,400 |
45% |
24% |
93 (tie) |
Ohio Northern University (ONU) |
$50,700 |
$94,400 |
43% |
34% |
93 (tie) |
University of Rochester |
$55,400 |
$94,400 |
56% |
38% |
96 (tie) |
Stony Brook University |
$50,100 |
$94,300 |
52% |
32% |
96 (tie) |
University of Colorado - Boulder (CU) |
$50,800 |
$94,300 |
49% |
28% |
98 (tie) |
Purdue University - Main Campus |
$57,400 |
$94,200 |
55% |
35% |
98 (tie) |
University of Washington (UW) - Main Campus |
$55,100 |
$94,200 |
64% |
34% |
100 |
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) - Daytona Beach, FL |
$61,300 |
$94,100 |
58% |
38% |
101 |
University of Alabama - Huntsville Campus |
$55,500 |
$94,000 |
64% |
41% |
102 |
University of California - Irvine (UCI) |
$51,900 |
$93,900 |
51% |
32% |
103 |
Bentley University |
$57,100 |
$93,800 |
34% |
5% |
104 |
Hofstra University |
$49,000 |
$93,700 |
46% |
8% |
105 |
Saint John's University (SJU) - Collegeville, MN |
$46,900 |
$93,600 |
43% |
21% |
106 |
Brigham Young University (BYU) |
$52,300 |
$93,500 |
61% |
24% |
107 |
University of Massachusetts (UMass) - Lowell Campus |
$54,100 |
$93,400 |
55% |
33% |
108 |
California State University - Chico |
$49,800 |
$93,300 |
48% |
12% |
109 |
Miami University - Oxford, OH |
$50,500 |
$93,200 |
48% |
15% |
110 |
Fashion Institute of Technology - New York, NY |
$46,400 |
$93,100 |
28% |
0% |
111 (tie) |
Drexel University |
$57,700 |
$92,900 |
50% |
31% |
111 (tie) |
Hobart William Smith Colleges |
$48,600 |
$92,900 |
48% |
16% |
111 (tie) |
Loyola Marymount University |
$50,300 |
$92,900 |
51% |
14% |
114 (tie) |
Gettysburg College |
$46,400 |
$92,700 |
51% |
21% |
114 (tie) |
SUNY - Binghamton University |
$50,400 |
$92,700 |
43% |
27% |
114 (tie) |
University of Portland |
$52,500 |
$92,700 |
40% |
29% |
117 |
Case Western Reserve University |
$58,600 |
$92,600 |
54% |
57% |
118 |
Whittier College |
$39,800 |
$92,500 |
58% |
12% |
119 (tie) |
union College - Schenectady, NY |
$54,400 |
$92,200 |
32% |
41% |
119 (tie) |
University of Maryland - College Park |
$55,200 |
$92,200 |
52% |
30% |
121 |
Milwaukee School of Engineering |
$63,500 |
$92,000 |
49% |
69% |
122 |
Lawrence Technological University |
$53,200 |
$91,800 |
50% |
41% |
123 |
Saint Anselm College |
$49,000 |
$91,600 |
N/A |
10% |
124 |
University of Puget Sound |
$46,500 |
$91,400 |
54% |
19% |
125 |
Rutgers University - New Brunswick Campus |
$51,300 |
$91,300 |
47% |
25% |
126 |
Seattle Pacific University (SPU) |
$47,200 |
$91,200 |
58% |
17% |
127 |
Wagner College |
$48,300 |
$91,100 |
47% |
9% |
128 |
John Carroll University |
$44,600 |
$91,000 |
39% |
18% |
129 |
Grove City College |
$47,800 |
$90,900 |
46% |
29% |
130 |
Fairfield University |
$56,300 |
$90,800 |
38% |
12% |
131 (tie) |
California State University - East Bay (CSUEB) |
$49,700 |
$90,600 |
55% |
9% |
131 (tie) |
Seton Hall University - South Orange, NJ |
$50,800 |
$90,600 |
55% |
11% |
133 |
College of the Holy Cross |
$49,800 |
$90,500 |
67% |
20% |
134 |
West Virginia University Institute of Technology (WVU Tech) |
$53,300 |
$90,300 |
54% |
41% |
135 |
University of Dayton |
$52,700 |
$90,200 |
49% |
21% |
136 (tie) |
The College of William and Mary |
$49,100 |
$89,900 |
54% |
24% |
136 (tie) |
University of Delaware |
$51,500 |
$89,900 |
51% |
19% |
138 (tie) |
Stonehill College |
$47,400 |
$89,800 |
42% |
15% |
138 (tie) |
University of Maryland, Baltimore County (UMBC) |
$51,200 |
$89,800 |
54% |
42% |
140 (tie) |
Boston University |
$51,800 |
$89,700 |
54% |
21% |
140 (tie) |
University of Houston Clear Lake (UHCL) |
$46,600 |
$89,700 |
57% |
9% |
140 (tie) |
University of Vermont (UVM) |
$45,800 |
$89,700 |
57% |
18% |
143 (tie) |
Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) |
$57,400 |
$89,600 |
43% |
44% |
143 (tie) |
University of the Pacific |
$50,900 |
$89,600 |
54% |
28% |
145 |
Colby College |
$49,300 |
$89,500 |
51% |
25% |
146 (tie) |
Seattle University |
$52,000 |
$89,400 |
55% |
17% |
146 (tie) |
Texas Tech University |
$51,600 |
$89,400 |
59% |
20% |
148 |
Marquette University |
$52,200 |
$89,300 |
55% |
28% |
149 (tie) |
Bradley University |
$50,600 |
$89,200 |
49% |
24% |
149 (tie) |
University of Utah |
$49,400 |
$89,200 |
60% |
19% |
151 (tie) |
Northeastern University |
$57,800 |
$89,100 |
51% |
28% |
151 (tie) |
Southern Methodist University (SMU) |
$53,900 |
$89,100 |
51% |
21% |
151 (tie) |
Washington State University (WSU) |
$50,400 |
$89,100 |
50% |
19% |
154 |
University of Alaska - Fairbanks Campus |
$54,100 |
$88,900 |
57% |
33% |
155 (tie) |
Furman University |
$45,100 |
$88,800 |
53% |
18% |
155 (tie) |
Ithaca College |
$43,600 |
$88,800 |
44% |
7% |
157 (tie) |
Kenyon College |
$45,700 |
$88,700 |
50% |
15% |
157 (tie) |
University of Connecticut (UConn) - Main Campus |
$53,300 |
$88,700 |
54% |
20% |
159 (tie) |
California State Polytechnic University - Pomona |
$51,000 |
$88,600 |
51% |
29% |
159 (tie) |
Montana Tech of The University of Montana |
$58,300 |
$88,600 |
61% |
72% |
161 (tie) |
Pepperdine University |
$48,600 |
$88,400 |
55% |
5% |
161 (tie) |
University of Hartford |
$49,100 |
$88,400 |
59% |
11% |
163 (tie) |
George Mason University |
$52,100 |
$88,300 |
46% |
20% |
163 (tie) |
La Salle University - Philadelphia, PA |
$48,200 |
$88,300 |
42% |
7% |
163 (tie) |
North Carolina State University (NCSU) |
$52,400 |
$88,300 |
55% |
40% |
166 |
George Washington University (GWU) |
$49,500 |
$88,200 |
58% |
13% |
167 (tie) |
California State University - Stanislaus |
$45,300 |
$88,100 |
53% |
12% |
167 (tie) |
University of California - Riverside (UCR) |
$46,400 |
$88,100 |
47% |
29% |
169 (tie) |
Auburn University |
$48,700 |
$88,000 |
54% |
28% |
169 (tie) |
Emory University |
$53,800 |
$88,000 |
58% |
25% |
169 (tie) |
Louisiana Tech University |
$46,900 |
$88,000 |
65% |
24% |
172 (tie) |
Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) - Main Campus |
$54,300 |
$87,800 |
49% |
30% |
172 (tie) |
Tulane University |
$45,600 |
$87,800 |
55% |
20% |
172 (tie) |
Ursinus College |
$44,500 |
$87,800 |
42% |
36% |
175 |
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech) |
$62,400 |
$87,700 |
56% |
93% |
176 (tie) |
CUNY - College of Staten Island |
$45,300 |
$87,600 |
47% |
10% |
176 (tie) |
Oregon State University (OSU) - Main Campus |
$50,300 |
$87,600 |
54% |
27% |
176 (tie) |
Rutgers University - Camden Campus |
$45,000 |
$87,600 |
51% |
11% |
176 (tie) |
Southern Polytechnic State University |
$53,700 |
$87,600 |
43% |
49% |
176 (tie) |
University of Rhode Island (URI) |
$48,900 |
$87,600 |
51% |
16% |
181 (tie) |
California College of the Arts |
$48,600 |
$87,500 |
47% |
0% |
181 (tie) |
Clark University - Worcester, MA |
$42,800 |
$87,500 |
62% |
20% |
181 (tie) |
Rhodes College |
$44,200 |
$87,500 |
40% |
23% |
181 (tie) |
University of Washington - Tacoma Campus |
$50,300 |
$87,500 |
66% |
13% |
185 (tie) |
Pratt Institute |
$48,300 |
$87,400 |
47% |
0% |
185 (tie) |
St. John's University - Queens, NY |
$48,500 |
$87,400 |
42% |
12% |
187 |
Clemson University |
$54,100 |
$87,300 |
52% |
33% |
188 |
Wofford College - Spartanburg, SC |
$44,900 |
$87,200 |
N/A |
31% |
189 (tie) |
Coleman University |
$57,100 |
$87,100 |
46% |
100% |
189 (tie) |
Norwich University |
$46,800 |
$87,100 |
47% |
20% |
189 (tie) |
The Citadel - Military College of South Carolina * |
$53,400 |
$87,100 |
68% |
21% |
189 (tie) |
University of Arizona |
$50,500 |
$87,100 |
53% |
21% |
193 (tie) |
California Lutheran University (CLU) |
$42,500 |
$87,000 |
57% |
16% |
193 (tie) |
Oregon Institute of Technology (OIT) |
$59,500 |
$87,000 |
48% |
22% |
195 (tie) |
University of Michigan - Dearborn Campus |
$49,400 |
$86,900 |
36% |
29% |
195 (tie) |
University of Minnesota - Twin Cities |
$51,700 |
$86,900 |
55% |
30% |
197 (tie) |
University of Tulsa |
$56,100 |
$86,800 |
50% |
38% |
197 (tie) |
University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison |
$50,800 |
$86,800 |
52% |
30% |
199 (tie) |
Long Island University - C W Post Campus |
$46,700 |
$86,700 |
64% |
4% |
199 (tie) |
SUNY - Geneseo |
$43,300 |
$86,700 |
47% |
24% |
199 (tie) |
University of Washington - Bothell Campus |
$51,800 |
$86,700 |
56% |
19% |