Highest median earnings eight years after entry

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	Samuel Merritt University	CA	Private nonprofit	718	$147,923	10yr $143,238
2	Harvey Mudd College	CA	Private nonprofit	921	$144,598	10yr $138,687
3	California Institute of Technology	CA	Private nonprofit	987	$142,597	10yr $128,566
4	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	4,535	$135,278	10yr $143,372
5	Franklin W Olin College of Engineering	MA	Private nonprofit	377	$130,517	10yr $129,455
6	University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	337	$130,493	10yr $137,047
7	Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	NY	Private nonprofit	481	$125,222	10yr $131,426
8	Princeton University	NJ	Private nonprofit	5,709	$112,152	10yr $110,066
9	American University of Health Sciences	CA	Private for-profit	351	$111,213	10yr $93,610
10	Stanford University	CA	Private nonprofit	7,554	$109,851	10yr $124,080
11	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	Private nonprofit	3,451	$108,480	10yr $125,557
12	Claremont McKenna College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,388	$105,942	10yr $104,736
13	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Private nonprofit	7,304	$105,524	10yr $114,862
14	Oregon Health & Science University	OR	Public	836	$103,740	10yr $101,028
15	Roseman University of Health Sciences	NV	Private nonprofit	536	$102,981	10yr $120,163
16	Bentley University	MA	Private nonprofit	4,474	$102,857	10yr $120,959
17	Babson College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,728	$102,507	10yr $123,938
18	Harvard University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,601	$101,095	10yr $101,817
19	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Private nonprofit	4,222	$100,949	10yr $108,772
20	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	Private nonprofit	5,447	$100,553	10yr $103,470
21	Cal Poly Maritime Academy	CA	Public	804	$100,202	10yr $94,784
22	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	10,650	$100,118	10yr $111,371
23	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	MA	Public	1,395	$99,847	10yr $82,392
24	Santa Clara University	CA	Private nonprofit	6,552	$99,543	10yr $109,183
25	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Private nonprofit	8,973	$98,435	10yr $102,491
26	West Coast University-Texas	TX	Private for-profit	2,673	$98,146	10yr $102,672
27	West Coast University-Miami	FL	Private for-profit	961	$98,146	10yr $102,672
28	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	CA	Private for-profit	3,192	$98,146	10yr $102,672
29	West Coast University-Ontario	CA	Private for-profit	2,671	$98,146	10yr $102,672
30	Dartmouth College	NH	Private nonprofit	4,541	$97,905	10yr $97,434
31	Lehigh University	PA	Private nonprofit	5,898	$97,731	10yr $105,584
32	Cornell University	NY	Private nonprofit	15,995	$97,098	10yr $104,043
33	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	Public	962	$96,520	10yr $90,610
34	Duke University	NC	Private nonprofit	6,442	$95,882	10yr $97,800
35	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	Private nonprofit	5,714	$95,369	10yr $102,051
36	University of Notre Dame	IN	Private nonprofit	8,818	$94,844	10yr $99,980
37	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	$94,821	10yr $100,533
38	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	Public	18,785	$94,647	10yr $102,772
39	Villanova University	PA	Private nonprofit	6,938	$94,574	10yr $100,423
40	Johns Hopkins University	MD	Private nonprofit	5,693	$94,324	10yr $87,555
41	Mount Sinai Phillips School of Nursing	NY	Private nonprofit	311	$94,236	10yr $96,980
42	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	Private nonprofit	2,309	$93,607	10yr $101,253
43	Colorado School of Mines	CO	Public	6,155	$90,777	10yr $97,335
44	Washington and Lee University	VA	Private nonprofit	1,881	$89,772	10yr $94,810
45	Loma Linda University	CA	Private nonprofit	909	$89,709	10yr $89,816
46	Boston College	MA	Private nonprofit	10,085	$89,620	10yr $103,937
47	The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston	TX	Public	465	$89,329	10yr $88,757
48	The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston	TX	Public	545	$89,220	10yr $92,961
49	Medical University of South Carolina	SC	Public	303	$89,038	10yr $88,420
50	Georgetown University	DC	Private nonprofit	7,569	$88,766	10yr $103,494
51	Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center	TX	Public	1,482	$88,633	10yr $92,348
52	Bucknell University	PA	Private nonprofit	3,876	$88,483	10yr $93,807
53	Chamberlain University-Arizona	AZ	Private for-profit	693	$88,361	10yr $92,405
54	Chamberlain University-New Jersey	NJ	Private for-profit	1,226	$88,361	10yr $92,405
55	Chamberlain University-Georgia	GA	Private for-profit	1,940	$88,361	10yr $92,405
56	Chamberlain University-Florida	FL	Private for-profit	821	$88,361	10yr $92,405
57	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	Private for-profit	14,027	$88,361	10yr $92,405
58	Chamberlain University-California	CA	Private for-profit	751	$88,361	10yr $92,405
59	Chamberlain University-Texas	TX	Private for-profit	2,270	$88,361	10yr $92,405
60	Chamberlain University-Michigan	MI	Private for-profit	629	$88,361	10yr $92,405
61	Chamberlain University-Virginia	VA	Private for-profit	557	$88,361	10yr $92,405
62	Chamberlain University-Louisiana	LA	Private for-profit	622	$88,361	10yr $92,405
63	Chamberlain University-Nevada	NV	Private for-profit	652	$88,361	10yr $92,405
64	Bryant University	RI	Private nonprofit	3,194	$88,274	10yr $90,008
65	Fairfield University	CT	Private nonprofit	5,373	$87,663	10yr $88,794
66	University of Southern California	CA	Private nonprofit	20,443	$87,601	10yr $92,498
67	University of Chicago	IL	Private nonprofit	7,569	$87,164	10yr $91,885
68	Amherst College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,911	$86,438	10yr $77,644
69	Trinity College	CT	Private nonprofit	2,146	$85,907	10yr $90,779
70	University of Maryland Baltimore	MD	Public	958	$85,792	10yr $88,174
71	Kettering University	MI	Private nonprofit	1,205	$85,240	10yr $94,823
72	University of California-Berkeley	CA	Public	33,068	$84,865	10yr $92,446
73	Vanderbilt University	TN	Private nonprofit	7,208	$84,542	10yr $91,565
74	Maine Maritime Academy	ME	Public	942	$84,472	10yr $89,964
75	Lafayette College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,757	$84,452	10yr $91,410
76	SUNY Maritime College	NY	Public	1,285	$84,435	10yr $95,951
77	College of the Holy Cross	MA	Private nonprofit	3,106	$84,240	10yr $90,543
78	Brown University	RI	Private nonprofit	7,226	$84,208	10yr $93,487
79	Northwestern University	IL	Private nonprofit	9,201	$83,487	10yr $89,363
80	Capitol Technology University	MD	Private nonprofit	315	$83,027	10yr $85,035
81	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	21,996	$82,835	10yr $90,768
82	Northeastern University Oakland	CA	Private nonprofit	464	$82,813	10yr $92,538
83	Northeastern University	MA	Private nonprofit	17,326	$82,813	10yr $92,538
84	Northeastern University Professional Programs	MA	Private nonprofit	1,802	$82,813	10yr $92,538
85	University of San Francisco	CA	Private nonprofit	5,287	$81,618	10yr $89,812
86	Union College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,046	$81,488	10yr $88,604
87	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	Private nonprofit	2,654	$81,364	10yr $89,070
88	Washington University in St Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	7,857	$81,347	10yr $86,182
89	Denver College of Nursing	CO	Private for-profit	757	$81,283	10yr $81,809
90	Wake Forest University	NC	Private nonprofit	5,485	$80,513	10yr $78,158
91	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	3,747	$80,509	10yr $82,721
92	Barnard College	NY	Private nonprofit	3,264	$80,465	10yr $80,516
93	Emory University	GA	Private nonprofit	7,298	$80,270	10yr $80,137
94	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Public	17,597	$80,156	10yr $86,863
95	Dominican University of California	CA	Private nonprofit	1,114	$79,660	10yr $84,713
96	Bowdoin College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,873	$79,520	10yr $82,735
97	Drexel University	PA	Private nonprofit	13,233	$79,235	10yr $84,648
98	Williams College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,076	$79,082	10yr $88,665
99	George Washington University	DC	Private nonprofit	11,182	$78,974	10yr $90,873
100	Neumont College of Computer Science	UT	Private for-profit	453	$78,926	10yr $97,827