50 Colleges With The Highest Grad Salaries

50 Colleges With The Highest Grad Salaries Salary potential isnt the only factor to consider when college searching â€" but its nice to know which schools are paying off in the long run, particularly since  tuition continues to soar. In  a 2015  report,  the  Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce looked at the four-year colleges whose students go on to earn the highest salaries.  The report used the US Department of Educations College Scorecard to highlight the median earnings of students from over 1,400 colleges 10 years after starting their studies. MIT topped the rankings, with median annual earnings of $91,600. Read on to see if your alma mater, or current school, cracked the top 50: 50. College of the Holy Cross College of the Holy Cross/Facebook Worcester, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $63,700 Graduation rate:  92% 49. Northwestern University Northwestern University/Facebook Evanston, Illinois Median earnings:  $64,100 Graduation rate:  94% 48. George Washington University Wikipedia Washington, D.C. Median earnings:  $64,500 Graduation rate: 80% 47. New Jersey Institute of Technology Facebook//NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology Newark, New Jersey Median earnings:  $65,300 Graduation rate:  58% 46. Missouri University of Science and Technology Facebook/MissouriSandT Rolla, Missouri Median earnings:  $65,500 Graduation rate:  63% 45. Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, Wisconsin Median earnings:  $65,700 Graduation rate:  56% 44. Yale University Francisco Anzola/Flickr Yale University. New Haven, Connecticut Median earnings:  $66,000 Graduation rate:  96% 43. University of Southern California Neon Tommy/Flickr Los Angeles, California Median earnings:  $66,100 Graduation rate:  91% 42. University of the Pacific Facebook/universityofthepacific Stockton, California Median earnings:  $66,400 Graduation rate: 67% 41. Case Western Reserve University Case Western Reserve University/Facebook Cleveland, Ohio Median earnings:  $67,000 Graduation rate:  81% 40. Boston College Boston College/Facebook Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $67,000 Graduation rate:  92% 39. Dartmouth College Dartmouth/Facebook Hanover, New Hampshire Median earnings:  $67,100 Graduation rate:  95% 38. Santa Clara University Facebook/Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California Median earnings:  $67,700 Graduation rate:  85% 37. Tufts University Facebook/tuftsu Medford, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $67,800 Graduation rate:  92% 36. Illinois Institute of Technology Facebook/IITScarletHawks Chicago, Illinois Median earnings:  $68,200 Graduation rate:  65% 35. Clarkson University Clarkson University Potsdam, New York Median earnings:  $68,400 Graduation rate:  73% 34. Bucknell University Wikimedia Commons Lewisburg, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $68,800 Graduation rate:  89% 33. Fairfield University Fairfield University Fairfield, Connecticut Median earnings:  $69,000 Graduation rate:  81% 32. Johns Hopkins University Flickr/callison-burch Baltimore, Maryland Median earnings:  $69,200 Graduation rate:  94% 31. University of Notre Dame Notre Dame Admissions/Facebook Notre Dame, Indiana Median earnings:  $69,400 Graduation rate:  96% 30. Lafayette College Layafette College Easton, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $69,800 Graduation rate:  90% 29. Cornell University Cornell University/Facebook Ithaca, New York Median earnings:  $70,900 Graduation rate:  93% 28. Carnegie Mellon University Carnegie Mellon University/Facebook Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $72,000 Graduation rate:  87% 27. Columbia University Columbia University in the City of New York/Facebook New York, New York Median earnings:  $72,900 Graduation rate:  96% 26. Polytechnic Institute of New York University Flickr/MTAPhotos Brooklyn, New York Median earnings:  $73,500 Graduation rate:  57% 25. Villanova University Mitchell Leff/Getty Villanova, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $73,700 Graduation rate:  89% 24. University of Colorado Denver UC Denver Denver, Colorado Median earnings:  $73,800 Graduation rate:  41% 23. California Institute of Technology Wikimedia Commons Pasadena, California Median earnings:  $74,000 Graduation rate:  92% 22. Georgia Institute of Technology Facebook/georgiatech Atlanta, Georgia Median earnings:  $74,000 Graduation rate:  82% 21. Maine Maritime Academy Maine Maritime Academy Castine, Maine Median earnings:  $74,700 Graduation rate:  75% 20. Colorado School of Mines Colorado School of Mines/Facebook Golden, Colorado Median earnings:  $74,700 Graduation rate:  68% 19. Kettering University Kettering University Flint, Michigan Median earnings:  $74,900 Graduation rate:  59% 18. Bentley University Facebook/bentleyuniversity Waltham, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $74,900 Graduation rate:  86% 17. Princeton University Princeton University/Facebook Princeton, New Jersey Median earnings:  $75,100 Graduation rate:  96% 16. Duke University Ellen Ozier/Reuters Durham, North Carolina Median earnings:  $76,700 Graduation rate:  94% 15. Lehigh University Facebook/lehighu Bethlehem, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $76,800 Graduation rate:  87% 14. SUNY Maritime College Collegein.net State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College Bronx, New York Median earnings:  $77,300 Graduation rate:  48% 13. Washington and Lee University Screenshot Via YouTube Lexington, Virginia Median earnings:  $77,600 Graduation rate:  90% 12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute Facebook/Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $77,600 Graduation rate:  82% 11. University of Pennsylvania Facebook/UnivPennsylvania Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Median earnings:  $78,200 Graduation rate:  96% 10. Harvey Mudd College Instagram/@harvey_mudd Claremont, California Median earnings:  $78,600 Graduation rate:  90% 9. Massachusetts Maritime Academy Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $79,500 Graduation rate:  64% 8. Stanford University Linda Cicero via Facebook/stanford Stanford, California Median earnings:  $80,900 Graduation rate:  95% 7. California Maritime Academy California Maritime Academy Vallejo, California Median earnings:  $81,100 Graduation rate:  58% 6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Facebook Troy, New York Median earnings:  $81,700 Graduation rate:  85% 5. Stevens Institute of Technology Via Wikimedia Commons Hoboken, New Jersey Median earnings:  $82,800 Graduation rate:  78% 4. Georgetown University Rob Carr/Getty Images Washington, DC Median earnings:  $83,300 Graduation rate:  93% 3. Harvard University REUTERS Cambridge, Massachusetts Median earnings:  $87,200 Graduation rate: 97% 2.  United States Merchant Marine Academy   Spencer Pratt / Getty Great Neck, New York Median Earnings: $89,000 Graduation Rate: 75% 1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology Facebook/MITnews Cambridge, Massachusetts Median Earnings: $91,600 Graduation Rate: 93% Source: Business Insider