CollegeCompass
Compare U.S. colleges with official federal data
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Colleges tracked
4357
States covered
50+
Major fields
12
Data source
U.S. Dept. of Education
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States
Every college, state by state
Majors
Earnings after each field of study
Rankings
Top schools by earnings, value and more
Guides
How to read college data
Top states by number of colleges
California (435)New York (334)Texas (259)Pennsylvania (222)Florida (201)Ohio (185)Illinois (175)North Carolina (133)Michigan (119)Massachusetts (115)New Jersey (113)Missouri (110)Georgia (107)Virginia (105)Tennessee (88)Louisiana (80)Indiana (79)Minnesota (78)Washington (78)Arkansas (70)
Fields of study
Business Administration, Management and Operations.
1045 colleges
$42K median earnings
Psychology, General.
894 colleges
$29K median earnings
Registered Nursing, Nursing Administration, Nursing Research and Clinical Nursing.
837 colleges
$64K median earnings
Biology, General.
800 colleges
$27K median earnings
Teacher Education and Professional Development, Specific Levels and Methods.
650 colleges
$36K median earnings
Accounting and Related Services.
612 colleges
$47K median earnings
Communication and Media Studies.
580 colleges
$32K median earnings
Criminal Justice and Corrections.
564 colleges
$34K median earnings
Sports, Kinesiology, and Physical Education/Fitness.
500 colleges
$28K median earnings
English Language and Literature, General.
494 colleges
$28K median earnings
Political Science and Government.
467 colleges
$34K median earnings
Marketing.
451 colleges
$41K median earnings
Highest median earnings
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
$153K median earnings
Babson College
Wellesley, MA
$139K median earnings
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ
$134K median earnings
Bentley University
Waltham, MA
$126K median earnings
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
$125K median earnings
Carnegie Mellon University
Pittsburgh, PA
$125K median earnings
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$122K median earnings
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$122K median earnings
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ
$118K median earnings
Yale University
New Haven, CT
$118K median earnings
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
$117K median earnings
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
$116K median earnings
Villanova University
Villanova, PA
$115K median earnings
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA
$114K median earnings
Duke University
Durham, NC
$114K median earnings
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY
$114K median earnings
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA
$114K median earnings
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
$113K median earnings
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
$113K median earnings
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
$112K median earnings
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$111K median earnings
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
$111K median earnings
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA
$110K median earnings
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$109K median earnings
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN
$108K median earnings
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
$105K median earnings
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
$104K median earnings
Wake Forest University
Winston-Salem, NC
$104K median earnings
West Coast University-Texas
Richardson, TX
$104K median earnings
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$104K median earnings
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$104K median earnings
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
$103K median earnings
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences
Boston, MA
$103K median earnings
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
$103K median earnings
Lafayette College
Easton, PA
$102K median earnings
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO
$102K median earnings
Fairfield University
Fairfield, CT
$102K median earnings
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
$100K median earnings
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$100K median earnings
Brown University
Providence, RI
$100K median earnings
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
$99K median earnings
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
$99K median earnings
Barnard College
New York, NY
$98K median earnings
Chamberlain University-Illinois
Addison, IL
$97K median earnings
George Washington University
Washington, DC
$97K median earnings
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA
$96K median earnings
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
$96K median earnings
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA
$96K median earnings
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA
$96K median earnings
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
$96K median earnings
Union College
Schenectady, NY
$95K median earnings
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
$95K median earnings
University of San Francisco
San Francisco, CA
$95K median earnings
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
$94K median earnings
University of San Diego
San Diego, CA
$93K median earnings
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY
$93K median earnings
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI
$93K median earnings
Fordham University
Bronx, NY
$93K median earnings
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, WI
$93K median earnings
Clarkson University
Potsdam, NY
$92K median earnings
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