A lot of things can determine how much money you’ll make after college, everything from what you study to where you go to school makes a difference. A new ranking tool from “The New York Times” lets you rank colleges based on your own priorities, including everything from campus security to net price and post-grad earnings.
The Times used Department of Education data for the tool’s rankings, specifically looking at median income in 2020 of those who attended the schools 10 years ago.
- While Ivy League schools are known for their top academic rankings and for their former students being high earners, only two of them made the top 10 for highest median incomes.
- Overall, the median annual income for full-time workers between the ages of 25 and 34 - the age range for those who would have started college 10 years ago - is $52,832, according to Labor Department data.
- But for anyone looking to make the most money possible after college, the California Institute of Technology may be the way to go. Those who attended Caltech earn the highest salary of the 900 colleges ranked, with a median income of $112,166 a decade after starting college.
These are the 10 schools whose previous attendees earn the most now, according to research from “The New York Times”
- California Institute of Technology - Median income 10 years after attendance: $112,166
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Median income 10 years after attendance: $111,222
- Harvey Mudd College - Median income 10 years after attendance: $108,988
- Bentley University - Median income 10 years after attendance: $107,974
- University of Pennsylvania - Median income 10 years after attendance: $103,246
- Carnegie Mellon University - Median income 10 years after attendance: $98,998
- Stevens Institute of Technology - Median income 10 years after attendance: $98,159
- Stanford University - Median income 10 years after attendance: $97,798
- Georgetown University - Median income 10 years after attendance: $96,375
- Princeton University - Median income 10 years after attendance: $95,689
Source: CNBC