rankings
U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2025–26
Median earnings 10 years after enrollment — top 30
01
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Cambridge, MA · Private Nonprofit
$143,372
02
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA · Private Nonprofit
$138,687
03
Franklin W Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA · Private Nonprofit
$129,455
04
California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
Pasadena, CA · Private Nonprofit
$128,566
05
MCPHS University
Boston, MA · Private Nonprofit
$125,557
06
Stanford University
Stanford, CA · Private Nonprofit
$124,080
07
Babson College
Wellesley, MA · Private Nonprofit
$123,938
08
Bentley University
Waltham, MA · Private Nonprofit
$120,959
09
Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)
Pittsburgh, PA · Private Nonprofit
$114,862
10
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA · Private Nonprofit
$111,371
11
Princeton University
Princeton, NJ · Private Nonprofit
$110,066
12
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA · Private Nonprofit
$109,183
13
Stevens Institute of Technology
Hoboken, NJ · Private Nonprofit
$108,772
14
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA · Private Nonprofit
$105,584
15
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA · Private Nonprofit
$104,736
16
Cornell University
Ithaca, NY · Private Nonprofit
$104,043
17
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · Private Nonprofit
$103,937
18
Georgetown University
Washington, DC · Private Nonprofit
$103,494
19
Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, MA · Private Nonprofit
$103,470
20
Georgia Institute of Technology
Atlanta, GA · Public
$102,772
21
Columbia University
New York, NY · Private Nonprofit
$102,491
22
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY · Private Nonprofit
$102,051
23
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA · Private Nonprofit
$101,817
24
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN · Private Nonprofit
$101,253
25
Yale University
New Haven, CT · Private Nonprofit
$100,533
26
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · Private Nonprofit
$100,423
27
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN · Private Nonprofit
$99,980
28
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private Nonprofit
$97,800
29
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH · Private Nonprofit
$97,434
30
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO · Public
$97,335
data — U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard, 2025–26