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Pay figures are each school's median earnings five years after graduation for THIS major (College Scorecard). The spread is real: where you study it changes what it pays. Click a column to sort.

631
schools offer it
30,955
grads per year
$76,496
median pay 5 yrs out
$68,248-$89,088
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA909$125,636
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA830$100,784
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA696$107,948
University of ChicagoD3IL622$157,181
University of MichiganD1MI608$108,627
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI587$84,958
New York UniversityD3NY540$105,120
University of VirginiaD1VA492$95,941
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC443$96,785
University of California, DavisD1CA417$86,559
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA417$91,255
University of ConnecticutD1CT390$80,530
Northwestern UniversityD1IL373$125,639
University of California, San DiegoD1CA364$84,118
Columbia University-Barnard CollegeD1NY360$134,398
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA356$87,517
University of FloridaD1FL335$79,677
Boston CollegeD1MA335$112,774
Utah State UniversityD1UT329$88,162
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD320$86,897
Texas A&M University, College StationD1TX318$80,293
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL315$91,191
Boston UniversityD1MA307$88,959
Binghamton UniversityD1NY302$88,616
University of California, RiversideD1CA299$66,935
Stony Brook UniversityD1NY295$80,632
University of Texas at AustinD1TX294$97,244
University of WashingtonD1WA287$92,399
Michigan State UniversityD1MI274$81,373
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH272$72,851
Harvard UniversityD1MA258$161,251
University of Notre DameD1IN256$120,257
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN256$83,564
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ253$87,743
Florida State UniversityD1FL244$73,771
University of PennsylvaniaD1PA238$152,236
Fort Hays State UniversityD2KS230n/a
Queens College (New York)D2NY230$64,765
University of UtahD1UT221$80,323
Tufts UniversityD3MA217$126,124
University at AlbanyD1NY202$66,432
University of South FloridaD1FL200$63,195
Syracuse UniversityD1NY199$82,376
Duke UniversityD1NC199$171,986
San Diego State UniversityD1CA197$77,568
Dartmouth CollegeD1NH196$153,295
Georgetown UniversityD1DC184$118,999
Yale UniversityD1CT182$131,171
Brown UniversityD1RI179$112,306
California State University, SacramentoD1CA167$67,897
University of HoustonD1TX166$74,425
University of AlabamaD1AL160n/a
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT159$98,908
Emory UniversityD3GA158$104,633
University of PittsburghD1PA158$73,651
Cornell UniversityD1NY157$129,667
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ149$74,632
Colgate UniversityD1NY147$130,139
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)D3CT146n/a
Florida International UniversityD1FL141$75,402
Brandeis UniversityD3MA141$100,387
University of ArizonaD1AZ139$70,028
Williams CollegeD3MA134$150,862
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO132$73,165
Princeton UniversityD1NJ132$160,763
College of the Holy CrossD1MA130$118,102
University of IowaD1IA126$79,242
Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps CollegesD3CA124$151,744
Hunter CollegeD3NY124$77,945
Purdue UniversityD1IN122$81,285
Bucknell UniversityD1PA121$101,580
Clemson UniversityD1SC121$67,777
University of OregonD1OR120$77,115
Washington University in St. LouisD3MO118$79,278
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY117$68,447
George Washington UniversityD1DC112$104,484
Villanova UniversityD1PA112$100,245
Stanford UniversityD1CA112$148,692
Fordham UniversityD1NY109$90,012
Middlebury CollegeD3VT106$150,031
University of RochesterD3NY104$102,906
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyD1MD103$77,388
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA101$86,760
Lafayette CollegeD1PA100$106,100
San Jose State UniversityD1CA99n/a
Colorado State UniversityD1CO99$69,679
Wellesley CollegeD3MA97$107,567
Hamilton CollegeD3NY97$108,312
University of DelawareD1DE95$84,140
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA94$66,961
Colby CollegeD3ME94$142,245
Trinity College (Connecticut)D3CT93$123,096
Oregon State UniversityD1OR88$76,531
University of Illinois ChicagoD1IL85$75,992
Bowdoin CollegeD3ME85$122,126
University of Massachusetts BostonD3MA85$75,739
Case Western Reserve UniversityD3OH85$79,150
Southern New Hampshire UniversityD2NH83$113,138
University of GeorgiaD1GA81$80,203
Denison UniversityD3OH78$83,351
George Mason UniversityD1VA78$81,731
Santa Clara UniversityD1CA77$128,642
Swarthmore CollegeD3PA76$136,021
St. Olaf CollegeD3MN75$81,483
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN74$86,586
California State University, NorthridgeD1CA73$72,184
Occidental CollegeD3CA73$80,191
Miami University (Ohio)D1OH73$92,113
University of South Carolina, ColumbiaD1SC73$68,890
Baruch CollegeD3NY72$77,611
St. Lawrence UniversityD3NY71$82,561
Georgia State UniversityD1GA69$72,816
Amherst CollegeD3MA69$150,151
Pomona-Pitzer CollegesD3CA67$131,742
University of Nevada, Las VegasD1NV67$76,496
Union College (New York)D3NY66$113,427
University of Hawaii, ManoaD1HI65$58,682
Bates CollegeD3ME65$108,673
Montclair State UniversityD3NJ65$66,148
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX64$69,569