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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.

622
schools offer it
6,662
grads per year
$80,357
median pay 5 yrs out
$71,752-$89,506
typical range

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SchoolDiv StateGrads/yr Median pay 5 yrs out
University of California, Santa BarbaraD1CA183$104,149
University of WashingtonD1WA125$82,775
University of California, BerkeleyD1CA110$96,043
University of Texas at AustinD1TX80$92,183
Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyD3MA79$126,258
University of California, Los AngelesD1CA74$80,500
University of ArizonaD1AZ71$92,526
University of MichiganD1MI70$75,644
The Ohio State UniversityD1OH68$80,357
University of California, DavisD1CA62$80,618
University of Maryland, College ParkD1MD62$101,240
University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignD1IL61$72,340
University of California, San DiegoD1CA60$84,411
Michigan State UniversityD1MI57$75,119
New York UniversityD3NY57$69,334
Stony Brook UniversityD1NY57$85,544
Pennsylvania State UniversityD1PA56$60,242
University of PennsylvaniaD1PA55n/a
Georgia Institute of TechnologyD1GA52$81,584
Harvard UniversityD1MA51n/a
University of Massachusetts, AmherstD1MA51$72,596
University of Wisconsin-MadisonD1WI51$69,928
University of ChicagoD3IL48$91,650
Cornell UniversityD1NY48$118,649
University of North Carolina, Chapel HillD1NC47$103,477
University of VirginiaD1VA47n/a
Purdue UniversityD1IN47$67,505
Texas A&M University, College StationD1TX46$92,826
Arizona State UniversityD1AZ42$73,544
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteD3NY42$111,815
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State UniversityD1VA42$78,349
University of Minnesota, Twin CitiesD1MN41$66,489
Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, New BrunswickD1NJ41$87,968
Rochester Institute of TechnologyD3NY40$75,281
University of RochesterD3NY40n/a
Boston UniversityD1MA39n/a
University of Alabama in HuntsvilleD2AL38n/a
University of Central FloridaD1FL37n/a
Florida State UniversityD1FL37$76,659
University of FloridaD1FL36$71,362
California Polytechnic State UniversityD1CA35$114,864
Brigham Young UniversityD1UT35$97,503
University of UtahD1UT35$77,158
Princeton UniversityD1NJ34n/a
University of California, RiversideD1CA33$74,410
Oregon State UniversityD1OR33$103,167
Stanford UniversityD1CA33n/a
Long Beach State UniversityD1CA32$79,330
University of South FloridaD1FL32$78,010
University of Notre DameD1IN32$87,228
University of Texas at ArlingtonD1TX32$79,646
Case Western Reserve UniversityD3OH31n/a
Illinois State UniversityD1IL30$81,949
University of Texas at DallasD2TX30n/a
University of OregonD1OR29$75,160
Carnegie Mellon UniversityD3PA29n/a
University of Tennessee, KnoxvilleD1TN28n/a
Wesleyan University (Connecticut)D3CT27n/a
St. Olaf CollegeD3MN27n/a
Rowan UniversityD3NJ27$84,651
Yale UniversityD1CT26n/a
Columbia University-Barnard CollegeD1NY26n/a
Brown UniversityD1RI26n/a
University of Arkansas, FayettevilleD1AR25n/a
Northwestern UniversityD1IL25n/a
University of HoustonD1TX25$86,078
University of Texas at San AntonioD1TX25$42,790
Bethel University (Minnesota)D3MN24$85,657
Colgate UniversityD1NY24n/a
Central Washington UniversityD2WA24$56,540
Whitworth UniversityD3WA24$99,842
Southern Arkansas UniversityD2AR23$89,685
University of ConnecticutD1CT23$73,879
The College of New JerseyD3NJ23n/a
Hunter CollegeD3NY23n/a
Haverford CollegeD3PA23n/a
Georgia State UniversityD1GA22$57,198
Boise State UniversityD1ID22$64,459
Louisiana State UniversityD1LA22n/a
University of Massachusetts LowellD1MA22$91,438
Pomona-Pitzer CollegesD3CA21n/a
Macalester CollegeD3MN21n/a
Hamilton CollegeD3NY21n/a
Clemson UniversityD1SC21n/a
San Diego State UniversityD1CA20n/a
San Francisco State UniversityD2CA20n/a
Idaho State UniversityD1ID20n/a
Indiana University, BloomingtonD1IN20n/a
University of Nevada, RenoD1NV20n/a
Dartmouth CollegeD1NH20n/a
University at Buffalo, the State University of New YorkD1NY20n/a
Appalachian State UniversityD1NC20$61,858
North Carolina State UniversityD1NC20$51,590
Oberlin CollegeD3OH20n/a
Texas State UniversityD1TX20$101,450
Liberty UniversityD1VA20n/a
Roanoke CollegeD3VA20n/a
Bowdoin CollegeD3ME19n/a
University of Missouri, ColumbiaD1MO19n/a
Binghamton UniversityD1NY19n/a
Texas Tech UniversityD1TX19n/a
Middlebury CollegeD3VT19n/a
University of IowaD1IA18n/a
University of Maryland, Baltimore CountyD1MD18n/a
Williams CollegeD3MA18n/a
State University of New York at GeneseoD3NY18$77,575
The University of North Carolina at CharlotteD1NC18$89,944
Portland State UniversityD1OR18$84,248
University of North TexasD1TX18n/a
Western Washington UniversityD2WA18$63,833
University of AlabamaD1AL17n/a
San Jose State UniversityD1CA17n/a
Grinnell CollegeD3IA17n/a
University of KansasD1KS17n/a
Worcester Polytechnic InstituteD3MA17n/a
California State University, San BernardinoD2CA16$62,004
Florida International UniversityD1FL16n/a
University of North FloridaD1FL16$59,535
Iowa State UniversityD1IA16n/a
Bates CollegeD3ME16n/a