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CIP 5401 · offered at 1,489 colleges · national median earnings $50,943 · median debt $24,000
CollegeMedian earnings
Dartmouth College · NH · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$136,403Duke University · NC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$13,000 debt$112,377Yale University · CT · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,000 debt$109,947Amherst College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$103,601Washington and Lee University · VA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$100,087Columbia University in the City of New York · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$22,000 debt$98,079University of California-Los Angeles · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$94,132Princeton University · NJ · Private (nonprofit) · Doctoral Degree$90,535University of Pennsylvania · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$11,000 debt$88,517Brown University · RI · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$13,491 debt$85,520Cornell University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$16,884 debt$82,031Boston College · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$80,073University of Southern California · CA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,638 debt$79,940University of California-San Diego · CA · Public · Doctoral Degree$79,871Northwestern University · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,917 debt$78,966Colgate University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$75,784Georgetown University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$16,640 debt$75,501New York University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$74,545University of Wisconsin-Madison · WI · Public · Doctoral Degree$73,942Virginia Military Institute · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,500 debt$72,630College of the Holy Cross · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$27,000 debt$72,423Fordham University · NY · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$26,000 debt$72,389University of Chicago · IL · Private (nonprofit) · Doctoral Degree$71,260University of Virginia-Main Campus · VA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,352 debt$71,187George Washington University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$23,250 debt$70,734Harvard University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$12,721 debt$70,679Ashland University · OH · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$70,522University of Notre Dame · IN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$19,000 debt$70,423Norwich University · VT · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$70,211Emory University · GA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$21,000 debt$69,988Vanderbilt University · TN · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,000 debt$69,820University of Scranton · PA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$25,000 debt$68,443American University · DC · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$68,296Bowie State University · MD · Public · Bachelor's Degree$32,229 debt$68,077California State University-Fullerton · CA · Public · Master's Degree$67,675Colorado State University-Fort Collins · CO · Public · Master's Degree$67,570Simmons University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Master's Degree$66,986California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo · CA · Public · Bachelor's Degree$17,627 debt$66,518Binghamton University · NY · Public · Bachelor's Degree$19,596 debt$65,984Tufts University · MA · Private (nonprofit) · Bachelor's Degree$15,750 debt$65,540Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard field-of-study data. Colleges without reported earnings for this field are omitted.