These 25 Colleges Pump Out The Richest Undergrads
Yesterday, I discussed that making money and wanting more money is a good thing. Sorry, state schools, but other, more prestigious universities are going to set their graduating students up to more money. Which ones stand above the rest?
Payscale put together the list of the 25 schools where their undergraduates make the most money 10 plus years into their careers. Here they are:
T-24. Colgate – Mid-career median pay: $113,000
T-24. Rice University – Mid-career median pay: $113,000
T-22. Georgetown University – Mid-career median pay: $114,000
T-22. Colorado School of Mines – Mid-career median pay: $114,000
21. University of Chicago – Mid-career median pay: $115,000
20. Brown University – Mid-career median pay: $116,000
T-17. Occidental College – Mid-career median pay: $117,000
T-17. Clarkson University – Mid-career median pay: $117,000
T-17. Stevens Institute of Technology – Mid-career median pay: $117,000
T-13. Bates College – Mid-career median pay: $119,000
T-13. Dartmouth College – Mid-career median pay: $119,000
T-13. Duke University – Mid-career median pay: $119,000
T-13. Carnegie Mellon University – Mid-career median pay: $119,000
12. Santa Clara University – Mid-career median pay: $121,000
11. Babson College – Mid-career median pay: $122,000
10. Harvard University – Mid-career median pay: $123,000
T-8. University of Pennsylvania – Mid-career median pay: $124,000
T-8. United States Air Force Academy – Mid-career median pay: $124,000
7. United States Naval Academy – Mid-career median pay: $125,000
6. United States Military Academy at West Point – Mid-career median pay: $126,000
5. Stanford University – Mid-career median pay: $127,000
T-3. Princeton University – Mid-career median pay: $131,000
T-3. Harvey Mudd College – Mid-career median pay: $131,000
2. MIT – Mid-career median pay: $134,000
1. SUNY — Maritime College – Mid-career median pay: $144,000
If you’re at one of these colleges, congrats, you’re set up for success if you’re in the right program. One thing I can tell you for sure is that these kids aren’t graduating with liberal arts degrees. If you’re not at one of these colleges, consider a transfer or just bank on connections or go to grad school..
[via Payscale]
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You mean my academic probation-level GPA at a state school won’t get me the big bucks? Damn
10 years ago at 11:37 amNo but connections will.
10 years ago at 11:43 amInteresting to see so many armed forces schools so high. Wonder if it has to do anything with the tax breaks associated with working directly for the government.
10 years ago at 11:42 amReally not all that interesting, considering the kids that get into the service academies are either very connected, extremely intelligent, or both. These aren’t your average joes. Plus, this is mid career pay, so after these graduates put in their 4-12 years, they have a meaningful degree, connections and an unmatched work ethic.
10 years ago at 12:41 pmThe military academies are all really good schools academically in addition to their military mission. A lot of their grads spend a decade or so in the armed forces and then move into normal white collar careers in medicine, engineering, law, whatever. A degree from Annapolis or West Point and ten years of military service on your resume is pretty damn impressive to any grad school or employer. These guys do well financially after their service ends.
10 years ago at 12:37 amit has to do with the fact that a 2nd lieutenant makes about 50K starting out with and a Major with 10 years, and is married, makes upwards of 110k
10 years ago at 10:01 pm“If you’re at one of these colleges, you’re probably not on TFM”
10 years ago at 11:43 amPretty sure making loads of money is one of the most frat things you can do
10 years ago at 12:38 pmHey man, im here
10 years ago at 11:15 amWhere’s Devry and ITT rank?
10 years ago at 11:47 amITT is gone man
10 years ago at 12:04 pmI’m guessing you didn’t/don’t go to one of these schools because there are two #24’s on your list instead of 25 and 24.
10 years ago at 12:08 pmYou must be fun at parties
10 years ago at 12:18 pmI’m guessing you don’t either because you don’t know how to read/count.
10 years ago at 1:29 pmThey’re tied you tard
10 years ago at 4:16 pmBreaking news people that go to Harvard make a lot of money
10 years ago at 3:19 pmSanta Clara is a liberal arts school.
Who let any of you write anything?
10 years ago at 4:39 pmI hope you know that just because it has the word “liberal” in it doesn’t mean it’s bad. If you want to study say law, liberal arts colleges are the best places to go for undergrad before LS.
10 years ago at 7:56 pmSanta Clara is in the middle of Silicon Valley and has good engineering and business programs. It’s not Stanford-level elite or anything, but a lot of their graduates do get recruited into high-paying tech and finance jobs. Plus it’s a really expensive school so the kids who go there already come from rich families with lots of connections.
10 years ago at 12:42 amDumbass high schooler
10 years ago at 9:06 amCorrect title for this list: ‘The 25 Schools Where the Children of Rich Parents Go to Remain Rich.’
10 years ago at 6:14 pm