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# University Degrees Accept RD Yield Earn z Earnings ROI Employ Debt-to-Earn Male White Asian Black Hispanic Intl SAT p25 SAT p50 SAT p75 Submit %
1 MIT 1,158 5% 86% +2.71 $158,428 100 94% — 51% 21% 35% 8% 14% 12% 1520 1550 1570 100%
2 Stanford 2,153 4% 80% +2.13 $122,623 99 93% — 49% 23% 29% 8% 17% 13% 1520 1550 1570 77%
3 Princeton 1,337 4% 75% +1.56 $107,946 96 95% — 50% 34% 23% 9% 10% 13% 1490 1530 1560 80%
4 Yale 1,860 3% 68% +2.51 $115,036 97 94% — 49% 31% 22% 9% 16% 11% 1480 1520 1560 92%
5 Harvard 2,158 4% 84% +2.29 $116,868 98 92% — 46% 30% 23% 9% 12% 15% 1440 1500 1550 100%
6 U. of Pennsylvania 2,917 5% 50% +3.65 $147,105 100 95% 3.6% 45% 26% 29% 9% 11% 13% 1500 1530 1560 70%
7 Caltech 250 4% 58% +1.75 $133,624 99 100% — 55% 19% 36% 4% 18% 14% 1540 1560 1580 100%
8 Duke 2,258 5% 44% +2.43 $115,439 97 95% — 46% 34% 21% 9% 11% 12% 1510 1540 1570 75%
9 Johns Hopkins 1,393 6% 24% +1.14 $94,049 88 91% — 45% 19% 29% 8% 19% 15% 1530 1550 1560 77%
10 Cornell 4,187 8% 46% +1.90 $109,802 95 94% — 46% 31% 26% 7% 13% 10% 1490 1520 1550 56%
11 Brown 1,904 6% 45% +1.31 $113,220 97 92% — 50% 33% 23% 8% 12% 13% 1470 1510 1550 100%
12 Dartmouth 1,357 6% 47% +1.92 $105,723 94 96% — 51% 44% 13% 6% 10% 14% 1440 1500 1550 100%
13 Vanderbilt 1,830 5% 44% +2.23 $100,153 91 95% — 48% 39% 19% 9% 11% 11% 1510 1540 1560 52%
14 Columbia 2,496 5% 46% +1.63 $107,738 95 90% — 51% 27% 19% 7% 15% 20% 1510 1540 1560 67%
15 Rice 1,352 8% 27% +1.72 $109,149 96 94% — 50% 26% 29% 8% 17% 13% 1510 1540 1560 83%
16 Northwestern 2,431 7% 36% +1.46 $92,655 86 96% 2.5% 46% 30% 21% 8% 16% 12% 1510 1540 1560 69%
17 U. of Chicago 2,085 5% 73% +2.09 $121,990 98 94% — 54% 30% 20% 7% 17% 17% 1500 1530 1560 82%
18 Carnegie Mellon 1,893 11% 38% +2.63 $147,224 100 96% — 51% 21% 34% 4% 10% 19% 1500 1530 1560 84%
19 Washington University in St Louis 2,170 12% 24% +1.63 $102,081 91 99% — 47% 39% 22% 8% 13% 9% 1500 1530 1550 61%
20 U. of Southern California 5,846 11% 40% +0.66 $83,730 78 93% 2.8% 48% 25% 23% 7% 20% 13% 1470 1510 1540 45%
21 Tufts 1,843 11% 27% +0.69 $89,037 83 94% — 43% 41% 17% 6% 10% 13% 1460 1490 1520 58%
22 Emory 2,326 10% 14% +1.39 $88,907 83 92% — 43% 30% 25% 10% 12% 16% 1480 1510 1540 68%
23 New York University 7,603 9% 32% +1.11 $86,970 83 93% 3.8% 41% 22% 22% 7% 14% 27% 1480 1520 1550 37%
24 Boston University 5,291 13% 16% +0.50 $79,958 73 94% 4.9% 41% 32% 21% 6% 12% 21% 1420 1470 1510 46%
25 Lehigh 1,448 29% 12% +1.41 $99,710 91 96% — 52% 60% 11% 5% 11% 6% 1380 1430 1480 43%
26 Northeastern 6,004 17% 25% +1.01 $95,777 90 95% — 43% 41% 23% 5% 10% 12% 1440 1480 1510 28%
27 Wake Forest 1,332 18% 22% +1.91 $97,159 88 96% — 45% 65% 5% 6% 10% 6% 1420 1460 1490 46%
28 George Washington 2,607 47% 13% +1.32 $86,527 82 93% 2.7% 36% 48% 16% 8% 14% 8% 1310 1380 1450 50%
29 U. of Rochester 2,006 42% 9% +0.61 $86,520 82 96% 4.8% 48% 38% 19% 5% 8% 23% 1400 1460 1510 22%
30 Case Western Reserve 1,552 35% 10% +0.24 $84,868 78 95% — 52% 33% 31% 6% 12% 11% 1440 1490 1530 67%
31 Tulane 2,311 14% 18% +0.95 $82,289 72 95% — 38% 66% 5% 6% 11% 5% 1430 1470 1500 38%
32 U. of Miami 3,608 18% 18% -0.07 $70,704 60 92% — 45% 49% 5% 7% 25% 7% 1350 1400 1450 51%
33 Brandeis 922 45% 12% +0.21 $71,549 58 92% — 43% 41% 18% 6% 9% 19% 1370 1420 1470 36%
34 U. of Tampa 2,755 39% 17% -0.27 $64,148 69 96% — 42% 71% 2% 3% 14% 4% — — — —
35 Clark 476 41% 7% -0.10 $60,615 38 96% — 44% 62% 7% 6% 13% 6% 1270 1360 1440 22%
36 Howard 2,266 42% 14% -0.35 $62,432 66 95% — 27% 0% 1% 77% 7% 5% 1050 1160 1270 62%
37 Syracuse 3,571 46% 12% +0.70 $75,335 68 96% — 44% 56% 7% 8% 13% 9% 1270 1360 1440 31%
38 Thomas 177 48% 64% +0.39 $61,483 77 93% 7.8% 57% 45% 1% 41% 4% 0% 990 1110 1220 32%
39 Tuskegee 444 49% 14% -0.62 $61,265 65 93% — 39% 1% 0% 82% 0% 0% 990 1120 1250 26%
40 Russell Sage 329 53% 19% -0.57 $59,814 58 96% 7.8% 34% 57% 5% 12% 13% 1% — — — —
41 Illinois Institute of Technology 614 55% 7% -0.54 $85,055 85 93% — 65% 30% 16% 6% 28% 14% 1180 1310 1440 38%
42 Marist 1,226 56% 17% +0.87 $73,371 76 97% 5.9% 42% 72% 4% 3% 14% 2% 1200 1270 1330 14%
43 Lindenwood 1,022 57% 14% -0.29 $62,602 71 96% 7.4% 41% 64% 2% 13% 5% 7% — — — —
44 Jacksonville 616 57% 16% +0.12 $73,250 75 95% 3.3% 44% 49% 2% 13% 16% 6% 1120 1200 1270 44%
45 Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 137 60% 7% -0.85 $74,195 80 90% — 35% 46% 19% 10% 7% 4% 1110 1250 1380 41%
46 Quinnipiac 1,597 60% 11% +0.60 $77,590 77 98% 7.3% 40% 74% 4% 4% 12% 2% 1150 1240 1320 25%
47 U. of New Haven 969 60% 10% -0.12 $62,232 54 98% — 39% 52% 3% 12% 22% 4% 1060 1160 1260 26%
48 U. of Charleston 896 62% 16% -0.09 $72,741 78 96% 4.2% 44% 66% 1% 10% 5% 13% — — — —
49 Hampton 489 62% 10% -0.36 $61,629 66 95% 10.1% 32% 0% 0% 97% 0% 1% 790 940 1090 65%
50 Lincoln Memorial 309 63% 15% -0.79 $62,907 68 97% 4.9% 32% 75% 2% 5% 6% 8% 1000 1110 1210 75%
51 Goldey-Beacom 155 63% 20% -0.69 $55,621 65 95% — 49% 36% 2% 22% 22% 10% — — — —
52 Drake 750 64% 10% +0.61 $73,835 69 95% — 39% 68% 5% 8% 10% 5% 1110 1230 1350 23%
53 Adelphi 1,168 66% 10% +0.52 $74,026 76 95% 3.5% 33% 41% 14% 10% 23% 4% 1120 1230 1340 16%
54 Elon 1,443 66% 11% +0.85 $77,769 79 97% — 41% 75% 2% 5% 7% 2% — — — —
55 Hofstra 1,393 68% 10% +0.13 $65,301 53 94% — 43% 44% 16% 10% 18% 4% 1230 1320 1400 29%
56 Daemen 396 68% 11% +0.32 $63,918 69 98% 2.0% 26% 73% 4% 9% 7% 2% — — — —
57 Westminster 208 69% 14% -0.58 $62,902 55 97% 4.8% 43% 66% 4% 2% 14% 4% 1120 1210 1300 46%
58 Ithaca 963 69% 11% -0.14 $56,219 31 96% — 46% 71% 3% 4% 11% 3% 1230 1310 1390 25%
59 Webber International 157 69% 23% -1.78 $43,482 16 98% 10.5% 70% 34% 1% 28% 15% 15% — — — —
60 Indiana Institute of Technology 222 70% 13% -0.72 $67,435 73 97% — 60% 45% 2% 15% 8% 12% — — — —
61 Lake Erie 154 70% 20% -0.38 $55,419 39 95% — 51% 55% 1% 24% 3% 3% — — — —
62 U. of La Verne 832 71% 10% +0.02 $62,771 56 92% 6.2% 40% 16% 6% 8% 63% 1% — — — —
63 U. of the Pacific 800 71% 14% +0.98 $79,746 80 95% — 45% 14% 34% 3% 29% 7% 1180 1350 1480 26%
64 Stetson 469 72% 7% -0.76 $55,142 22 96% — 43% 47% 2% 12% 22% 9% 1060 1170 1270 28%
65 Springfield 440 72% 19% +0.34 $64,023 61 98% — 51% 72% 3% 7% 11% 4% — — — —
66 Alfred 296 74% 10% -1.11 $51,906 32 95% — 48% 65% 2% 7% 10% 8% 1090 1200 1310 71%
67 Pace 1,804 76% 8% +0.29 $68,568 64 93% — 34% 44% 7% 12% 25% 6% 1180 1260 1340 16%
68 Bradley 870 77% 11% +0.01 $71,376 74 97% — 49% 59% 5% 12% 15% 2% — — — —
69 Marietta 232 78% 12% -0.19 $65,102 62 98% — 54% 83% 0% 4% 3% 3% 910 1030 1150 65%
70 Trine 470 79% 19% -0.48 $70,999 75 95% — 61% 83% 1% 5% 4% 2% — — — —
71 Drexel 2,830 79% 8% +0.57 $84,886 81 95% 4.2% 52% 40% 25% 10% 9% 9% 1240 1340 1440 39%
72 Curry 410 80% 11% -0.38 $65,856 63 96% 4.0% 43% 56% 2% 15% 14% 2% — — — —
73 New York Institute of Technology 621 80% 8% -0.13 $74,860 79 93% 4.5% 61% 20% 29% 12% 24% 9% 1190 1310 1420 24%
74 Tiffin 412 80% 10% +0.03 $64,086 64 98% 6.8% 52% 52% 3% 18% 2% 7% 910 1010 1110 71%
75 Aurora 1,240 81% 15% -0.26 $60,940 65 95% 6.6% 34% 38% 3% 6% 44% 1% 900 1030 1150 20%
76 Butler 902 81% 13% -0.20 $62,656 49 98% — 40% 77% 4% 5% 7% 1% 1160 1260 1350 54%
77 Thomas Jefferson 1,066 81% 12% +0.58 $79,153 81 95% 8.3% 26% 44% 17% 14% 14% 2% 1160 1250 1330 25%
78 Lasell 225 81% 14% -0.59 $52,943 52 96% 11.3% 36% 62% 2% 10% 16% 3% — — — —
79 Husson 548 82% 18% -0.61 $57,536 62 98% 8.0% 42% 81% 2% 5% 1% 4% — — — —
80 Point Park 530 82% 10% -0.92 $46,135 15 95% 9.3% 35% 62% 2% 16% 10% 5% — — — —
81 Rider 758 82% 9% -0.24 $59,579 55 95% 5.2% 44% 52% 5% 14% 21% 4% 1100 1210 1320 14%
82 Suffolk 884 82% 11% -0.05 $65,394 62 94% — 35% 50% 8% 10% 16% 11% 1090 1200 1300 14%
83 Lynn 543 83% 13% -1.29 $50,656 23 92% 4.9% 51% 42% 2% 8% 17% 15% 1040 1120 1200 20%
84 Manhattanville 319 83% 11% -0.22 $64,021 62 96% 8.3% 39% 43% 2% 11% 36% 3% — — — —
85 U. of Bridgeport 394 83% 4% +0.58 $78,284 85 97% 5.2% 32% 27% 6% 28% 31% 6% — — — —
86 Monmouth 943 84% 10% -0.08 $62,407 57 97% — 37% 67% 2% 5% 18% 2% 1140 1230 1310 20%
87 Davenport 702 85% 11% -0.74 $67,103 77 96% 6.8% 50% 63% 3% 11% 9% 5% — — — —
88 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Florham 478 85% 10% -0.52 $56,922 51 95% — 46% 46% 5% 13% 28% 1% — — — —
89 Fairleigh Dickinson University - Metropolitan Campus 576 85% 11% -0.51 $58,030 54 94% 8.1% 51% 19% 6% 12% 37% 14% — — — —
90 New England 199 85% 9% -1.00 $48,817 22 94% 7.7% 45% 60% 2% 9% 10% 4% — — — —
91 Widener 563 85% 14% +0.42 $80,715 79 97% 4.2% 40% 51% 4% 29% 10% 2% — — — —
92 MCPHS 838 85% 13% -0.07 $74,627 81 98% 4.5% 23% 29% 21% 13% 16% 12% — — — —
93 U. of Denver 1,493 85% 7% +0.24 $71,410 61 95% 7.3% 45% 67% 4% 3% 14% 3% 1160 1260 1360 36%
94 Hawaii Pacific 549 86% 4% -0.29 $64,803 71 92% 8.9% 34% 28% 16% 6% 24% 5% 990 1100 1200 24%
95 Mercy 1,251 86% 14% +0.11 $71,187 84 94% 8.1% 30% 14% 5% 25% 49% 3% — — — —
96 Long Island 1,238 86% 8% +0.57 $79,088 84 95% — 36% 38% 11% 15% 18% 5% 1110 1230 1350 28%
97 Webster 511 86% 13% -0.58 $54,937 44 95% 7.0% 43% 51% 3% 11% 5% 23% 1110 1210 1310 25%
98 Norwich 682 87% 13% +0.58 $80,604 82 91% 5.2% 69% 66% 3% 5% 10% 7% — — — —
99 Roger Williams 918 88% 13% +0.32 $67,612 67 97% — 48% 71% 2% 3% 10% 2% 1140 1230 1310 21%
100 Utica 641 89% 12% -0.16 $70,153 82 97% 5.3% 45% 67% 4% 10% 11% 0% — — — —
101 Robert Morris 615 90% 10% -0.54 $67,735 72 99% 6.7% 56% 72% 2% 9% 4% 8% — — — —
102 Wilkes 450 91% 9% -0.32 $65,033 61 98% 7.2% 48% 64% 3% 6% 11% 11% 1020 1140 1250 21%
103 Western New England 615 91% 8% -0.08 $70,546 72 100% — 57% 68% 3% 7% 12% 3% 1090 1200 1300 16%
104 Stevenson 635 91% 17% -0.15 $67,784 71 95% 6.1% 41% 45% 3% 33% 10% 1% — — — —
105 U. of New England 479 92% 12% +0.05 $65,920 62 97% — 32% 85% 2% 2% 4% 0% — — — —
106 Culinary Institute of America 394 92% 31% -0.82 $46,052 18 95% — 50% 45% 6% 8% 22% 8% 920 1050 1180 15%
107 Maryville University of Saint Louis 1,077 92% 20% -0.22 $66,428 74 98% 6.0% 37% 67% 5% 10% 7% 4% — — — —
108 Roosevelt 588 92% 9% -0.53 $54,005 56 94% 7.3% 39% 27% 4% 21% 34% 8% 890 1030 1170 27%
109 Rockford 232 93% 13% -0.52 $61,561 59 98% — 49% 42% 3% 17% 23% 8% 850 960 1070 35%
110 Nova Southeastern 2,143 93% 16% -0.10 $77,028 83 93% 7.7% 28% 27% 13% 15% 32% 7% 1030 1170 1300 58%
111 Delaware Valley 367 93% 20% -0.63 $50,014 19 97% 8.8% 39% 70% 2% 10% 11% 0% 1090 1200 1300 73%
112 Thomas College 165 95% 16% -0.84 $54,950 47 96% — 53% 67% 1% 4% 2% 8% — — — —
113 U. of Hartford 776 96% 10% -0.37 $63,403 55 97% — 42% 50% 3% 16% 19% 3% 1120 1220 1310 24%
114 Lesley 305 97% 8% -0.36 $48,324 30 97% 7.6% 31% 47% 6% 8% 18% 4% — — — —
115 National-Louis 929 97% 17% -0.59 $52,971 62 92% 8.5% 27% 14% 2% 24% 46% 10% — — — —
116 Bellevue 2,268 100% — +0.21 $58,606 71 99% 5.0% 48% 47% 3% 17% 17% 0% — — — —
117 Boricua 54 100% — -0.26 $48,324 54 89% — 23% 2% 1% 19% 71% 0% — — — —
118 Heritage 155 100% — -0.07 $57,824 68 93% — 24% 10% 1% 1% 73% 0% — — — —
119 National 1,876 100% — -0.24 $65,309 83 92% 6.5% 48% 29% 7% 16% 34% 0% — — — —
120 Park 1,110 100% — -0.47 $64,021 76 98% 5.7% 51% 41% 2% 16% 23% 8% — — — —
121 Turtle Mountain Community 15 100% — +1.30 $64,993 83 100% — 42% 2% 0% 0% 3% 0% — — — —
122 United Tribes Technical 34 100% — -0.09 $57,933 73 — — 34% 2% 0% 1% 0% 0% — — — —
123 U. of Rio Grande 174 100% — -0.53 $57,964 63 95% — 48% 62% 0% 5% 1% 13% — — — —
124 Wilmington 1,571 100% — -0.65 $51,276 58 — 5.2% 42% 46% 3% 21% 15% 6% — — — —