Highest-Paying Education Programs
Colleges whose education graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 889 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
- 1Howard UniversityWashington, DC · Private$55,964Compare nearby
- 2Manhattan CollegeRiverdale, NY · Private$51,950Compare nearby
- 3American UniversityWashington, DC · Private$51,690Compare nearby
- 4The College of New JerseyEwing, NJ · Public$50,827Compare nearby
- 5Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, NJ · Private$50,807Compare nearby
- 6Bellevue UniversityBellevue, NE · Private$50,465Compare nearby
- 7CUNY York CollegeJamaica, NY · Public$50,231Compare nearby
- 8Rutgers University-New BrunswickNew Brunswick, NJ · Public$49,962Compare nearby
- 9Pacific Lutheran UniversityTacoma, WA · Private$49,873Compare nearby
- 10Marist CollegePoughkeepsie, NY · Private$49,644Compare nearby
- 11Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, NJ · Private$49,493Compare nearby
- 12Centenary UniversityHackettstown, NJ · Private$49,227Compare nearby
- 13Northwest UniversityKirkland, WA · Private$48,682Compare nearby
- 14Rider UniversityLawrenceville, NJ · Private$48,298Compare nearby
- 15Western Washington UniversityBellingham, WA · Public$48,198Compare nearby
- 16Walden UniversityMinneapolis, MN · For-profit$47,949Compare nearby
- 17University of Houston-Clear LakeHouston, TX · Public$47,781Compare nearby
- 18Syracuse UniversitySyracuse, NY · Private$47,729Compare nearby
- 19Saint Edward's UniversityAustin, TX · Private$47,595Compare nearby
- 20William Paterson University of New JerseyWayne, NJ · Public$47,381Compare nearby
- 21Texas Christian UniversityFort Worth, TX · Private$47,378Compare nearby
- 22Felician UniversityLodi, NJ · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 23Turtle Mountain Community CollegeBelcourt, ND · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 24Texas Wesleyan UniversityFort Worth, TX · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 25Goddard CollegePlainfield, VT · Private$47,260Compare nearby
How this list was built
- Measure
- Median earnings, 1 year after completing — sorted highest to lowest
- Source variable
EARN_MDN_HI_1YR- Dataset
- U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard, Most-Recent-Cohorts-Field-of-Study (04-17-2025 release)
- Where a college offers several education programs, the figure shown is the median across those programs.
- Earnings cover graduates who received federal financial aid, were working and not enrolled one year after completing, and whose highest credential is that bachelor's degree.
- 889 institutions report earnings for this field; programs with too few graduates are suppressed for privacy by the Department of Education and cannot be ranked.
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