Highest-Paying Multidisciplinary Studies Programs
Colleges whose multidisciplinary studies graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 426 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#1
Harvey Mudd College
Claremont, CA
#2
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
#3
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
- 1Harvey Mudd CollegeClaremont, CA · Private$136,278Compare nearby
- 2Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, MA · Private$119,061Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#1
- Biological Sciences#1
- Business#1
- Liberal Arts#1
- Physical Sciences#2
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#3
- the Highest SAT Averages#4
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#5
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#6
- Most Selective Colleges in America#7
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#8
- Computer Science#10
- Engineering#11
- Mathematics & Statistics#12
- Are Least Likely to Leave#14
- 3Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA · Private$93,076Compare nearby
- 4Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, PA · Private$89,968Compare nearby
Also on 12 other lists
- Social Sciences#2
- Business#3
- Visual & Performing Arts#3
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#6
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#6
- Mathematics & Statistics#8
- Physical Sciences#8
- the Highest SAT Averages#10
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#11
- Architecture#12
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#13
- Computer Science#19
- 5University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, PA · Private$74,940Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#2
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#4
- Communications#4
- Mathematics & Statistics#4
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#5
- Business#9
- History#10
- the Highest SAT Averages#11
- Most Selective Colleges in America#11
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#12
- Engineering#12
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#17
- Computer Science#18
- Are Least Likely to Leave#20
- Social Sciences#22
- 6Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, NY · Private$68,219Compare nearby
- 7University of South Carolina BeaufortBluffton, SC · Public$68,219Compare nearby
- 8University of Illinois Urbana-ChampaignChampaign, IL · Public$67,585Compare nearby
- 9Emory UniversityAtlanta, GA · Private$63,997Compare nearby
- 10Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · Private$62,104Compare nearby
Also on 13 other lists
- History#1
- English Language & Literature#5
- Most Selective Colleges in America#5
- Most Expensive Colleges by Sticker Price#7
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#7
- Computer Science#9
- Social Sciences#9
- the Highest ACT Scores#11
- Are Least Likely to Leave#15
- the Highest SAT Averages#15
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#16
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#17
- Psychology#24
- 11Thomas Edison State UniversityTrenton, NJ · Public$61,065Compare nearby
- 12Temple UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Public$60,537Compare nearby
- 13University of Akron Main CampusAkron, OH · Public$59,982Compare nearby
- 14American Public University SystemCharles Town, WV · For-profit$59,516Compare nearby
- 15Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · Private$59,417Compare nearby
- 16University of Minnesota-CrookstonCrookston, MN · Public$58,673Compare nearby
- 17University of Arkansas GranthamLIttle Rock, AR · Public$58,221Compare nearby
- 18James Madison UniversityHarrisonburg, VA · Public$54,851Compare nearby
- 19Drexel UniversityPhiladelphia, PA · Private$54,415Compare nearby
- 20University of Maryland-College ParkCollege Park, MD · Public$53,358Compare nearby
- 21Empire State UniversitySaratoga Springs, NY · Public$52,733Compare nearby
- 22Stanford UniversityStanford, CA · Private$50,830Compare nearby
Also on 15 other lists
- Computer Science#2
- Biological Sciences#3
- Engineering Technology#3
- Most Selective Colleges in America#3
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#4
- Psychology#6
- the Highest SAT Averages#6
- the Highest ACT Scores#7
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#7
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#7
- Area & Ethnic Studies#8
- Social Sciences#8
- Engineering#10
- English Language & Literature#18
- Are Least Likely to Leave#24
- 23University of Notre DameNotre Dame, IN · Private$50,270Compare nearby
- 24Montana State University BillingsBillings, MT · Public$50,270Compare nearby
- 25Mercer UniversityMacon, GA · Private$49,683Compare 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 multidisciplinary studies 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.
- 426 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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