Highest-Paying Psychology Programs
Colleges whose psychology graduates earn the most one year after finishing, across all bachelor's programs in the field.
Ranked by median earnings, 1 year after completing · 1,087 of 2,406 institutions report this measure · Compiled 2026-09-01
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#3
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
#5
Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, CA
#6
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
- 1Palo Alto UniversityPalo Alto, CA · Private$57,139Compare nearby
- 2Colby CollegeWaterville, ME · Private$52,107Compare nearby
- 3Harvard UniversityCambridge, MA · Private$51,851Compare nearby
Also on 13 other lists
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#2
- Most Selective Colleges in America#2
- the Highest ACT Scores#3
- the Highest SAT Averages#3
- Biological Sciences#4
- Computer Science#4
- Mathematics & Statistics#6
- English Language & Literature#8
- History#8
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#10
- Are Least Likely to Leave#18
- Social Sciences#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#24
- 4Colgate UniversityHamilton, NY · Private$51,482Compare nearby
- 5Santa Clara UniversitySanta Clara, CA · Private$48,823Compare nearby
- 6Stanford UniversityStanford, CA · Private$48,823Compare nearby
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- Computer Science#2
- Biological Sciences#3
- Engineering Technology#3
- Most Selective Colleges in America#3
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#4
- 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
- Multidisciplinary Studies#22
- Are Least Likely to Leave#24
- 7University of the District of ColumbiaWashington, DC · Public$48,041Compare nearby
- 8Dominican University of CaliforniaSan Rafael, CA · Private$47,260Compare nearby
- 9Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, PA · Private$46,087Compare nearby
- 10Wellesley CollegeWellesley, MA · Private$45,665Compare nearby
- 11Cornell UniversityIthaca, NY · Private$45,305Compare nearby
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- Public Administration#1
- Mathematics & Statistics#11
- Communications#13
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#17
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#19
- Philosophy & Religious Studies#19
- Computer Science#20
- the Highest ACT Scores#21
- Architecture#21
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#22
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#23
- Are Least Likely to Leave#23
- the Highest SAT Averages#23
- Most Selective Colleges in America#23
- Area & Ethnic Studies#25
- 12Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona BeachDaytona Beach, FL · Private$44,971Compare nearby
- 13Georgia Institute of Technology-Main CampusAtlanta, GA · Public$44,971Compare nearby
- 14University of ChicagoChicago, IL · Private$44,971Compare nearby
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- 15Princeton UniversityPrinceton, NJ · Private$44,384Compare nearby
Also on 11 other lists
- Engineering#1
- English Language & Literature#1
- Best Earnings-to-Debt Ratio#3
- Highest Four-Year Graduation Rates#3
- Most Selective Colleges in America#6
- Public Administration#10
- Best Student-to-Faculty Ratios#11
- Graduates Earn the Most 10 Years Out#14
- the Highest SAT Averages#14
- the Highest ACT Scores#20
- Best Early-Career Earnings, 6 Years After Enrolling#24
- 16Marian UniversityFond Du Lac, WI · Private$44,384Compare nearby
- 17Georgetown UniversityWashington, DC · Private$44,356Compare nearby
- 18Scripps CollegeClaremont, CA · Private$43,798Compare nearby
- 19Lafayette CollegeEaston, PA · Private$43,426Compare nearby
- 20Brown UniversityProvidence, RI · Private$43,367Compare nearby
- 21Barnard CollegeNew York, NY · Private$43,240Compare nearby
- 22Saint Mary's University of MinnesotaWinona, MN · Private$43,054Compare nearby
- 23Charter Oak State CollegeNew Britain, CT · Public$42,682Compare nearby
- 24Yale UniversityNew Haven, CT · Private$42,682Compare 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
- Multidisciplinary Studies#10
- 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
- 25Excelsior UniversityAlbany, NY · Private$42,682Compare 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 psychology 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.
- 1,087 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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