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Ranked by 5-year median salary · Bachelor's degree · 332 institutions with data

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# Institution State Year 1 Year 5 Median Year 10 PP Adjusted
1 University of Virginia VA $48,201 $72,642 $106,259 $70,870
2 Providence College RI $45,751 $70,939 $98,163 $63,057
3 Washington and Lee University VA $29,336 $70,489 $108,086 $68,770
4 CUNY Queens College NY $40,984 $70,022 $92,054 $53,047
5 Connecticut College CT $41,244 $68,626 $104,398 $59,520
6 Sacred Heart University CT $33,582 $68,216 $83,557 $59,164
7 CUNY Lehman College NY $44,683 $68,098 $85,162 $51,589
8 Quinnipiac University CT $33,034 $68,036 $85,089 $59,008
9 Binghamton University NY $34,988 $66,877 $90,123 $50,664
10 CUNY Brooklyn College NY $39,366 $66,732 $88,921 $50,555
11 CUNY Hunter College NY $39,566 $66,368 $85,868 $50,279
12 Empire State University NY $53,892 $66,311 $67,936 $50,236
13 University of Texas at Austin TX $45,919 $66,224 $84,015 $71,904
14 University of Michigan MI $38,880 $66,085 $92,291 $72,224
15 University of Richmond VA $41,405 $65,688 $94,911 $64,086
16 Virginia Military Institute VA $41,165 $65,435 $92,587 $63,839
17 College of Staten Island/CUNY NY $39,222 $65,334 $92,330 $49,495
18 Wabash College IN $43,047 $64,930 $71,825
19 CUNY Bernard M. Baruch College NY $41,138 $64,854 $88,123 $49,132
20 Marymount University VA $40,642 $64,507 $86,717 $62,934

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Data sources: US Census Bureau Post-Secondary Employment Outcomes (PSEO). Cost-of-living index: BLS Regional CPI & MIT Living Wage Project. Cost of attendance: IPEDS. For informational use only; data may be suppressed for small cohort sizes.