These Are The Top US Universities And Colleges With The Highest Starting Salaries For Graduates, 2018

Unsurprisingly, the college with the highest starting salary is the California Institute of Technology (Caltech), at $84,000, followed by Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Stanford, Carnegie Mellon University, and Princeton University.

The ranking was compiled by GOBankingRates using data from Payscale’s researched salaries for alumni graduated (with 0 to 5 years of experience) and the U.S. News & World Report’s list of the best universities and colleges in the United States rankings for 2019. All institutions on the list have starting salaries of more than $50,000.

Want to set yourself up with a good salary after graduation? Check out the ranking of the top 30 universities and colleges with the highest starting salaries for graduates, ranked from lowest to highest.

These Are The Top US Universities And Colleges With The Highest Starting Salaries For Graduates:

30. Wake Forest University
Starting salary: $56,000

29. Emory University
Starting salary: $56,700

28. University of California — Los Angeles
Starting salary: $57,500

27. University of Chicago
Starting salary: $58,100

26. New York University
Starting salary: $58,700

25. University of Michigan — Ann Arbor
Starting salary: $59,300

24. University of Southern California
Starting salary: $59,400

23. Northwestern University
Starting salary: $59,500

22. University of Virginia
Starting salary: $59,500

21. Washington University in St. Louis
Starting salary: $60,100

20. Tufts University
Starting salary: $60,400

19. Vanderbilt University
Starting salary: $61,100

18. Georgetown University
Starting salary: $61,400

17. University of Notre Dame
Starting salary: $62,500

16. Brown University
Starting salary: $63,000

15. Johns Hopkins University
Starting salary: $63,200

14. Duke University
Starting salary: $65,300

13. University of California — Berkley
Starting salary: $65,400

12. Cornell University
Starting salary: $65,600

11. Rice University
Starting salary: $65,700

10. Columbia University
Starting salary: $66,000

9. Dartmouth College
Starting salary: $66,300

8. Yale University
Starting salary: $66,800

7. University of Pennsylvania
Starting salary: $68,100

6. Harvard University
Starting salary: $69,200

5. Princeton University
Starting salary: $69,800

4. Carnegie Mellon University
Starting salary: $70,900

3. Stanford University
Starting salary: $73,300

2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
Starting salary: $78,800

1. California Institute of Technology
Starting salary: $82,000