Looking from a pure ROI like many do….so taking out debt and other things, here’s the rank by salary (9 years out…that’s what I find difficult to digest; it’s not at graduation). Crazy to me how low the median salaries are - it would be hard for one to survive today with the #s reported at most. Not sure of the data source quality, etc.
Obviously, the pattern again fits with business and/or engineering offerings at the top - but Colby well ahead of Bowdoin and Bates (you normally don’t see that), and VMI quite high.
| 1 | Harvey Mudd College (CA) | 123761 |
|---|---|---|
| 2 | Claremont McKenna College (CA) | 89566 |
| 3 | Bucknell University ¶ | 79084 |
| 4 | College of the Holy Cross (MA) | 78396 |
| 5 | Lafayette College ¶ | 77718 |
| 6 | Trinity College (CT) | 75086 |
| 7 | Amherst College (MA) | 73845 |
| 8 | Washington and Lee University (VA) | 73321 |
| 9 | Colgate University (NY) | 72767 |
| 10 | Colby College (ME) | 69500 |
| 11 | Davidson College (NC) | 69249 |
| 12 | Hamilton College (NY) | 67454 |
| 13 | Barnard College (NY) | 66992 |
| 14 | Haverford College ¶ | 66218 |
| 15 | Virginia Military Institute (VA)* | 65919 |
| 16 | Williams College (MA) | 65891 |
| 17 | Wellesley College (MA) | 64810 |
| 18 | Linfield University (OR) | 64794 |
| 19 | University of Richmond (VA) | 64035 |
| 20 | Middlebury College (VT) | 63541 |
| 21 | Saint John’s University (MN) | 63154 |
| 22 | Connecticut College (CT) | 62690 |
| 23 | Bowdoin College (ME) | 62517 |
| 24 | Carleton College (MN) | 62337 |
| 25 | Gettysburg College ¶ | 62325 |
| 26 | Swarthmore College ¶ | 62058 |
| 27 | Scripps College (CA) | 61742 |
| 28 | Franklin and Marshall College ¶ | 61710 |
| 29 | Wesleyan University (CT) | 61195 |
| 30 | Bryn Mawr College ¶ | 60961 |
| 31 | Occidental College (CA) | 60567 |
| 32 | Muhlenberg College ¶ | 60263 |
| 33 | DePauw University (IN) | 59458 |
| 34 | Bates College (ME) | 59341 |
| 35 | Hobart & William Smith Colls. (NY) | 59152 |
| 36 | Univ. of NH–Manchester (NH)* | 58746 |
| 37 | Trinity University (TX) | 58712 |
| 38 | Dickinson College ¶ | 58636 |
| 39 | Rhodes College (TN) | 57617 |
| 40 | Pitzer College (CA) | 57485 |
| 41 | Gustavus Adolphus College (MN) | 57227 |
| 42 | St. Lawrence University (NY) | 57087 |
| 43 | Skidmore College (NY) | 56957 |
| 44 | Pomona College (CA) | 56872 |
| 45 | University of Puget Sound (WA) | 56032 |
| 46 | Denison University (OH) | 55916 |
| 47 | Wabash College (IN) | 55822 |
| 48 | Furman University (SC) | 55330 |
| 49 | College of Saint Benedict (MN) | 54909 |
| 50 | Willamette University (OR) | 54775 |
| 51 | Vassar College (NY) | 54672 |
| 52 | Macalester College (MN) | 54515 |
| 53 | Centre College (KY) | 54323 |
| 54 | Saint Mary’s College (IN) | 54306 |
| 55 | St. Olaf College (MN) | 54253 |
| 56 | Wheaton College (IL) | 53498 |
| 57 | Kalamazoo College (MI) | 53298 |
| 58 | Drew University (NJ) | 52989 |
| 59 | Kenyon College (OH) | 52842 |
| 60 | Sewanee–Univ. of the South (TN) | 52611 |
| 61 | Whitman College (WA) | 52550 |
| 62 | St. Mary’s College of MD (MD)* | 52255 |
| 63 | University of Mary Washington (VA)* | 51940 |
| 64 | Albion College (MI) | 51707 |
| 65 | Grinnell College (IA) | 51351 |
| 66 | Spelman College (GA) | 50632 |
| 67 | Smith College (MA) | 50312 |
| 68 | Allegheny College ¶ | 50257 |
| 69 | Whittier College (CA) | 49927 |
| 70 | College of Wooster (OH) | 49247 |
| 71 | Ripon College (WI) | 48739 |
| 72 | Mount Holyoke College (MA) | 48733 |
| 73 | Colorado College (CO) | 48346 |
| 74 | Westminster College ¶ | 47403 |
| 75 | Reed College (OR) | 47189 |
| 76 | Juniata College ¶ | 47028 |
| 77 | Lewis & Clark College (OR) | 46518 |
| 78 | Agnes Scott College (GA) | 46103 |
| 79 | Westminster College (MO) | 46048 |
| 80 | Simpson University (CA) | 45642 |
| 81 | Knox College (IL) | 45482 |
| 82 | Lawrence University (WI) | 45408 |
| 83 | Cornell College (IA) | 44312 |
| 84 | Soka University of America (CA) | 44187 |
| 85 | Goucher College (MD) | 43867 |
| 86 | University of MN–Morris (MN)* | 43563 |
| 87 | Beloit College (WI) | 42849 |
| 88 | Hampshire College (MA) | 40007 |
| 89 | New College of Florida (FL)* | 39988 |
| 90 | Guilford College (NC) | 39880 |
| 91 | Bennington College (VT) | 39734 |
| 92 | Bard College (NY) | 39493 |
| 93 | CUNY Medgar Evers College (NY)* | 39258 |
| 94 | Univ. of NC–Asheville (NC)* | 39139 |
| 95 | Berea College (KY) | 36974 |
| 96 | Salem College (NC) | 36871 |
| 97 | Univ. of Science & Arts of Okla. (OK)* | 36573 |
| 98 | Claflin University (SC) | 34192 |
| 99 | Bethune-Cookman University (FL) | 32824 |
| 100 | Bennett College (NC) | 31319 |