Top Colleges For Getting Rich (U.S.)

No. 1: Dartmouth College
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $58,000
10 to 20 years   $134,000
Top Earners*   $321,000
 
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
Source: PayScale.com


     No. 2: Princeton University

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $66,500
10 to 20 years   $131,000
Top Earners*   $261,000
   
  Courtesy of Princeton University
   *Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
Source: PayScale.com


No. 3: Stanford University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $70,400
10 to 20 years   $129,000
Top Earners*   $257,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
Source: PayScale.com
No. 4: Yale University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $72,200
10 to 20 years   $126,000
Top Earners*   $326,000
       
Courtesy of Yale University
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
Source: PayScale.com


No. 4: Massachusetts Institute Of Technology
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $63,400
10 to 20 years   $124,000
Top Earners*   $288,000
     
 
Courtesy of Notre Dame
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 6: Harvard University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $63,400
10 to 20 years   $124,000
Top Earners*   $288,000
     

 *Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
No. 7: University Of Pennsylvania
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $60,900
10 to 20 years   $120,000
Top Earners*   $282,000
     
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.
No. 8: University Of Notre Dame
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $56,300
10 to 20 years   $116,000
Top Earners*   $235,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount





No. 9: Polytechnic University Of New York, Brooklyn

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $62,400
10 to 20 years   $114,000
Top Earners*   $190,000
   



No. 9: Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $61,000
10 to 20 years   $114,000
Top Earners*   $180,000
   


No. 11: University Of Chicago
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $53,400
10 to 20 years   $113,000
Top Earners*   $255,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 12: University Of California, Berkeley
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $59,900
10 to 20 years   $112,000
Top Earners*   $201,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amoun


No. 13: Carnegie Mellon University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $61,800
10 to 20 years   $111,000
Top Earners*   $209,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 14: Bucknell University

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $54,100
10 to 20 years   $110,000
Top Earners*   $251,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.



No. 14: Georgetown University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $55,000
10 to 20 years   $110,000
Top Earners*   $248,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 14: Rice University

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $64,000
10 to 20 years   $110,000
Top Earners*   $216,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount

No. 14: Cornell University
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $60,300
10 to 20 years   $110,000
Top Earners*   $210,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 14: Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $61,100
10 to 20 years   $110,000
Top Earners*   $182,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.



 
No. 19: Brown University

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $56,200
10 to 20 years   $109,000
Top Earners*   $228,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.


No. 20: Colgate University

Experience    Median Salary
0 to 5 years   $52,800
10 to 20 years   $108,000
Top Earners*   $265,000
   
*Ten percent of grads with 10 to 20 years experience earn more than this amount.