| Rank | School | Early Career Pay | Average Cost | Acceptance Rate | # of Undergrads |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | California Institute of Technology | $129,420 | $26,542 | 6.69% | 901 |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $112,623 | $16,407 | 7.26% | 4,360 |
| 3 | Stanford University | $88,873 | $12,894 | 5.19% | 6,366 |
| 4 | Carnegie Mellon University | $87,824 | $36,775 | 17.27% | 6,539 |
| 5 | Princeton University | $84,713 | $9,836 | 5.63% | 4,688 |
| 6 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $82,237 | $37,211 | 53.06% | 3,787 |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | $80,445 | $25,046 | 8.98% | 10,507 |
| 8 | Lehigh University | $79,832 | $34,384 | 49.54% | 5,191 |
| 9 | Columbia University in the City of New York | $79,434 | $22,823 | 6.66% | 8,148 |
| 10 | Cornell University | $78,779 | $37,042 | 10.71% | 14,741 |
| 11 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | $78,659 | $14,974 | 21.34% | 15,743 |
| 12 | Bentley University | $78,514 | $41,334 | 57.82% | 4,059 |
| 13 | Babson College | $78,443 | $37,092 | 26.97% | 2,435 |
| 14 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $77,899 | $33,937 | 57.26% | 6,265 |
| 15 | Harvard University | $77,816 | $13,872 | 5.01% | 6,099 |
| 16 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $77,597 | $42,835 | 59.05% | 4,804 |
| 17 | Kettering University | $77,432 | $33,472 | 74.13% | 1,639 |
| 18 | Villanova University | $77,358 | $43,577 | 30.66% | 6,980 |
| 19 | Duke University | $77,260 | $32,459 | 7.74% | 6,650 |
| 20 | Santa Clara University | $77,174 | $42,614 | 50.72% | 5,606 |
| 21 | Colorado School of Mines | $76,135 | $27,114 | 54.97% | 5,173 |
| 22 | University of Notre Dame | $76,123 | $31,101 | 18.99% | 8,854 |
| 23 | Johns Hopkins University | $75,418 | $23,428 | 11.06% | 5,752 |
| 24 | Golden Gate University | $75,134 | N/A | N/A% | 586 |
| 25 | Capitol Technology University | $73,041 | $23,982 | 84.36% | 359 |
| 26 | Yale University | $72,046 | $15,296 | 6.53% | 4,701 |
| 27 | Georgetown University | $71,107 | $32,108 | 16.81% | 7,119 |
| 28 | Boston College | $70,858 | $36,599 | 26.38% | 9,681 |
| 29 | Dartmouth College | $70,635 | $32,410 | 9.22% | 4,146 |
| 30 | Bryant University | $70,109 | $40,533 | 75.79% | 3,275 |
| 31 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | $69,868 | $24,428 | 60.09% | 2,492 |
| 32 | Neumont College of Computer Science | $69,186 | $28,078 | 90.69% | 529 |
| 33 | Northwestern University | $67,867 | $23,279 | 9.31% | 8,401 |
| 34 | California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo | $66,662 | $20,677 | 38.43% | 21,451 |
| 35 | Fairfield University | $66,244 | $36,633 | 56.13% | 4,319 |
| 36 | Manhattan College | $66,043 | $30,215 | 77.65% | 3,352 |
| 37 | University of California-Berkeley | $65,914 | $16,032 | 17.48% | 30,796 |
| 38 | Molloy College | $65,824 | $27,037 | 74.14% | 3,401 |
| 39 | University of Southern California | $65,748 | $32,569 | 16.11% | 19,521 |
| 40 | Clarkson University | $65,651 | $29,522 | 77.99% | 2,867 |
| 41 | Northeastern University Professional Programs | $65,632 | N/A | N/A% | 2,004 |
| 41 | Northeastern University | $65,632 | $29,714 | 20.48% | 15,130 |
| 43 | Missouri University of Science and Technology | $65,427 | $12,964 | 81.46% | 6,050 |
| 44 | Vanderbilt University | $65,261 | $19,970 | 11.62% | 7,052 |
| 45 | Case Western Reserve University | $65,156 | $34,214 | 30.27% | 5,360 |
| 46 | University of San Francisco | $64,896 | $40,053 | 70.30% | 5,810 |
| 47 | Drexel University | $64,777 | $35,963 | 77.19% | 14,492 |
| 48 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | $64,712 | $22,006 | 22.58% | 17,076 |
| 49 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | $64,546 | $18,582 | 66.03% | 8,311 |
| 50 | Washington University in St Louis | $64,543 | $26,921 | 16.02% | 7,366 |
| 51 | Aviator College of Aeronautical Science and Technology | $64,383 | $28,303 | N/A% | 273 |
| 52 | Wentworth Institute of Technology | $64,328 | $35,307 | 93.54% | 4,143 |
| 53 | Illinois Institute of Technology | $63,663 | $23,772 | 60.66% | 2,974 |
| 54 | Rice University | $63,654 | $16,076 | 10.89% | 4,052 |
| 55 | University of Portland | $63,653 | $37,029 | 77.22% | 3,536 |
| 56 | Dominican University of California | $63,540 | $33,963 | 85.74% | 1,374 |
| 57 | Colorado State University-Global Campus | $63,331 | $14,954 | 98.26% | 7,528 |
| 58 | University of Chicago | $62,671 | $28,517 | 7.31% | 7,010 |
| 59 | George Washington University | $62,584 | $32,563 | 43.04% | 11,106 |
| 60 | Providence College | $62,565 | $38,338 | 53.86% | 4,242 |
| 61 | Gonzaga University | $62,373 | $34,451 | 72.89% | 4,836 |
| 62 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach | $62,242 | $35,442 | 60.60% | 6,399 |
| 62 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide | $62,242 | $18,938 | 62.72% | 10,070 |
| 64 | Michigan Technological University | $62,106 | $15,384 | 70.36% | 5,574 |
| 65 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | $62,027 | $14,878 | 26.11% | 31,189 |
| 66 | Excelsior College | $61,752 | N/A | N/A% | 19,624 |
| 67 | Emory University | $61,633 | $22,597 | 19.17% | 6,978 |
| 67 | Emory University-Oxford College | $61,633 | $31,319 | 24.17% | 947 |
| 69 | Saint Joseph’s University | $61,613 | $33,492 | 80.07% | 4,217 |
| 70 | Pepperdine University | $61,345 | $38,846 | 41.85% | 3,457 |
| 71 | Loyola University Maryland | $61,084 | $35,387 | 80.24% | 3,813 |
| 72 | Quinnipiac University | $60,948 | $41,230 | 82.39% | 6,787 |
| 73 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | $60,842 | $21,301 | 65.77% | 29,893 |
| 74 | New York University | $60,407 | $38,569 | 21.09% | 27,276 |
| 75 | Southern Methodist University | $60,398 | $38,208 | 52.67% | 6,793 |
| 76 | Brown University | $60,341 | $29,544 | 7.67% | 6,632 |
| 77 | Wake Forest University | $60,081 | $32,845 | 31.98% | 5,438 |
| 78 | University of Maryland-College Park | $59,719 | $18,048 | 50.96% | 30,214 |
| 79 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | $59,402 | $14,321 | 63.30% | 33,001 |
| 80 | University of San Diego | $59,002 | $34,139 | 58.70% | 5,454 |
| 81 | Boston University | $58,876 | $30,395 | 20.09% | 16,359 |
| 82 | Syracuse University | $58,773 | $34,683 | 68.72% | 14,252 |
| 83 | University of the Pacific | $58,630 | $28,380 | 70.75% | 3,493 |
| 84 | Southern California Institute of Architecture | $58,409 | $49,091 | 67.30% | 249 |
| 85 | Fordham University | $58,330 | $38,147 | 52.53% | 9,099 |
| 86 | University of Management and Technology | $58,244 | N/A | N/A% | 192 |
| 87 | Union Institute & University | $57,943 | $19,861 | N/A% | 575 |
| 88 | Boston Architectural College | $57,839 | $28,343 | N/A% | 293 |
| 89 | Regis University | $57,824 | $24,961 | 78.20% | 3,071 |
| 90 | Marquette University | $57,725 | $30,380 | 82.49% | 7,828 |
| 91 | Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology | $57,695 | $39,395 | N/A% | 1,438 |
| 92 | University of Rochester | $57,648 | $31,340 | 35.43% | 6,299 |
| 93 | University of Scranton | $57,562 | $34,378 | 78.73% | 3,592 |
| 94 | San Jose State University | $57,540 | $16,542 | 67.37% | 27,614 |
| 95 | Butler University | $57,454 | $39,430 | 75.69% | 4,404 |
| 96 | Saint Mary’s College of California | $57,421 | $37,232 | 77.31% | 2,461 |
| 97 | The College of New Jersey | $57,264 | $28,245 | 51.25% | 7,039 |
| 98 | Mount Saint Mary’s University | $57,246 | $30,938 | 89.33% | 2,026 |
| 99 | University of Dayton | $57,197 | $29,928 | 81.11% | 8,589 |
| 100 | University of Delaware | $57,091 | $18,967 | 65.99% | 18,618 |
| 101 | Duquesne University | $56,932 | $31,383 | 77.19% | 5,373 |
| 102 | University of California-San Diego | $56,844 | $15,240 | 36.61% | 31,827 |
| 103 | Loyola Marymount University | $56,826 | $44,467 | 50.14% | 6,564 |
| 104 | Newschool of Architecture and Design | $56,799 | $37,654 | 96.25% | 359 |
| 105 | Adelphi University | $56,611 | $30,140 | 74.61% | 5,076 |
| 106 | Holy Names University | $56,544 | $22,527 | 89.12% | 703 |
| 107 | Rochester Institute of Technology | $56,507 | $34,822 | 73.86% | 12,489 |
| 108 | Yeshiva University | $56,435 | $39,536 | 67.41% | 2,619 |
| 109 | Seattle University | $56,299 | $35,109 | 83.23% | 4,230 |
| 110 | University of Detroit Mercy | $56,293 | $17,058 | 79.50% | 2,424 |
| 111 | Thomas Jefferson University | $56,267 | $26,569 | 69.84% | 3,740 |
| 112 | Binghamton University | $56,213 | $20,703 | 43.03% | 14,300 |
| 113 | University of Connecticut | $56,144 | $22,974 | 56.09% | 18,658 |
| 114 | University of St Thomas | $56,089 | $31,066 | 87.40% | 6,276 |
| 115 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | $55,968 | $12,017 | 55.86% | 31,145 |
| 115 | University of Washington-Bothell Campus | $55,968 | $11,562 | 87.93% | 5,618 |
| 115 | University of Washington-Tacoma Campus | $55,968 | $9,469 | 86.05% | 4,552 |
| 118 | American University | $55,945 | $40,088 | 38.65% | 7,510 |
| 119 | The Catholic University of America | $55,801 | $34,684 | 82.23% | 3,017 |
| 120 | Thomas Edison State University | $55,659 | N/A | N/A% | 9,357 |
| 121 | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College | $55,554 | $2,264 | 40.71% | 15,456 |
| 122 | University of California-Los Angeles | $55,427 | $15,023 | 14.33% | 31,636 |
| 123 | Gwynedd Mercy University | $55,354 | $25,146 | 88.03% | 1,691 |
| 124 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | $55,313 | $17,234 | 57.25% | 31,651 |
| 125 | George Mason University | $55,303 | $19,551 | 89.20% | 26,514 |
| 126 | Walsh College | $55,242 | N/A | N/A% | 708 |
| 127 | Marist College | $55,240 | $36,709 | 55.05% | 5,210 |
| 128 | Ner Israel Rabbinical College | $55,239 | $3,815 | 80.52% | 305 |
| 129 | Citadel Military College of South Carolina | $55,124 | $18,559 | 79.95% | 2,828 |
| 130 | Notre Dame de Namur University | $55,111 | N/A | N/A% | 211 |
| 131 | Creighton University | $55,076 | $31,218 | 64.02% | 4,445 |
| 132 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | $54,962 | $23,035 | 66.93% | 35,428 |
| 132 | Rutgers University-Camden | $54,962 | $16,369 | 76.28% | 5,387 |
| 132 | Rutgers University-Newark | $54,962 | $15,996 | 74.09% | 8,887 |
| 135 | ITI Technical College | $54,799 | $19,407 | N/A% | 603 |
| 136 | Purdue University-Main Campus | $54,717 | $13,377 | 67.15% | 35,517 |
| 137 | Drake University | $54,644 | $29,903 | 67.92% | 2,814 |
| 138 | University of California-Davis | $54,621 | $15,768 | 46.35% | 31,142 |
| 139 | Tufts University | $54,590 | $37,494 | 16.30% | 6,053 |
| 140 | Wagner College | $54,531 | $31,918 | 70.43% | 1,635 |
| 141 | University of Miami | $54,383 | $46,098 | 33.09% | 11,221 |
| 142 | Menlo College | $54,374 | $27,840 | 64.51% | 825 |
| 143 | Texas A & M University-College Station | $54,342 | $18,919 | 63.27% | 54,942 |
| 144 | The University of Texas at Austin | $54,287 | $18,350 | 31.95% | 39,624 |
| 145 | Texas Christian University | $54,181 | $39,942 | 48.03% | 9,689 |
| 146 | North Central Institute | $54,134 | $24,831 | N/A% | 62 |
| 147 | Seton Hall University | $54,071 | $32,634 | 78.23% | 5,822 |
| 148 | Saint Louis University | $53,847 | $25,039 | 55.54% | 7,304 |
| 149 | Chapman University | $53,764 | $44,198 | 58.26% | 7,231 |
| 150 | Iona College | $53,700 | $30,234 | 85.95% | 2,667 |
