Best Schools for Area Studies - Top Salaries

#1

G

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

$52,107

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 13.1%

#2

D

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

$48,432

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $47,302

Graduates: 33

Acceptance: 6.2%

#3

G

George Washington University

Washington, DC · Private

$47,846

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 43.5%

#4

U

University of the Pacific

Stockton, CA · Private

$44,384

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 94.9%

#5

W

Williams College

Williamstown, MA · Private

$44,384

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $37,948

Graduates: 16

Acceptance: 10.0%

#6

U

University of Virginia-Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA · Public

$44,356

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $22,566

Graduates: 34

Acceptance: 16.9%

#7

C

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$44,170

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $30,086

Graduates: 18

Acceptance: 8.2%

#8

M

Middlebury College

Middlebury, VT · Private

$44,091

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,925

Graduates: 26

Acceptance: 10.4%

#9

C

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

$43,798

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 4.2%

#10

L

La Salle University

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$43,240

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $37,984

Graduates: 26

Acceptance: 86.2%

#11

S

Saint Mary's College of California

Moraga, CA · Private

$42,682

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 88.6%

#12

E

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

$42,123

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $27,258

Graduates: 31

Acceptance: 11.1%

#13

B

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME · Private

$42,123

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $46,244

Graduates: 36

Acceptance: 8.0%

#14

H

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

$41,937

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 3.5%

#15

U

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$40,821

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $40,373

Graduates: 80

Acceptance: 11.7%

#16

T

The University of Alabama

Tuscaloosa, AL · Public

$39,909

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 75.8%

#17

U

University of Massachusetts-Boston

Boston, MA · Public

$39,729

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 83.0%

#18

B

Barnard College

New York, NY · Private

$39,648

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $42,983

Graduates: 32

Acceptance: 8.0%

#19

M

Mary Baldwin University

Staunton, VA · Private

$39,648

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: N/A

#20

O

Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$39,369

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 39.9%

#21

U

University of San Francisco

San Francisco, CA · Private

$39,369

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $31,773

Graduates: 19

Acceptance: 50.8%

#22

Y

Yale University

New Haven, CT · Private

$39,009

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $27,225

Graduates: 25

Acceptance: 4.5%

#23

U

University of Maryland-College Park

College Park, MD · Public

$38,829

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,080

Graduates: 27

Acceptance: 44.8%

#24

D

Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA · Private

$38,289

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 43.1%

#25

F

Fordham University

Bronx, NY · Private

$37,928

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $38,846

Graduates: 43

Acceptance: 56.3%

#26

U

University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA · Private

$37,928

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $25,863

Graduates: 20

Acceptance: 23.3%

#27

A

American University

Washington, DC · Private

$37,748

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 47.4%

#28

B

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

$37,208

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $38,853

Graduates: 47

Acceptance: 35.3%

#29

V

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

$37,208

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 6.3%

#30

I

Iowa State University

Ames, IA · Public

$36,848

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $31,963

Graduates: 23

Acceptance: 89.1%

#31

C

Connecticut College

New London, CT · Private

$36,312

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $35,171

Graduates: 32

Acceptance: 38.3%

#32

T

Towson University

Towson, MD · Public

$36,141

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 82.8%

#33

U

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

$35,594

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $32,224

Graduates: 61

Acceptance: 43.7%

#34

U

University of Notre Dame

Notre Dame, IN · Private

$35,416

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 12.4%

#35

U

University of Hartford

West Hartford, CT · Private

$35,060

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 83.0%

#36

T

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

$35,060

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $33,157

Graduates: 34

Acceptance: 10.1%

#37

S

Smith College

Northampton, MA · Private

$34,420

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $30,077

Graduates: 30

Acceptance: 19.7%

#38

W

Wellesley College

Wellesley, MA · Private

$34,420

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,749

Graduates: 31

Acceptance: 13.9%

#39

U

University of Michigan-Ann Arbor

Ann Arbor, MI · Public

$34,420

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $19,348

Graduates: 45

Acceptance: 17.9%

#40

U

University of Missouri-Columbia

Columbia, MO · Public

$34,298

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $42,527

Graduates: 98

Acceptance: 77.0%

#41

U

University of California-Los Angeles

Los Angeles, CA · Public

$33,993

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $22,438

Graduates: 44

Acceptance: 8.7%

#42

D

DePaul University

Chicago, IL · Private

$33,993

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $28,163

Graduates: 23

Acceptance: 73.5%

#43

U

University of Iowa

Iowa City, IA · Public

$33,993

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 84.7%

#44

C

Colby College

Waterville, ME · Private

$33,993

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 6.8%

#45

R

Rider University

Lawrenceville, NJ · Private

$33,993

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 79.4%

#46

B

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

$33,993

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $37,471

Graduates: 50

Acceptance: 5.2%

#47

U

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

$33,325

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,522

Graduates: 100

Acceptance: 42.5%

#48

U

University of Washington-Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA · Public

$33,325

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,522

Graduates: 100

Acceptance: 91.8%

#49

U

University of Washington-Tacoma Campus

Tacoma, WA · Public

$33,325

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $36,522

Graduates: 100

Acceptance: 83.0%

#50

U

University of Hawaii at Manoa

Honolulu, HI · Public

$33,281

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $28,828

Graduates: 20

Acceptance: 69.7%