Best Schools for Computer Science - Top Salaries

#1

C

Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA · Private

$160,116

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $161,723

Graduates: 97

Acceptance: 11.4%

#2

B

Brown University

Providence, RI · Private

$153,718

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $130,101

Graduates: 95

Acceptance: 5.2%

#3

H

Harvey Mudd College

Claremont, CA · Private

$142,581

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $123,339

Graduates: 26

Acceptance: 13.1%

#4

S

Stanford University

Stanford, CA · Private

$136,499

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $136,126

Graduates: 96

Acceptance: 3.9%

#5

P

Pomona College

Claremont, CA · Private

$128,737

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $110,738

Graduates: 20

Acceptance: 6.8%

#6

H

Harvard University

Cambridge, MA · Private

$128,737

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $140,072

Graduates: 58

Acceptance: 3.5%

#7

M

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA · Private

$127,993

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $118,191

Graduates: 134

Acceptance: 4.7%

#8

U

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA · Public

$125,388

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $125,250

Graduates: 313

Acceptance: 11.7%

#9

U

University of Pennsylvania

Philadelphia, PA · Private

$125,015

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $127,623

Graduates: 16

Acceptance: 5.9%

#10

C

Cornell University

Ithaca, NY · Private

$122,485

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $127,764

Graduates: 228

Acceptance: 8.2%

#11

D

Dartmouth College

Hanover, NH · Private

$113,015

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $111,259

Graduates: 63

Acceptance: 6.2%

#12

R

Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology

Terre Haute, IN · Private

$111,992

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $77,382

Graduates: 52

Acceptance: 72.8%

#13

D

Duke University

Durham, NC · Private

$106,898

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $115,135

Graduates: 141

Acceptance: 6.8%

#14

B

Bowdoin College

Brunswick, ME · Private

$104,192

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 8.0%

#15

C

Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY · Private

$103,078

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $108,903

Graduates: 118

Acceptance: 4.2%

#16

V

Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN · Private

$102,409

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $101,714

Graduates: 48

Acceptance: 6.3%

#17

U

University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign

Champaign, IL · Public

$101,592

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $101,262

Graduates: 151

Acceptance: 43.7%

#18

U

University of Washington-Seattle Campus

Seattle, WA · Public

$101,221

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $101,710

Graduates: 236

Acceptance: 42.5%

#19

U

University of Washington-Bothell Campus

Bothell, WA · Public

$101,221

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $101,710

Graduates: 236

Acceptance: 91.8%

#20

W

Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO · Private

$99,517

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $89,930

Graduates: 53

Acceptance: 12.0%

#21

N

Northwestern University

Evanston, IL · Private

$98,403

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $84,037

Graduates: 46

Acceptance: 7.1%

#22

T

Tufts University

Medford, MA · Private

$97,959

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $96,349

Graduates: 97

Acceptance: 10.1%

#23

W

Williams College

Williamstown, MA · Private

$96,183

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $109,470

Graduates: 27

Acceptance: 10.0%

#24

W

Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Worcester, MA · Private

$95,207

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $86,601

Graduates: 140

Acceptance: 58.5%

#25

R

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Troy, NY · Private

$92,277

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $83,880

Graduates: 231

Acceptance: 58.5%

#26

U

University of Southern California

Los Angeles, CA · Private

$91,986

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $104,298

Graduates: 117

Acceptance: 10.0%

#27

G

Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA · Private

$91,744

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $70,658

Graduates: 36

Acceptance: 12.7%

#28

W

Washington and Lee University

Lexington, VA · Private

$91,744

2yr Earnings

Acceptance: 17.4%

#29

U

University of Chicago

Chicago, IL · Private

$91,211

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $93,918

Graduates: 39

Acceptance: 4.8%

#30

G

Georgetown University

Washington, DC · Private

$88,639

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $93,493

Graduates: 26

Acceptance: 13.1%

#31

U

University of California-San Diego

La Jolla, CA · Public

$86,972

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $87,738

Graduates: 521

Acceptance: 24.5%

#32

P

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN · Public

$85,981

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $81,749

Graduates: 174

Acceptance: 50.3%

#33

U

University of Portland

Portland, OR · Private

$85,538

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $68,456

Graduates: 30

Acceptance: 95.4%

#34

B

Boston University

Boston, MA · Private

$84,994

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $82,237

Graduates: 135

Acceptance: 10.8%

#35

R

Rochester Institute of Technology

Rochester, NY · Private

$84,653

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $84,771

Graduates: 152

Acceptance: 71.4%

#36

B

Boston College

Chestnut Hill, MA · Private

$84,100

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $89,714

Graduates: 45

Acceptance: 15.7%

#37

B

Brigham Young University

Provo, UT · Private

$83,848

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $82,667

Graduates: 116

Acceptance: 69.2%

#38

S

Seattle University

Seattle, WA · Private

$83,768

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $82,122

Graduates: 46

Acceptance: 76.0%

#39

E

Emory University

Atlanta, GA · Private

$83,177

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $73,250

Graduates: 33

Acceptance: 11.1%

#40

S

Stevens Institute of Technology

Hoboken, NJ · Private

$83,177

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $83,827

Graduates: 45

Acceptance: 43.4%

#41

U

University of Rochester

Rochester, NY · Private

$83,177

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $84,531

Graduates: 71

Acceptance: 35.9%

#42

U

University of California-Santa Barbara

Santa Barbara, CA · Public

$81,554

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $86,276

Graduates: 80

Acceptance: 27.8%

#43

B

Brandeis University

Waltham, MA · Private

$80,309

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $84,340

Graduates: 71

Acceptance: 35.3%

#44

P

Portland State University

Portland, OR · Public

$80,186

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $76,452

Graduates: 138

Acceptance: 90.9%

#45

U

University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT · Public

$79,473

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,033

Graduates: 73

Acceptance: 53.9%

#46

U

University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus

Waterbury, CT · Public

$79,473

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,033

Graduates: 73

Acceptance: 87.0%

#47

U

University of Connecticut-Avery Point

Groton, CT · Public

$79,473

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,033

Graduates: 73

Acceptance: 86.5%

#48

U

University of Connecticut-Stamford

Stamford, CT · Public

$79,473

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,033

Graduates: 73

Acceptance: 80.2%

#49

U

University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus

Hartford, CT · Public

$79,473

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $71,033

Graduates: 73

Acceptance: 86.5%

#50

M

Marist College

Poughkeepsie, NY · Private

$79,389

2yr Earnings

1yr Earnings: $73,698

Graduates: 52

Acceptance: 64.7%