PayScale Ranks Harvey Mudd No. 1 for Early Career Salaries
September 4, 2024Share story
Harvey Mudd ranked No. 1 for early career pay and No. 4 for mid-career pay in
The rankings are based on reported salaries of 3.1 million alumni representing more than 2,400 colleges and universities across the United States, who pursued careers with a bachelor鈥檚 degree as their final degree. 鈥淓arly career鈥� is defined as the median salary for alumni with zero to five years of experience and 鈥渕id-career鈥� is defined as 10 or more years of experience in a field.
According to PayScale鈥檚 data, Harvey Mudd had the at $115,000; Samuel Merritt University came in second with $114,800; CalTech placed third with $111,000 MIT fourth with $110, 200 and the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy fifth at $103,000.
For the , MIT came in first at $196,900; Princeton University second at $194,100; United States Naval Academy third at $187,800; Harvey Mudd fourth at $185,900; and Babson College fifth at $181,400.
Harvey Mudd also ranked No. 1 in PayScale鈥檚 most recent , a separate report published each spring that ranks colleges based on a 20-year net return on investment compared to the 24-year earnings of high school graduates without a bachelor鈥檚 degree.