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Physical Sciences & Math Earnings

Ranked by degree-weighted average earnings z-score

# University Accept RD Yield SAT Submit % Degrees Earn z Earnings ROI Employ
1 SUNY Maritime 72% 30% 1200 32% 100 +3.90 $97,041 98 98%
2 U. of Pennsylvania 5% 50% 1540 67% 292 +3.89 $215,691 100 99%
3 MIT 5% 86% 1550 100% 226 +3.88 $168,968 100 92%
4 Northwestern 7% 36% 1540 69% 105 +2.91 $127,490 99 96%
5 Vanderbilt 5% 44% 1540 52% 69 +2.38 $126,701 99 90%
6 Harvard 4% 84% 1500 100% 367 +2.27 $153,104 100 95%
7 Dartmouth 6% 47% 1500 100% 114 +2.12 $131,464 99 100%
8 Johns Hopkins 6% 24% 1550 77% 99 +2.09 $113,138 97 96%
9 U. of Chicago 5% 73% 1540 76% 313 +2.04 $125,106 99 91%
10 Swarthmore 8% 26% 1520 55% 59 +1.96 $125,999 99 100%
11 Georgetown 14% 44% 1470 100% 65 +1.87 $120,268 98 94%
12 Yale 3% 68% 1520 92% 207 +1.74 $132,472 99 —
13 Caltech 4% 51% 1560 100% 68 +1.73 $118,517 98 —
14 Carnegie Mellon 11% 38% 1530 84% 330 +1.65 $132,444 99 96%
15 Stanford 4% 80% 1550 77% 178 +1.64 $106,441 95 —
16 Princeton 4% 75% 1530 80% 100 +1.62 $99,996 93 —
17 Cornell 8% 46% 1520 56% 218 +1.57 $117,680 98 94%
18 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 63% 11% 1440 66% 111 +1.44 $100,867 93 96%
19 Bowdoin 7% 33% 1510 52% 73 +1.35 $100,544 91 95%
20 Tufts 11% 27% 1490 58% 76 +1.31 $106,255 94 95%
21 Washington University in St Louis 12% 24% 1530 61% 128 +1.26 $94,062 86 100%
22 College of the Holy Cross 20% 28% 1330 45% 106 +1.17 $91,479 87 89%
23 Williams 9% 29% 1520 61% 85 +1.02 $99,148 91 90%
24 Amherst 8% 27% 1510 56% 75 +0.97 $100,203 92 91%
25 Brown 6% 45% 1510 100% 255 +0.95 $125,180 99 92%
26 Wake Forest 18% 36% 1460 46% 70 +0.92 $104,605 93 95%
27 New York University 9% 32% 1520 37% 411 +0.91 $117,337 98 92%
28 Lehigh 29% 12% 1430 43% 63 +0.88 $85,710 80 90%
29 U. of Notre Dame 9% 64% 1500 67% 74 +0.85 $106,664 94 96%
30 Georgia Tech 13% 46% 1460 100% 207 +0.85 $96,210 95 98%
31 Stevens Institute of Technology 51% 16% 1420 40% 86 +0.84 $121,196 99 100%
32 U. of Memphis 72% 18% 1050 94% 51 +0.78 $77,240 89 98%
33 Boston College 13% 24% 1490 45% 62 +0.78 $91,801 85 95%
34 U. of Maryland, College Park 45% 22% 1470 44% 329 +0.78 $89,686 91 96%
35 William & Mary 34% 17% 1460 62% 182 +0.72 $86,522 87 96%
36 U. of Arizona 85% 18% 1290 29% 182 +0.72 $82,423 86 96%
37 Louisiana State 71% 23% 1260 47% 127 +0.72 $74,352 82 95%
38 Columbia 4% 41% 1540 63% 183 +0.70 $104,367 94 94%
39 Rice 8% 27% 1540 83% 139 +0.68 $100,587 92 89%
40 Pennsylvania State 55% 16% 1350 34% 436 +0.64 $82,942 86 93%
41 College of New Jersey 62% 15% 1240 53% 77 +0.61 $78,802 89 96%
42 U. of Rochester 42% 9% 1460 22% 180 +0.60 $96,841 90 100%
43 Northeastern 22% 18% 1480 28% 150 +0.60 $87,460 83 95%
44 Texas A&M University - College Station 52% 38% 1280 95% 382 +0.58 $83,704 87 94%
45 U. of Oklahoma - Norman 72% 25% 1240 63% 165 +0.56 $72,732 81 94%
46 Colby 8% 46% 1510 52% 72 +0.55 $89,270 83 —
47 Duke 5% 44% 1540 75% 128 +0.54 $105,794 93 95%
48 Ohio 72% 19% 1190 44% 64 +0.53 $73,957 84 97%
49 Brigham Young 69% 81% 1360 54% 227 +0.52 $99,852 99 93%
50 U. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 17% 40% 1470 69% 419 +0.51 $99,656 95 94%
51 Towson 88% 18% 1090 18% 70 +0.51 $75,268 85 92%
52 Colorado State University - Fort Collins 82% 16% — — 103 +0.50 $76,239 84 91%
53 Middlebury 13% 17% 1500 49% 58 +0.46 $81,662 75 —
54 U. of Michigan - Ann Arbor 16% 45% 1460 73% 458 +0.45 $91,797 85 94%
55 U. of Virginia 13% 31% 1470 63% 340 +0.45 $93,622 89 94%
56 U. of Wisconsin - Madison 41% 28% 1450 41% 356 +0.43 $87,962 89 95%
57 Binghamton 37% 16% 1420 53% 162 +0.42 $81,121 89 95%
58 United States Naval Academy 9% 84% 1310 100% 143 +0.42 $77,120 — —
59 U. of Minnesota - Duluth 80% 22% 1270 41% 80 +0.40 $76,206 88 98%
60 Gustavus Adolphus 73% 15% 1270 42% 62 +0.38 $83,948 83 97%
61 Haverford 13% 25% 1500 54% 85 +0.38 $83,110 75 —
62 U. of Wyoming 95% 23% — — 58 +0.35 $69,335 79 98%
63 Carleton 22% 21% 1500 64% 123 +0.34 $84,478 78 100%
64 Hamilton 14% 18% 1480 48% 59 +0.33 $84,253 80 94%
65 U. of Delaware 72% 16% 1280 22% 101 +0.32 $78,569 83 100%
66 U. of Missouri - Kansas City 76% 29% 1430 57% 102 +0.32 $75,557 83 95%
67 U. of Texas at Austin 22% 49% 1450 74% 642 +0.30 $81,672 84 93%
68 Pomona 7% 29% 1520 49% 61 +0.30 $75,940 71 94%
69 Tulane 14% 18% 1470 38% 63 +0.27 $81,523 71 100%
70 Ohio State 49% 21% 1370 67% 422 +0.27 $88,417 89 94%
71 Rhodes 52% 11% 1420 55% 52 +0.26 $73,906 67 —
72 Villanova 28% 13% 1460 28% 131 +0.26 $86,284 80 97%
73 Colgate 18% 13% 1480 39% 57 +0.25 $83,557 78 —
74 CUNY Bernard M Baruch 42% 19% 1260 12% 50 +0.25 $98,071 98 90%
75 Case Western Reserve 35% 10% 1490 67% 122 +0.25 $85,957 79 89%
76 Bates 15% 16% 1420 21% 60 +0.25 $78,086 69 —
77 Utah State 93% 21% 1180 85% 89 +0.22 $77,729 87 94%
78 Rutgers University - New Brunswick 68% 21% 1410 55% 235 +0.22 $80,928 88 97%
79 James Madison 69% 17% 1260 19% 168 +0.22 $86,264 92 96%
80 Oregon State 75% 18% 1270 14% 144 +0.21 $69,350 75 93%
81 Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University - Daytona Beach 72% 26% 1260 77% 75 +0.21 $81,837 86 93%
82 Virginia Tech 55% 23% 1360 50% 366 +0.21 $72,741 80 93%
83 Wellesley 15% 29% 1500 62% 59 +0.20 $78,738 73 —
84 San Francisco State 93% 8% — — 57 +0.20 $77,066 90 98%
85 Indiana 76% 18% 1290 56% 113 +0.15 $75,081 78 92%
86 U. of Wisconsin - La Crosse 74% 43% 1210 34% 87 +0.14 $79,046 89 99%
87 Clemson 42% 21% 1330 55% 99 +0.14 $78,509 82 96%
88 Washington State 75% 19% — — 185 +0.13 $66,992 77 96%
89 U. of California, Berkeley 11% 46% — — 806 +0.13 $94,681 94 91%
90 Furman 43% 11% 1350 49% 57 +0.12 $71,639 60 —
91 Salisbury 48% 18% 1250 12% 53 +0.11 $70,336 83 93%
92 Southern Methodist 48% 15% 1420 25% 66 +0.11 $87,050 80 94%
93 CUNY Brooklyn 52% 10% — — 57 +0.11 $70,685 86 95%
94 Northern Illinois 52% 12% — — 89 +0.11 $69,210 84 94%
95 U. of Houston 76% 25% 1230 62% 143 +0.09 $71,382 83 91%
96 U. of Nebraska, Lincoln 80% 30% 1210 89% 98 +0.09 $75,077 83 98%
97 U. of Massachusetts - Amherst 60% 18% 1410 25% 286 +0.08 $78,548 85 94%
98 U. of California, Santa Barbara 38% 12% — — 865 +0.08 $93,389 92 91%
99 U. of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 37% 30% 1460 57% 701 +0.07 $83,981 87 92%
100 Mississippi State 84% 18% 1120 88% 116 +0.07 $64,800 69 96%
101 U. of Cincinnati 85% 22% 1270 41% 113 +0.07 $75,421 83 96%
102 Fordham 47% 8% 1400 24% 345 +0.06 $104,498 95 96%
103 Kennesaw State 79% 36% 1110 53% 80 +0.06 $71,589 85 90%
104 East Carolina 72% 17% 1160 19% 56 +0.05 $66,594 77 95%
105 U. of Alabama 71% 18% 1230 72% 167 +0.04 $70,222 75 92%
106 Wesleyan 17% 16% 1430 59% 63 +0.03 $78,498 70 —
107 Saint Olaf 45% 21% 1390 40% 110 +0.01 $75,975 71 96%
108 Emory 10% 14% 1510 68% 179 +0.01 $78,598 70 90%
109 Kenyon 30% 9% 1450 16% 52 +0.00 $76,681 61 —
110 Florida Institute of Technology 66% 9% 1220 100% 54 -0.00 $73,627 77 —
111 Syracuse 35% 12% 1360 31% 95 -0.01 $76,055 70 98%
112 Reed 29% 10% 1410 86% 50 -0.01 $78,572 71 —
113 U. of Iowa 80% 22% 1230 82% 163 -0.02 $78,359 84 100%
114 U. of Arkansas 75% 29% 1130 100% 123 -0.02 $69,565 75 98%
115 U. of Kansas 93% 25% 1180 58% 91 -0.04 $69,956 76 99%
116 U. of Massachusetts - Lowell 85% 18% 1280 29% 88 -0.05 $70,367 78 100%
117 San Jose State 80% 17% 1140 10% 144 -0.06 $83,100 93 —
118 U. of Pittsburgh 59% 13% 1370 50% 257 -0.06 $70,963 74 96%
119 Texas Tech 69% 27% 1190 44% 117 -0.06 $68,047 79 94%
120 St. Lawrence 40% 10% 1340 20% 56 -0.08 $77,411 72 96%
121 Kent State University at Kent 82% 20% 1130 60% 59 -0.09 $70,788 81 94%
122 U. of Maryland, Baltimore County 45% 22% 1330 30% 81 -0.10 $81,134 89 90%
123 U. of Washington 42% 23% 1410 24% 523 -0.10 $82,947 88 91%
124 U. of Vermont 73% 13% 1370 40% 70 -0.10 $75,351 78 100%
125 George Mason 72% 19% 1260 21% 96 -0.10 $76,603 83 94%
126 East Tennessee State 78% 24% 1090 83% 55 -0.11 $65,987 80 98%
127 U. of Utah 82% 25% 1290 48% 229 -0.12 $74,908 83 92%
128 Baylor 52% 13% 1280 69% 90 -0.12 $71,818 64 95%
129 Liberty 50% 19% — — 87 -0.12 $85,246 93 100%
130 North Carolina State 40% 30% 1380 40% 278 -0.13 $76,211 83 97%
131 Macalester 28% 15% 1420 59% 66 -0.13 $69,149 48 95%
132 Portland State 80% 17% — — 79 -0.14 $66,910 76 91%
133 Colorado 22% 14% 1340 40% 54 -0.14 $71,038 52 —
134 United States Military Academy 12% 78% 1320 100% 94 -0.15 $87,529 — —
135 U. of Wisconsin - Eau Claire 39% 67% 1170 41% 84 -0.16 $69,082 81 95%
136 Iowa State 85% 29% 1240 59% 119 -0.16 $71,350 79 96%
137 Auburn 47% 24% 1330 90% 67 -0.17 $72,802 78 99%
138 U. of North Carolina at Charlotte 78% 23% 1250 43% 208 -0.17 $66,401 77 92%
139 American University 66% 9% 1380 22% 58 -0.17 $87,629 86 —
140 West Virginia 85% 25% 1120 82% 63 -0.18 $67,593 74 97%
141 Brandeis 45% 12% 1420 36% 84 -0.18 $78,539 72 94%
142 U. of Missouri 77% 31% 1240 76% 184 -0.19 $70,796 75 98%
143 U. of Alabama in Huntsville 74% 23% 1310 61% 88 -0.19 $68,408 76 —
144 U. of California, Irvine 29% 18% — — 395 -0.20 $68,279 66 92%
145 Texas State 70% 26% 1090 47% 72 -0.20 $74,275 85 98%
146 U. of Kentucky 90% 22% 1180 57% 91 -0.20 $68,437 72 99%
147 U. of Minnesota - Twin Cities 65% 22% 1400 41% 332 -0.22 $77,164 83 95%
148 Vassar 21% 15% 1490 46% 54 -0.22 $70,398 53 90%
149 Rowan 77% 20% 1200 27% 96 -0.22 $67,322 79 97%
150 U. of South Carolina 55% 23% 1270 44% 148 -0.22 $70,703 75 98%
151 U. of Miami 17% 15% 1400 52% 58 -0.22 $71,797 62 —
152 Arizona State 88% 22% — — 269 -0.23 $72,294 80 94%
153 Temple 72% 15% — — 60 -0.24 $77,510 83 95%
154 U. of California, Davis 46% 14% — — 580 -0.24 $81,796 84 94%
155 Whitman 40% 10% 1300 34% 50 -0.25 $67,502 53 —
156 U. of California, San Diego 29% 20% — — 565 -0.27 $70,164 65 89%
157 U. of Georgia 30% 38% 1380 99% 147 -0.27 $72,554 81 90%
158 Cal State Fullerton 52% 14% — — 112 -0.27 $67,224 82 98%
159 Oklahoma State 68% 26% 1150 85% 85 -0.28 $67,672 75 100%
160 U. of Tennessee, Chattanooga 72% 29% 1110 100% 52 -0.29 $64,709 76 96%
161 West Chester University of Pennsylvania 52% 22% 1190 15% 56 -0.29 $65,893 77 97%
162 Florida State 20% 30% 1340 100% 189 -0.30 $70,867 85 96%
163 Illinois State 60% 22% 1100 52% 109 -0.30 $66,314 75 96%
164 Cal Poly - San Luis Obispo 30% 26% 1330 23% 243 -0.31 $72,752 82 97%
165 Eastern Washington 82% 21% — — 52 -0.31 $64,332 76 94%
166 U. of Texas Rio Grande Valley 72% 32% 990 50% 105 -0.33 $67,522 80 98%
167 Kansas State 95% 27% 1160 87% 50 -0.34 $73,104 81 100%
168 Georgia State 58% 22% 1060 45% 129 -0.34 $63,528 72 94%
169 U. of Florida 20% 41% 1410 100% 497 -0.35 $73,458 83 92%
170 Smith 30% 20% 1480 43% 82 -0.35 $67,183 50 99%
171 Bryn Mawr 28% 13% 1390 88% 55 -0.35 $67,056 44 100%
172 U. of New Mexico 60% 30% 1030 56% 77 -0.36 $67,662 71 88%
173 Cal State Northridge 88% 18% — — 73 -0.36 $62,969 78 93%
174 U. of Nevada, Reno 83% 24% 1170 77% 72 -0.36 $69,597 79 99%
175 Virginia Commonwealth 72% 21% 1140 37% 101 -0.36 $65,392 66 94%
176 U. of Connecticut 54% 15% 1330 41% 220 -0.37 $76,627 81 99%
177 Miami University - Ohio 74% 13% 1310 32% 120 -0.41 $70,677 72 98%
178 Bridgewater State 86% 19% — — 58 -0.42 $63,675 79 97%
179 Rochester Institute of Technology 71% 9% 1380 49% 136 -0.43 $78,064 77 96%
180 UCLA 9% 48% — — 857 -0.43 $80,584 83 92%
181 U. of Texas at Dallas 72% 19% 1290 93% 105 -0.44 $66,194 66 96%
182 Bowling Green State 82% 20% 1110 82% 69 -0.44 $65,309 75 97%
183 CUNY Hunter 28% 16% 1270 11% 130 -0.45 $67,459 84 92%
184 Brigham Young University - Idaho 97% 25% 1090 46% 90 -0.47 $73,655 89 93%
185 Colorado School of Mines 29% 23% 1400 60% 54 -0.47 $82,662 85 95%
186 Middle Tennessee State 78% 30% 1120 99% 56 -0.48 $63,806 66 93%
187 Boston University 13% 16% 1470 46% 153 -0.48 $71,941 58 88%
188 Stony Brook 48% 13% 1410 42% 456 -0.49 $76,113 86 90%
189 U. of Texas at Arlington 72% 24% 1130 82% 72 -0.50 $63,881 70 94%
190 Western Washington 94% 23% 1190 11% 148 -0.52 $63,297 73 96%
191 U. of Maine 85% 15% — — 99 -0.52 $58,323 51 100%
192 Cal State Sacramento 72% 15% — — 96 -0.53 $61,680 76 91%
193 Marshall 72% 28% 1030 100% 50 -0.53 $61,672 70 93%
194 U. of Colorado Boulder 71% 14% 1340 24% 297 -0.54 $71,490 74 92%
195 Tennessee Technological 79% 23% 1180 97% 60 -0.54 $60,951 73 89%
196 Millersville University of Pennsylvania 72% 18% 1120 18% 62 -0.55 $58,191 64 96%
197 Florida International 42% 20% 1170 100% 266 -0.55 $58,671 70 95%
198 University at Buffalo 70% 14% 1300 31% 163 -0.56 $65,716 74 94%
199 Purdue 43% 25% 1350 100% 345 -0.57 $63,904 66 97%
200 Northern Arizona 90% 13% 1150 30% 121 -0.58 $62,685 68 94%
201 U. of Northern Colorado 72% 13% 1070 25% 56 -0.59 $62,169 69 93%
202 Appalachian State 65% 18% 1200 32% 149 -0.59 $62,394 69 93%
203 U. of Southern California 11% 40% 1510 45% 190 -0.59 $76,772 67 86%
204 U. of Alabama at Birmingham 72% 20% 1330 47% 53 -0.60 $62,072 69 91%
205 U. of North Florida 77% 16% 1170 100% 50 -0.60 $65,936 79 94%
206 U. of Oregon 87% 14% 1190 15% 97 -0.61 $65,145 63 94%
207 Duquesne 86% 12% 1230 17% 99 -0.61 $79,739 81 95%
208 Howard 42% 14% 1160 62% 51 -0.62 $64,566 71 —
209 U. of California, Merced 97% 4% — — 91 -0.63 $65,746 61 100%
210 U. of Central Florida 43% 28% 1280 99% 173 -0.64 $67,839 81 98%
211 Michigan State 83% 18% 1210 58% 200 -0.65 $71,317 70 93%
212 Boise State 84% 26% — — 80 -0.66 $62,862 67 95%
213 Indiana University - Indianapolis 84% 24% 1140 37% 56 -0.66 $60,621 56 94%
214 Utah Valley 100% — — — 66 -0.66 $65,860 78 —
215 Cal Poly - Pomona 42% 12% — — 145 -0.66 $61,822 76 94%
216 Sam Houston State 97% 20% 1030 58% 57 -0.66 $60,640 71 91%
217 Montana State 99% 19% 1180 43% 120 -0.67 $62,723 62 95%
218 Old Dominion 91% 20% 1200 8% 54 -0.67 $59,770 59 94%
219 U. of Tennessee, Knoxville 48% 27% 1290 100% 115 -0.68 $63,878 65 96%
220 U. of North Carolina Wilmington 42% 21% 1290 17% 99 -0.69 $60,457 66 97%
221 Cal State Long Beach 46% 15% — — 152 -0.69 $60,716 75 91%
222 Montclair State 72% 18% — — 68 -0.70 $59,059 67 97%
223 U. of Hawaii at Manoa 88% 20% — — 71 -0.70 $60,173 63 81%
224 Northern Michigan 85% 16% — — 60 -0.71 $60,517 69 —
225 University at Albany 68% 13% — — 61 -0.71 $58,891 62 97%
226 U. of West Florida 53% 21% 1130 100% 50 -0.71 $63,002 76 95%
227 U. of North Texas 81% 24% 1110 52% 79 -0.73 $63,110 74 89%
228 U. of South Florida 41% 23% 1250 100% 196 -0.73 $64,967 80 95%
229 State University of New York at New Paltz 46% 11% 1260 15% 57 -0.74 $60,877 75 96%
230 Louisiana State University - Alexandria 58% 61% 1100 100% 71 -0.76 $61,101 72 —
231 Grand Valley State 93% 17% 1050 57% 96 -0.79 $63,568 73 95%
232 U. of North Georgia 96% 44% 1110 54% 63 -0.79 $60,537 73 94%
233 Western Carolina 79% 13% 1180 24% 92 -0.80 $57,658 72 100%
234 U. of Illinois Chicago 76% 24% 1170 51% 154 -0.81 $59,835 62 96%
235 Wayne State 84% 21% 1180 39% 100 -0.86 $61,601 62 90%
236 U. of Texas at San Antonio 91% 21% 1110 68% 98 -0.86 $65,439 77 93%
237 Indiana University - East 81% 27% 1070 27% 72 -0.89 $57,708 60 91%
238 Cal State Dominguez Hills 85% 9% — — 50 -0.90 $59,561 73 100%
239 Cal State San Bernardino 85% 15% — — 124 -0.91 $57,787 69 96%
240 U. of Texas at El Paso 95% 27% 970 56% 73 -0.92 $58,846 63 98%
241 U. of Rhode Island 75% 16% 1200 24% 64 -0.95 $60,613 58 95%
242 U. of Nevada, Las Vegas 82% 35% 1130 74% 82 -0.98 $58,663 61 90%
243 San Diego State 37% 19% — — 189 -0.98 $62,070 76 97%
244 U. of Mary Washington 80% 18% 1270 30% 54 -1.00 $56,026 56 97%
245 U. of California, Santa Cruz 82% 7% — — 284 -1.04 $64,489 60 90%
246 U. of California, Riverside 86% 13% — — 232 -1.07 $58,812 45 94%
247 Fresno State 65% 16% — — 74 -1.18 $57,459 69 97%
248 Central Washington 85% 19% — — 54 -1.29 $54,646 56 96%
249 Florida Atlantic 52% 16% 1120 99% 72 -1.40 $49,523 51 88%
250 Stockton 85% 16% 1130 26% 79 -1.46 $51,305 50 96%
251 California State University, Monterey Bay 82% 10% — — 122 -1.95 $44,012 35 94%