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| Select | Rank | Institution | Med. Earnings | Net Cost | Earnings | Admit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
#1 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA | $115k median earnings | $32k | $115k | 12% | |
#2 | Stanford University Stanford, CA | $124k median earnings | $14k | $124k | 4% | |
#3 | Massachusetts Institute Of Technology Cambridge, MA | $143k median earnings | $20k | $143k | 5% | |
#4 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA | $102k median earnings | $19k | $102k | 4% | |
#5 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ | $110k median earnings | $6k | $110k | 5% | |
#6 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY | $104k median earnings | $29k | $104k | 9% | |
#7 | University Of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | $111k median earnings | $29k | $111k | 5% | |
#8 | University Of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA | $85k median earnings | $12k | $85k | 27% | |
#9 | Brown University Providence, RI | $93k median earnings | $25k | $93k | 5% | |
#10 | Duke University Durham, NC | $98k median earnings | $30k | $98k | 6% | |
#11 | University Of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI | $84k median earnings | $13k | $84k | 16% | |
#12 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $88k median earnings | $19k | $88k | 6% | |
#13 | Columbia University In The City Of New York New York, NY | $102k median earnings | $22k | $102k | 4% | |
#14 | University Of Chicago Chicago, IL | $92k median earnings | $15k | $92k | 4% | |
#15 | Pomona College Claremont, CA | $78k median earnings | $19k | $78k | 7% | |
#16 | California Institute Of Technology Pasadena, CA | $129k median earnings | $16k | $129k | 3% | |
#17 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $97k median earnings | $30k | $97k | 5% | |
#18 | Yale University New Haven, CT | $101k median earnings | $24k | $101k | 4% | |
#19 | University Of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA | $92k median earnings | $13k | $92k | 11% | |
#20 | The University Of Texas At Austin Austin, TX | $75k median earnings | $20k | $75k | 27% | |
#21 | University Of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL | $81k median earnings | $14k | $81k | 42% | |
#22 | Williams College Williamstown, MA | $89k median earnings | $18k | $89k | 8% | |
#23 | Rice University Houston, TX | $90k median earnings | $13k | $90k | 8% | |
#24 | University Of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $92k median earnings | $33k | $92k | 10% | |
#25 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA | $139k median earnings | $36k | $139k | 13% |
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