Top Ranked Programs
University of Rochester's program mix is anchored in health, biological sciences, and quantitative fields. The largest programs by graduate volume include Nursing, Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods, and Biology, General, alongside Research Psychology and Computer Science. Across 43 programs serving roughly 2,072 students annually, 17 meet Azimuth's ranking threshold. The strongest financial outcomes cluster in Computer Science. Azimuth ranks Computer Science #23 for median earnings four years after enrollment among nonprofit four-year institutions, with graduates earning median earnings of $155,464 from a cohort of 161 graduates. Economics follows closely, with Azimuth ranking it #35 among nonprofit four-year institutions and graduates earning median earnings of $109,324. Electrical, Electronics, and Communications Engineering and Management Sciences and Quantitative Methods round out the top earning programs, with Azimuth ranking them #60 and #10 respectively among nonprofit four-year institutions for median earnings four years after enrollment. The program mix reflects two distinct career pathways. High-mobility, direct-to-workforce programs — including Engineering (11% of graduates) and Social Sciences (11% of graduates) — produce four-year earnings that closely track labor-market outcomes. Graduate-school-dependent pathways, concentrated in Business (10% of graduates) and biological sciences, tend to show more modest four-year figures because a meaningful share of graduates continue to medical, doctoral, or professional programs before entering the workforce at full earnings capacity.