Rank

School Type

PublicSchool

Payback Ratio

Starting Tuition & Fees (4yrs,class of 1996)

Median Pay(recent graduate)

$Starting Tuition & Fees (4yrs,class of 1996)

Median Pay(mid-career graduate)

1

Public

Georgia Institute of Technology

221

$87,810

$57,300

$27,867

$105,000

2

Public

University fo Texas, Austin

194

$91,596

$49,100

$26,115

$87,500

3

Public

University of Florida

191

$73,476

$45,200

$26,221

$84,300

4

Public

University of Georgia

186

$77,957

$42,100

$24,676

$78,400

5

Public

University of Illinois

184

$91,382

$51,500

$33,808

$96,500

6

Public

Clemson University

160

$85,362

$47,500

$31,708

$83,800

7

Public

Purdue University

152

$86,538

$50,700

$36,730

$88,000

8

Public

Colorado School of Mines

149

$90,334

$61,600

$49,296

$113,000

9

Public

Miami University(Ohio)

146

$93,195

$45,800

$37,606

$91,400

10

Public

University of California, Berkeley

146

$104,815

$53,100

$45,304

$109,000

11

Public

Indiana University

128

$87,055

$43,000

$38,824

$79,800

12

Public

Pennsylvania State University

126

$93,108

$48,600

$41,848

$83,900

13

Public

University of Rhode Island

123

$89,164

$45,200

$44,244

$86,200

14

Public

University Connecticut

121

$88,824

$49,500

$47,128

$87,700

15

Public

Michigan State University

119

$90,372

$44,200

$42,639

$81,000

16

Public

University of Virginia

117

$107,395

$50,500

$50,140

$93,900

17

Public

University of Colorado

114

$97,918

$46,200

$50,510

$91,500

18

Public

College of William & Mary

111

$103,799

$46,900

$51,926

$91,700

19

Ivy League

Princeton University

102

$131,740

$58,900

$77,550

$123,000

20

Public

University of New Hampshire

101

$93,615

$44,900

$49,601

$76,200

21

Ivy League

Dartmouth College

100

$137,364

$54,100

$76,269

$123,000

22

Ivy League

Harvard University

99

$136,977

$57,300

$77,104

$121,000

23

Private

Camegie-Mellon University

99

$143,540

$62,400

$69,860

$108,000

24

Private

Bucknell University

99

$146,576

$55,800

$72,420

$115,000

25

Ivy League

University of Pennsylvania

97

$139,962

$59,600

$73,430

$111,000

26

Private

Colgate University

95

$145,340

$48,700

$76,340

$119,000

27

Private

University of Richmond

93

$147,850

$48,500

$56,160

$86,300

28

Ivy League

Cornell University

92

$135,733

$57,500

$74,634

$105,000

29

Public

University of Michigan

91

$121,010

$50,600

$64,392

$90,200

30

Ivy League

Yale University

91

$134,320

$52,600

$76,970

$110,000

31

Public

University of Vermont

88

$108,852

$44,700

$62,673

$83,800

32

Ivy League

Brown University

87

$141,654

$49,400

$78,027

$109,000

33

Private

Williams College

86

$138,770

$49,900

$77,195

$105,000

34

Ivy League

Columbia University

86

$144,961

$54,300

$74,268

$99,700

35

Private

Dickinson College

84

$139,942

$45,900

$73,110

$99,100

36

Private

Carteton College

84

$141,109

$42,300

$75,357

$105,000

37

Private

Bowdoin College

84

$142,190

$45,300

$75,565

$103,000

38

Private

George Washington University

83

$145,600

$48,500

$70,270

$93,500

39

Private

Hobart and William Smith Colleges

79

$143,003

$42,200

$75,453

$97,300

40

Private

Tufts University

78

$142,891

$49,900

$78,903

$96,400