The 25 colleges where students go on to earn the most money
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Salary potential shouldn't be the sole thing that attracts you to a particular college or university. But with average student-loan debt hovering around $37,000, students and parents can't afford not to consider average post-graduation earnings while looking at schools.
PayScale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database, recently looked at the starting and mid-career pay for over a million college grads — including professionals who graduated with a bachelor's from 963 colleges and universities.
For its College Salary Report, which was compiled using data from employees who successfully completed PayScale's employee survey, PayScale sorted the results by college major, degree, and school.
Here are the colleges where students with a bachelor's degree go on to earn the most money 10-plus years into their career:
Colgate University/Facebook24. (tie) Colgate University
Early career median pay: $56,500
Mid-career median pay: $113,000
Sector: Private
Undergraduate enrollment: 2,875
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24. (tie) Rice University
Early career median pay: $62,300
Mid-career median pay: $113,000
Sector: Private
Undergraduate enrollment: 3,926
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22. (tie) Georgetown University
Early career median pay: $55,400
Mid-career median pay: $114,000
Sector: Private
Undergraduate enrollment: 7,595
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