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How Much Does a Massachusetts College Graduate Make?
The U.S. Department of Education lists the top colleges and universities in terms of salary earned by graduates.
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What is the true value of a college education? Does one school offer a greater income potential than another, similarly priced college or university?
While colleges on the bottom of the list are unlikely to answer such a question to a prospective student, the U.S. Department of Education has provided a guideline, comparing the average annual cost of a college education with the average salary a graduate makes 10 years out of each school. The department broke down the expense/earning potential of every college and university in the country, including in Massachusetts.
Here are the top 50 Massachusetts colleges in terms of their student’s average earning potential. The first number in the list is the school’s average annual cost; the second is the average salary of a graduate 10 years out of school:
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- Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Medical Sciences, Boston — $34,345 — $116,400
- Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge — $21,816 — $91,600
- Harvard University, Cambridge — $14,049 — $87,200
- Babson College, Wellesley — $28,057 — $85,500
- Massachusetts Maritime Academy, Buzzards Bay — $16,546 — $79,500
- Worcester Polytechnic Institute, Worcester — $35,483 — $77,600
- Bentley University, Waltham — $29,886 — $74,900
- Tufts University, Medford — $29,271 — $67,800
- Boston College, Chestnut Hill — $33,070 — $67,000
- College of the Holy Cross, Worcester — $32,118 ‚ $63,700
- Boston University, Boston — $34,603 — $60,600
- Northeastern University, Boston — $31,503 — $60,100
- Stonehill College, Easton — $30,743 — $58,800
- Brandeis University, Waltham — $29,578 — $58,800
- Williams College, Williamstown — $20,935 — $58,100
- Amherst College, Amherst — $19,449 — $56,800
- Wellesley College, Wellesley — $21,930 — $56,700
- Merrimack College, North Andover — $29,063 — $55,400
- Western New England University, Springfield — $28,517 — $55,100
- Wentworth Institute of Technology, Boston — $31,201 — $54,600
- University of Phoenix-Boston Campus, Braintree — $20,584 — $53,400
- Assumption College, Worcester — $25,663 — $52,800
- Simmons College, Boston — $29,085 — $51,400
- Suffolk University, Boston — $27,507 — $49,900
- University of Massachusetts-Amherst — $19,087 — $49,600
- University of Massachusetts-Lowell — $16,351 — $48,900
- Nichols College, Dudley — $26,673 — $47,100
- Wheaton College, Norton — $30,179 — $46,400
- University of Massachusetts-Boston — $11,741 — $45,800
- Springfield College, Springfield — $27,674 — $45,100
- University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth, North Dartmouth — $17,092 — $44,800
- Emerson College, Boston — $36,378 — $44,800
- Eastern Nazarene College, Quincy — $18,191 — $44,400
- Clark University, Worcester — $23,415 — $44,100
- Mount Holyoke College, South Hadley — $28,118 — $44,100.00
- College of Our Lady of the Elms, Chicopee — $19,996 — $43,700
- Worcester State University, Worcester — $14,402 — $43,700
- Curry College, Milton — $30,561 — $43,600
- Regis College, Weston — $37,829 — $43,300
- Westfield State University, Westfield — $16,558 — $43,300
- Framingham State University, Framingham — $17,552 — $43,200
- Endicott College, Beverly — $31,810 — $42,800
- Smith College, Northampton — $24,603 — $42,700
- Emmanuel College, Boston — $30,731 — $42,400
- American International College, Springfield — $19,155 — $42,400
- Anna Maria College, Paxton — $24,684 — $42,400
- Fitchburg State University, Fitchburg — $12,849 — $42,100.00
- Bay Path College, Longmeadow — $20,836 — $41,900
- Boston Architectural College, Boston — $32,772 — $41,600
- Gordon College, Wenham — $26,144 — $41,600
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