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Medium-Sized Colleges Where Graduates From Lower-Income Families Outearn Graduates From Higher-Income Families

College rankings on TheClassroom.com use recent data about four-year colleges from publicly available sources using transparent methodology. This is a ranking of colleges by outearnings in descending order. Only colleges that are medium are included. See if your school is in the ranking!

Medium-Sized Colleges Where Graduates From Lower-Income Families Outearn Graduates From Higher-Income Families — Complete List

14 colleges ranked.

RankCollegeOutearningsLow-Income Grad SalaryHi-Income Grad Salary
1 Drexel University Philadelphia, PA $21,500$94,200$72,700
2 George Washington University Washington, DC $18,400$95,600$77,200
3 Cornell University Ithaca, NY $16,300$114,500$98,200
4 Boston University Boston, MA $8,800$83,300$74,500
5 Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA $5,500$94,900$89,400
6 Wayne State University Detroit, MI $4,700$55,500$50,800
7 University of Vermont Burlington, VT $4,500$59,600$55,100
8 University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA $4,400$84,500$80,100
9 Loyola University Chicago Chicago, IL $3,200$67,000$63,800
10 Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN $3,100$52,900$49,800
11 University of Hawaii at Manoa Honolulu, HI $1,700$53,000$51,300
12 Rowan University Glassboro, NJ $1,300$57,300$56,000
13 CUNY Hunter College New York, NY $1,200$51,600$50,400
14 California State University-San Marcos San Marcos, CA $900$51,600$50,700

College rankings use publicly available data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the IPEDS surveys (admissions, fall-enrollment residence & migration, and institutional characteristics). Editorial descriptions are illustrative. Figures reflect the most recent reporting year.

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