Salary potential isn’t the only factor to consider when college searching — but it’s nice to know which schools are paying off in the long run, particularly since tuition continues to soar.
In a 2015 report, the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce looked at the four-year colleges whose students go on to earn the highest salaries. The report used the US Department of Education’s College Scorecard to highlight the median earnings of students from over 1,400 colleges 10 years after starting their studies.
MIT topped the rankings, with median annual earnings of $91,600. Read on to see if your alma mater, or current school, cracked the top 50:
50. College of the Holy Cross
College of the Holy Cross/Facebook
Worcester, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $63,700
Graduation rate: 92%
49. Northwestern University
Northwestern University/Facebook
Evanston, Illinois
Median earnings: $64,100
Graduation rate: 94%
48. George Washington University
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Washington, D.C.
Median earnings: $64,500
Graduation rate: 80%
47. New Jersey Institute of Technology
Facebook//NewJerseyInstituteofTechnology
Newark, New Jersey
Median earnings: $65,300
Graduation rate: 58%
46. Missouri University of Science and Technology
Facebook/MissouriSandT
Rolla, Missouri
Median earnings: $65,500
Graduation rate: 63%
45. Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee School of Engineering
Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Median earnings: $65,700
Graduation rate: 56%
44. Yale University
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Yale University.
New Haven, Connecticut
Median earnings: $66,000
Graduation rate: 96%
43. University of Southern California
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Los Angeles, California
Median earnings: $66,100
Graduation rate: 91%
42. University of the Pacific
Facebook/universityofthepacific
Stockton, California
Median earnings: $66,400
Graduation rate: 67%
41. Case Western Reserve University
Case Western Reserve University/Facebook
Cleveland, Ohio
Median earnings: $67,000
Graduation rate: 81%
40. Boston College
Boston College/Facebook
Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $67,000
Graduation rate: 92%
39. Dartmouth College
Dartmouth/Facebook
Hanover, New Hampshire
Median earnings: $67,100
Graduation rate: 95%
38. Santa Clara University
Facebook/Santa Clara University
Santa Clara, California
Median earnings: $67,700
Graduation rate: 85%
37. Tufts University
Facebook/tuftsu
Medford, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $67,800
Graduation rate: 92%
36. Illinois Institute of Technology
Facebook/IITScarletHawks
Chicago, Illinois
Median earnings: $68,200
Graduation rate: 65%
35. Clarkson University
Clarkson University
Potsdam, New York
Median earnings: $68,400
Graduation rate: 73%
34. Bucknell University
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Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $68,800
Graduation rate: 89%
33. Fairfield University
Fairfield University
Fairfield, Connecticut
Median earnings: $69,000
Graduation rate: 81%
32. Johns Hopkins University
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Baltimore, Maryland
Median earnings: $69,200
Graduation rate: 94%
31. University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame Admissions/Facebook
Notre Dame, Indiana
Median earnings: $69,400
Graduation rate: 96%
30. Lafayette College
Layafette College
Easton, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $69,800
Graduation rate: 90%
29. Cornell University
Cornell University/Facebook
Ithaca, New York
Median earnings: $70,900
Graduation rate: 93%
28. Carnegie Mellon University
Carnegie Mellon University/Facebook
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $72,000
Graduation rate: 87%
27. Columbia University
Columbia University in the City of New York/Facebook
New York, New York
Median earnings: $72,900
Graduation rate: 96%
26. Polytechnic Institute of New York University
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Brooklyn, New York
Median earnings: $73,500
Graduation rate: 57%
25. Villanova University
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Villanova, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $73,700
Graduation rate: 89%
24. University of Colorado Denver
UC Denver
Denver, Colorado
Median earnings: $73,800
Graduation rate: 41%
23. California Institute of Technology
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Pasadena, California
Median earnings: $74,000
Graduation rate: 92%
22. Georgia Institute of Technology
Facebook/georgiatech
Atlanta, Georgia
Median earnings: $74,000
Graduation rate: 82%
21. Maine Maritime Academy
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, Maine
Median earnings: $74,700
Graduation rate: 75%
20. Colorado School of Mines
Colorado School of Mines/Facebook
Golden, Colorado
Median earnings: $74,700
Graduation rate: 68%
19. Kettering University
Kettering University
Flint, Michigan
Median earnings: $74,900
Graduation rate: 59%
18. Bentley University
Facebook/bentleyuniversity
Waltham, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $74,900
Graduation rate: 86%
17. Princeton University
Princeton University/Facebook
Princeton, New Jersey
Median earnings: $75,100
Graduation rate: 96%
16. Duke University
Ellen Ozier/Reuters
Durham, North Carolina
Median earnings: $76,700
Graduation rate: 94%
15. Lehigh University
Facebook/lehighu
Bethlehem, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $76,800
Graduation rate: 87%
14. SUNY Maritime College
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State University of New York (SUNY) Maritime College
Bronx, New York
Median earnings: $77,300
Graduation rate: 48%
13. Washington and Lee University
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Lexington, Virginia
Median earnings: $77,600
Graduation rate: 90%
12. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Facebook/Worcester Polytechnic Institute
Worcester, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $77,600
Graduation rate: 82%
11. University of Pennsylvania
Facebook/UnivPennsylvania
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Median earnings: $78,200
Graduation rate: 96%
10. Harvey Mudd College
Instagram/@harvey_mudd
Claremont, California
Median earnings: $78,600
Graduation rate: 90%
9. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Massachusetts Maritime Academy
Buzzards Bay, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $79,500
Graduation rate: 64%
8. Stanford University
Linda Cicero via Facebook/stanford
Stanford, California
Median earnings: $80,900
Graduation rate: 95%
7. California Maritime Academy
California Maritime Academy
Vallejo, California
Median earnings: $81,100
Graduation rate: 58%
6. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute/Facebook
Troy, New York
Median earnings: $81,700
Graduation rate: 85%
5. Stevens Institute of Technology
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Hoboken, New Jersey
Median earnings: $82,800
Graduation rate: 78%
4. Georgetown University
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Washington, DC
Median earnings: $83,300
Graduation rate: 93%
3. Harvard University
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Cambridge, Massachusetts
Median earnings: $87,200
Graduation rate: 97%
2. United States Merchant Marine Academy 
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Great Neck, New York
Median Earnings: $89,000
Graduation Rate: 75%
1. Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Facebook/MITnews
Cambridge, Massachusetts
Median Earnings: $91,600
Graduation Rate: 93%
Source: Business Insider
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