An associate degree can lay the foundation for a successful career in just two years. This year PayScale ranked hundreds of public and private 2-year colleges by their alumni salaries.
TOP 5 2-YEAR COLLEGES
1. Fashion Institute of Technology
2. Bakersfield College
3. New York City College of Technology
4. Queensborough Community College
5. Gloucester County College
Find out how much alumni from nearly 1,000 undergraduate schools earn. Sort by state or school type, and now see what happens when we include alumni who go on to earn graduate degrees.
TOP 5 COLLEGES & UNIVERSITIES
1. SUNY - Maritime College
2. MIT
3. (tie) Harvey Mudd College
3. (tie) Princeton University
5. Stanford University
Will a graduate degree give you the pay bump you want? PayScale reports the salaries of MBA, JD, master's degree and PhD grads from hundreds of schools across the country.
TOP 5 GRADUATE PROGRAMS
1. Harvard Business School
2. Harvard Law School
3. Emory University School of Law
4. UCLA - College of Law
5. Columbia University
Your choice of major can have a big impact on your future salary. Research the earning potential of hundreds of associate, bachelor's and graduate degree majors; which schools produce the highest earners in different subjects; and what career paths different majors can lead to.
HIGHEST-PAYING BACHELOR'S DEGREES
1. Petroleum Engineering
2. Systems Engineering
3. (tie) Actuarial Science
3. (tie) Chemical Engineering
5. (tie) Computer Science (CS) & Engineering
5. (tie) Nuclear Engineering
Where you go to college affects your future career prospects, but what you in college has the biggest impact. In this article, working professionals share the best #College2Career advice they received, and followed, as students that contributed to their current success.
Not all diplomas are created equally – so see which lead to lifelong success! This interactive data visualization shows how major choice and degree level affect lifetime earnings. Take a look, and see which educational choices pay off and which ones don't.