The latest PayScale report contains a lot of extremely useful information about salaries of college grads. But the list below, with more than 250 rows, shows the early career pay, by graduate degree and institution because so many current and prospective honors students will end up pursuing graduate and professional degrees.
The salaries listed are for JD’s, MBA’s, Masters, and Ph.D.’s, with the last two degree types showing pay for degree holders working mostly in government and private industry. Many of these have earned Masters and Ph.D.’s in STEM disciplines.
Please note that several universities, public and private, have entries for all four categories above .
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| Degree Type | University and Professional School | Early Pay |
|---|---|---|
| MBA | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) - Sloan School of Management | 131000 |
| MBA | University of California, Berkeley - Haas School of Business | 123000 |
| MBA | Yale University - School of Management | 123000 |
| MBA | Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania | 122000 |
| MBA | University of Chicago - Booth School of Business | 122000 |
| JD | Harvard Law School | 118000 |
| MBA | Stanford University Graduate School of Business | 118000 |
| MBA | Northwestern University - Kellogg Business School | 117000 |
| MBA | Harvard Business School | 114000 |
| MBA | Dartmouth College - Tuck School of Business | 111000 |
| MBA | University of Virginia (UVA) - Darden School of Business | 111000 |
| PhD | Stanford University | 111000 |
| PhD | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 105000 |
| PhD | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | 105000 |
| MBA | Columbia Business School | 104000 |
| MBA | Cornell University - Johnson Graduate School of Management (JGSM) | 104000 |
| MBA | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - Anderson School of Management | 103000 |
| PhD | Harvard University | 103000 |
| MBA | Duke University - Fuqua School of Business | 102000 |
| PhD | University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB) | 102000 |
| MBA | University of Notre Dame - Mendoza College of Business | 101000 |
| PhD | University of California - Berkeley | 101000 |
| MBA | University of Michigan - Stephen M. Ross School of Business | 100000 |
| MBA | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) - Tepper School | 100000 |
| MBA | Babson College - F.W. Olin Graduate School of Business | 96900 |
| PhD | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | 95600 |
| MBA | Vanderbilt University - Business School | 94800 |
| MBA | New York University (NYU) Leonard N. Stern School of Business | 94700 |
| MBA | University of Texas (UT) - Austin McCombs School of Business | 94600 |
| PhD | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 94000 |
| MBA | Georgetown University McDonough - School of Business | 93300 |
| PhD | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) | 93100 |
| PhD | Princeton University | 92700 |
| PhD | Georgia Institute of Technology | 92300 |
| PhD | Cornell University - Ithaca, NY | 92000 |
| JD | University of California - Hastings College of Law | 91700 |
| MBA | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) - Kenan-Flagler Business School | 91600 |
| PhD | Columbia University | 90300 |
| PhD | University of California - Los Angeles (UCLA) | 90200 |
| Master's | United States Naval Postgraduate School | 89800 |
| PhD | Purdue University - Main Campus | 89500 |
| PhD | University of California - Irvine (UCI) | 89500 |
| PhD | University of Houston (UH) | 89400 |
| PhD | Arizona State University (ASU) | 89200 |
| MBA | Georgia Tech - College of Management | 88800 |
| PhD | University of Massachusetts (UMass) - Amherst Campus | 88500 |
| MBA | University of Southern California - Marshall School of Business | 88300 |
| PhD | University of Michigan - Ann Arbor | 88100 |
| PhD | University of California - Davis (UC Davis) | 87900 |
| JD | University of Houston Law Center | 87400 |
| MBA | University of Minnesota - Carlson School of Management | 86900 |
| PhD | University of Texas (UT) - Austin | 86900 |
| MBA | Texas Christian University (TCU) - Neeley School of Business | 86700 |
| MBA | Santa Clara University - Leavey School of Business | 86600 |
| PhD | University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison | 86600 |
| PhD | University of Minnesota - Twin Cities | 86100 |
| MBA | Boston University - School of Management | 85900 |
| PhD | University of Florida (UF) | 85900 |
| MBA | Villanova University - Villanova School of Business | 85800 |
| MBA | Boston College - Wallace E. Carroll School of Management | 85500 |
| PhD | University of California - San Diego (UCSD) | 85300 |
| PhD | Johns Hopkins University | 85200 |
| MBA | Emory University - Goizueta Business School | 85100 |
| MBA | University of California Davis (UC Davis) - Graduate School of Management | 85000 |
| PhD | Rice University | 84900 |
| PhD | University of Rochester | 84700 |
| MBA | University of Washington (UW) - Foster School of Business | 84200 |
| MBA | Brigham Young University (BYU) - Marriott School of Business | 84100 |
| PhD | Yale University | 84100 |
| Master's | University of Nebraska Medical Center | 83800 |
| MBA | Wake Forest School of Business | 83800 |
| Master's | Stanford University | 83400 |
| PhD | Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) - Main Campus | 83300 |
| PhD | University of Southern California (USC) | 83200 |
| PhD | North Carolina State University (NCSU) | 82900 |
| PhD | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) | 82500 |
| MBA | University of California Irvine (UCI) - Paul Merage School of Business | 82400 |
| PhD | Texas A&M University - Main Campus | 82400 |
| PhD | University of Utah | 82300 |
| PhD | University of Maryland - College Park | 82100 |
| PhD | Duke University | 82100 |
| MBA | Southern Methodist University (SMU) - Cox School of Business | 81900 |
| PhD | University of Colorado - Boulder (CU) | 81900 |
| PhD | Michigan State University (MSU) | 81900 |
| MBA | University of California San Diego (UCSD) - Rady School of Management | 81700 |
| PhD | Ohio State University (OSU) - Main Campus | 81600 |
| JD | Georgetown University Law Center | 81500 |
| JD | Santa Clara University School of Law | 81300 |
| MBA | Ohio State University (OSU) - Fisher College of Business | 81100 |
| Master's | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | 81000 |
| JD | University of Texas at Austin School of Law | 80900 |
| Master's | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | 80900 |
| PhD | University of Virginia (UVA) - Main Campus | 80900 |
| PhD | University of Notre Dame | 80700 |
| MBA | University of Connecticut (Uconn) - School of Business | 80600 |
| PhD | University of Central Florida (UCF) | 80600 |
| MBA | Thunderbird, The American Graduate School of International Management | 80500 |
| PhD | University of Pennsylvania | 80400 |
| JD | University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) - College of Law | 80300 |
| PhD | University of Pittsburgh - Main Campus | 80200 |
| JD | Brooklyn Law School | 80100 |
| MBA | Kelley School of Business, Indiana University | 80000 |
| MBA | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) College of Business | 80000 |
| Master's | Santa Clara University | 79700 |
| MBA | University of Maryland - Robert H. Smith School of Business | 79700 |
| PhD | Auburn University | 79500 |
| PhD | Boston University | 79400 |
| MBA | George Washington University (GWU) - School of Business | 79200 |
| MBA | The University of Iowa - Henry B. Tippie College of Business | 79200 |
| PhD | University of Washington (UW) - Main Campus | 79000 |
| MBA | Tulane University - A.B. Freeman School of Business | 78700 |
| Master's | San Jose State University (SJSU) | 78500 |
| PhD | University of Arizona | 78300 |
| PhD | University of Illinois at Chicago | 78300 |
| PhD | Indiana University (IU) - Bloomington | 78200 |
| MBA | Pepperdine University - Graziadio School of Business and Management | 77900 |
| JD | Pepperdine University School of Law | 77700 |
| MBA | Bentley University - McCallum Graduate School of Business | 77600 |
| JD | George Washington University Law School | 77100 |
| PhD | University of Tennessee | 77100 |
| JD | Boston University School of Law | 76800 |
| MBA | University of Wisconsin (UW) - Madison School of Business | 76800 |
| PhD | Iowa State University | 76800 |
| MBA | University of Pittsburgh - Katz Graduate School of Business | 76600 |
| PhD | Washington State University (WSU) | 76600 |
| JD | McGeorge School of Law | 76300 |
| PhD | Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY | 76300 |
| JD | University of Southern California Law Center and Law Library | 76200 |
| JD | Fordham University School of Law | 76200 |
| Master's | Kettering University | 76200 |
| MBA | Virginia Commonwealth School of Business | 76000 |
| PhD | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | 75800 |
| MBA | Washington University - Olin Business School | 75600 |
| JD | Southern Methodist University School of Law | 75500 |
| MBA | University of Rochester - Simon School of Business | 75100 |
| Master's | University of South Alabama | 75000 |
| JD | University of California at Berkeley School of Law | 74900 |
| PhD | Rutgers University - New Brunswick Campus | 74800 |
| MBA | Fordham University - Gabelli School of Business | 74700 |
| MBA | The College of William and Mary - Mason School of Business | 74700 |
| JD | University of Miami School of Law | 74600 |
| Master's | Cornell University - Ithaca, NY | 74500 |
| PhD | University of Connecticut (UConn) - Main Campus | 74500 |
| JD | University of Washington (UW) School of Law | 74000 |
| MBA | Rutgers Business School | 74000 |
| MBA | Purdue University - Krannert School of Management | 73900 |
| Master's | Georgia Institute of Technology | 73800 |
| MBA | University of Delaware - Alfred Lerner College of Business and Economics | 73800 |
| JD | St. John's University School of Law, New York | 73700 |
| MBA | Northeastern University - D'Amore-McKim School of Business | 73400 |
| JD | Seton Hall University School of Law | 73300 |
| MBA | Michigan State University - Broad College of Business | 73300 |
| MBA | CUNY Bernard M Baruch College - Zicklin School of Business | 73200 |
| JD | University of San Diego (USD) School of Law | 73100 |
| Master's | Stevens Institute of Technology | 73000 |
| MBA | Lehigh University College of Business and Economics | 72900 |
| JD | Emory University School of Law | 72700 |
| MBA | University of Arizona - Eller College of Management | 72400 |
| MBA | Pennsylvania State University (PSU) - Smeal College of Business | 72300 |
| MBA | Suffolk University - Sawyer School of Management | 72100 |
| Master's | Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) | 71900 |
| MBA | Arizona State University (ASU) - W. P. Carey School of Business | 71900 |
| MBA | University of Massachusetts (UMass) - Boston Campus | 71900 |
| MBA | Loyola Marymount College of Business Administration | 71800 |
| PhD | Northwestern University | 71700 |
| MBA | Johns Hopkins University - Carey Business School | 71400 |
| PhD | Vanderbilt University | 71300 |
| JD | Loyola Law School | 71200 |
| Master's | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | 71100 |
| JD | University of North Carolina (UNC) School of Law | 71000 |
| MBA | George Mason University - School of Management | 71000 |
| MBA | University of Colorado Boulder (UCB) - Leeds School of Business | 70900 |
| MBA | University of Arkansas - Sam M. Walton College of Business | 70900 |
| JD | University of Illinois College of Law | 70700 |
| Master's | Purdue University - Main Campus | 70700 |
| MBA | Oklahoma State University (OSU) - Spears School of Business | 70700 |
| MBA | Case Western Reserve University - Weatherhead School of Management | 70600 |
| MBA | University of Miami School of Business (Florida) | 70500 |
| MBA | University of Georgia (UGA) - Terry College of Business | 70500 |
| Master's | Manhattan College | 70400 |
| Master's | NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering | 70200 |
| Master's | University of California - Berkeley | 70100 |
| Master's | Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) | 70000 |
| MBA | American University - Kogod School of Business | 70000 |
| Master's | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) - Daytona Beach, FL | 69900 |
| MBA | University of Texas at Dallas - Naveen Jindal School of Management | 69900 |
| MBA | Clarkson University - Clarkson School of Business | 69700 |
| MBA | University of Houston (UH) - C.T. Bauer College of Business | 69600 |
| PhD | Colorado State University (CSU) | 69400 |
| Master's | University of Texas at Dallas | 69300 |
| MBA | Texas State University - San Marcos Campus | 69200 |
| Master's | Medical University of South Carolina | 69100 |
| MBA | University of Florida (UF) - Warrington College of Business | 69100 |
| JD | Seattle University School of Law | 68900 |
| JD | University of Connecticut (UConn) School of Law | 68700 |
| MBA | Duquesne University - A.J. Palumbo School of Bus Admin and John F. Donahue Grad School of Bus | 68700 |
| JD | Detroit College of Law at Michigan State University | 68600 |
| MBA | Drexel University - Bennett S. LeBow College of Business | 68600 |
| Master's | Michigan Technological University | 68500 |
| MBA | Texas A&M University - Mays Business School | 68500 |
| MBA | University of South Carolina - Darla Moore School of Business | 68400 |
| JD | American University Washington College of Law | 68300 |
| MBA | University of St. Thomas - Opus College of Business | 68300 |
| Master's | Colorado School of Mines | 68200 |
| Master's | Gannon University | 68200 |
| Master's | University of California - Irvine (UCI) | 67900 |
| Master's | Vanderbilt University | 67900 |
| MBA | San Francisco State University (SFSU) - College of Business | 67900 |
| MBA | Clemson University - College of Business and Behavioral Science | 67800 |
| Master's | Princeton University | 67700 |
| Master's | Lehigh University | 67700 |
| Master's | University of Michigan - Dearborn Campus | 67700 |
| Master's | Tufts University | 67700 |
| Master's | Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) | 67500 |
| MBA | San Jose State University (SJSU) - College of Business, and Lucas Graduate School of Business | 67500 |
| JD | University of Florida (UF) Levin College of Law | 67400 |
| Master's | University of Southern California (USC) | 67400 |
| Master's | Pennsylvania State University (Penn State) - Great Valley Campus | 67400 |
| JD | Temple University School of Law | 67300 |
| Master's | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | 67300 |
| Master's | California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) - San Luis Obispo | 67300 |
| Master's | Clarkson University - Potsdam, NY | 67200 |
| Master's | University of Colorado at Colorado Springs | 67200 |
| MBA | Wayne State University - Detroit, MI | 67100 |
| Master's | University of Alabama - Huntsville Campus | 67000 |
| Master's | Texas A&M University - Main Campus | 67000 |
| MBA | University of New Haven | 67000 |
| MBA | DePaul University - Kellstadt Graduate School of Business | 66900 |
| Master's | Northeastern University | 66800 |
| MBA | Oakland University - Rochester Hills, MI | 66700 |
| MBA | Westminster College - Salt Lake City, UT | 66700 |
| JD | University of Minnesota Law School | 66600 |
| MBA | University of Kansas - School of Business | 66500 |
| JD | University of Denver College of Law | 66400 |
| Master's | New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) | 66400 |
| PhD | Florida State University (FSU) | 66400 |
| Master's | University of California - San Diego (UCSD) | 66300 |
| Master's | Idaho State University (ISU) | 66200 |
| MBA | San Diego State University (SDSU) - College of Business Administration | 66200 |
| MBA | St. Xavier University | 66200 |
| JD | New England School of Law | 66100 |
| Master's | Duke University | 66100 |
| Master's | Bowie State University (BSU) | 66100 |
| JD | Tulane Law School | 65700 |
| MBA | Temple University - Fox School of Business and Management | 65700 |
| MBA | University of Utah - David Eccles School of Business | 65600 |
| Master's | Johns Hopkins University | 65500 |
| Master's | University of Colorado - Boulder (CU) | 65500 |
| Master's | North Carolina State University (NCSU) | 65500 |
| MBA | SUNY Albany - School of Business | 65500 |
| JD | John Marshall Law School - Chicago, IL | 65400 |
| Master's | University of California - Santa Barbara (UCSB) | 65400 |
| Master's | University of Houston (UH) | 65400 |
| Master's | Philadelphia University | 65300 |
| JD | California Western School of Law | 65200 |
| Master's | University of Massachusetts (UMass) - Lowell Campus | 65200 |
| MBA | Florida State University (FSU) - College of Business | 65200 |
| MBA | Georgia State University - J. Mack Robinson College of Business | 65100 |
| MBA | Seattle University - Albers School of Business and Economics | 65100 |
| Master's | Bentley University | 65000 |
| Master's | Purdue University - Calumet Campus | 65000 |
| MBA | California State University East Bay (CSUEB) - College of Business and Economics | 65000 |
| MBA | Loyola University of Chicago - Quinlan School of Business | 65000 |
| MBA | University of Denver - Business School | 65000 |
