| 排名 | 學校名稱 | 學校英文名 | 職業早期薪水 | 職業中期薪水 |
| 1 | 麻省理工學院 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | $109,000 | $153,000 |
| 2 | 普林斯頓大學 | Princeton University | $93,700 | $152,000 |
| 3 | 斯坦福大學 | Stanford University | $113,000 | $151,000 |
| 4 | 卡耐基梅隆大學 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | $108,000 | $148,000 |
| 5 | 倫斯勒理工學院 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | $98,100 | $146,000 |
| 6 | 萊斯大學 | Rice University | $85,200 | $142,000 |
| 7 | 伊利諾伊大學厄本那-香檳分校 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC) | $92,000 | $139,000 |
| 8 | 約翰霍普金斯大學 | Johns Hopkins University | $84,600 | $138,000 |
| 9 | 佐治亞理工學院 | Georgia Institute of Technology | $98,000 | $137,000 |
| 9 | 哈佛大學 | Harvard University | $95,600 | $137,000 |
| 9 | 科羅拉多大學博爾德分校 | University of Colorado, Boulder (UCB) | $87,900 | $137,000 |
| 12 | 加州大學伯克利分校 | University of California, Berkeley | $103,000 | $132,000 |
| 12 | 南加州大學 | University of Southern California (USC) | $88,100 | $132,000 |
| 14 | 普渡大學西拉法葉分校 | Purdue University, Main Campus | $88,900 | $130,000 |
| 15 | 加州大學圣地亞哥分校 | University of California, San Diego (UCSD) | $91,600 | $129,000 |
| 16 | 康奈爾大學 | Cornell University, Ithaca, NY | $91,900 | $128,000 |
| 16 | 愛荷華州立大學 | Iowa State University | $77,600 | $128,000 |
| 16 | 芝加哥大學 | University of Chicago | $79,800 | $128,000 |
| 19 | 德州農工大學 | Texas A&M University, Main Campus | $80,600 | $127,000 |
| 19 | 耶魯大學 | Yale University | $90,300 | $127,000 |
| 21 | 加州理工學院 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | $98,500 | $125,000 |
| 21 | 哥倫比亞大學 | Columbia University | $87,100 | $125,000 |
| 21 | 加州大學洛杉磯分校 | University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) | $88,100 | $125,000 |
| 24 | 加州大學爾灣分校 | University of California, Irvine (UCI) | $97,400 | $122,000 |
| 24 | 賓夕法尼亞大學 | University of Pennsylvania | $77,800 | $122,000 |
| 26 | 馬薩諸塞大學阿默斯特分校 | University of Massachusetts (UMass), Amherst Campus | $90,000 | $121,000 |
| 27 | 加州大學圣塔芭芭拉分校 | University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) | $100,000 | $119,000 |
| 27 | 馬里蘭大學學院公園分校 | University of Maryland, College Park | $85,800 | $119,000 |
| 29 | 波士頓大學 | Boston University | $85,300 | $117,000 |
| 29 | 北卡羅來納州立大學 | North Carolina State University (NCSU) | $82,200 | $117,000 |
| 31 | 西北大學 | Northwestern University | $82,600 | $116,000 |
| 31 | 加州大學戴維斯分校 | University of California, Davis (UC Davis) | $91,100 | $116,000 |
| 33 | 威斯康辛大學麥迪遜分校 | University of Wisconsin (UW), Madison | $81,400 | $115,000 |
| 33 | 弗吉尼亞理工學院 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (Virginia Tech) | $88,400 | $115,000 |
| 35 | 伊利諾伊大學芝加哥分校 | University of Illinois at Chicago | $78,600 | $114,000 |
| 36 | 華盛頓大學 | University of Washington (UW), Main Campus | $83,100 | $113,000 |
| 37 | 亞利桑那州立大學 | Arizona State University (ASU) | $89,300 | $112,000 |
| 37 | 亞利桑那大學 | University of Arizona | $85,200 | $112,000 |
| 37 | 佛羅里達大學 | University of Florida (UF) | $78,800 | $112,000 |
| 37 | 密歇根大學安娜堡分校 | University of Michigan, Ann Arbor | $88,900 | $112,000 |
| 37 | 弗吉尼亞大學 | University of Virginia (UVA), Main Campus | $79,500 | $112,000 |
| 42 | 奧本大學 | Auburn University | $76,900 | $109,000 |
| 42 | 俄亥俄州立大學 | Ohio State University (OSU), Main Campus | $88,300 | $109,000 |
| 42 | 田納西大學 | University of Tennessee | $71,200 | $109,000 |
| 42 | 范德堡大學 | Vanderbilt University | $71,100 | $109,000 |
| 46 | 密歇根州立大學 | Michigan State University (MSU) | $79,900 | $108,000 |
| 46 | 賓州州立大學公園分校 | Pennsylvania State University (Penn State), Main Campus | $92,000 | $108,000 |
| 46 | 堪薩斯大學 | University of Kansas | $76,500 | $108,000 |
| 49 | 科羅拉多州立大學 | Colorado State University (CSU) | $75,500 | $107,000 |
| 49 | 明尼蘇達大學雙城分校 | University of Minnesota, Twin Cities | $84,000 | $107,000 |
| 49 | 北卡羅來納大學教堂山分校 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (UNC) | $76,400 | $107,000 |
| 49 | 德克薩斯大學奧斯汀分校 | University of Texas (UT), Austin | $82,200 | $107,000 |
| 53 | 杜克大學 | Duke University | $81,600 | $105,000 |
| 54 | 匹茲堡大學 | University of Pittsburgh, Main Campus | $78,200 | $101,000 |
| 55 | 猶他大學 | University of Utah | $82,300 | $99,300 |
| 56 | 佐治亞大學 | University of Georgia (UGA) | $77,600 | $98,500 |
| 57 | 印第安納大學伯明頓分校 | Indiana University (IU), Bloomington | $73,400 | $96,600 |
| 58 | 愛荷華大學 | University of Iowa (UI) | $74,100 | $96,400 |
| 59 | 圣母大學 | University of Notre Dame | $76,500 | $95,000 |
| 60 | 佛羅里達州立大學 | Florida State University (FSU) | $68,900 | $88,300 |
| 61 | 紐約州立大學水牛城分校 | University at Buffalo (UB) | $73,500 | $85,800 |
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注：本科畢業后0-5年算職業早期，職本科畢業10年以上算職業中期
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(1) 2016-17 PayScale Best Graduate Schools by Salary Potential PayScale