Graduates of a small West Coast college are earning more than Harvard and Stanford alums. Here's why.
A small Bay Area college is outpacing Ivy League students on grad pay. FatCamera/Getty Images Business Insider ranked the top colleges for graduate pay across the US. The Education Department's College Scorecard tracks median earnings four years after graduation. Samuel Merritt University, a small California nursing school, ranked third in US graduate earnings. Some of the highest-earning college graduates in the US may not have a Harvard degree hanging on the wall. In a recent Business Insider ranking of US colleges with the highest-earning graduates, a small Bay Area school focused on health sciences outperformed Stanford and Harvard, as well as the rest of the Ivy League schools. Meet Samuel Merritt University, a nursing and health-focused private nonprofit university in Oakland, California, with fewer than 1,000 undergraduate students. Graduates from the university have a median income of $148,182 four years after graduation, ranking third in the country for graduate pay according to the US Department of Education's College Scorecard, which measures the yearly post-graduation earnings of students who received federal aid such as student loans or work-study grants. Student life
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Graduates of a small West Coast college are earning more than Harvard and Stanford alums. Here's why.
A small Bay Area college is outpacing Ivy League students on grad pay. FatCamera/Getty Images Business Insider ranked the top colleges for graduate pay across the US. The Education Department's College Scorecard tracks median earnings four years after graduation. Samuel Merritt University, a small California nursing school, ranked third in US graduate earnings. Some of the highest-earning college graduates in the US may not have a Harvard degree hanging on the wall. In a recent Business Insider ranking of US colleges with the highest-earning graduates, a small Bay Area school focused on health sciences outperformed Stanford and Harvard, as well as the rest of the Ivy League schools. Meet Samuel Merritt University, a nursing and health-focused private nonprofit university in Oakland, California, with fewer than 1,000 undergraduate students. Graduates from the university have a median income of $148,182 four years after graduation, ranking third in the country for graduate pay according to the US Department of Education's College Scorecard, which measures the yearly post-graduation earnings of students who received federal aid such as student loans or work-study grants. Student life
