Dive Brief:

• Harvey Mudd College tops the PayScale College Salary Report with the highest-earning graduates after 10 years — a median salary of $137,800 — while the California Institute of Technology has the highest early-career median at $82,200.
• Rounding out the top five schools on the mid-career salary list are the U.S. Naval Academy, Stanford University, Washington and Lee University, and Cooper Union.
• The ranking is based on all graduates, including those from grad school, though PayScale also includes a bachelor’s degree-centric ranking, as well.

Dive Insight:

Another day, another college rankings list. In many cases, a graduate’s field of study may be a better predictor of income than the school. As PayScale points out, the highest-ranked colleges have a lot of graduates with science, technology, engineering, and math degrees. PayScale’s bachelor’s degree-only top five are Harvey Mudd, the Naval Academy, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Colgate University, and Stanford. The top two-year colleges, ranked by potential mid-career salaries, are the Fashion Institute of Technology in New York, San Diego City College, De Anza College, Lee College, and NHTI-Concord’s Community College.