The 50 colleges that score highest for Human resources on public federal data: selectivity, graduate earnings, program size, academic strength and graduate depth. It is a starting point for your research, not a judgment of quality.
50 colleges · each name links to its page, with sources · data snapshot October 2, 2026 · Updated October 2, 2026
How we rank programs · showing the top 50 of 50 core colleges ranked, those with enough graduates and earnings data · All top-programs lists
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| Rank | College | State | What we measured | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Cornell University | NY | Median earnings $112,713 · 286 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 2 | Northwestern University | IL | Median earnings $108,498 · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 3 | Washington University in St Louis | MO | Median earnings $160,235 (field-wide) · 39 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 4 | University of California-Los Angeles | CA | Median earnings $129,425 (field-wide) · 55 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 5 | University of Richmond | VA | Median earnings $92,389 · 65 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 6 | George Washington University | DC | Median earnings $97,126 · 30 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 7 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | MI | Median earnings $99,594 · 52 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 8 | Pitzer College | CA | Median earnings $89,636 · 17 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 9 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | WA | Median earnings $92,847 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 10 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | PA | Median earnings $81,755 · 244 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 11 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | NJ | Median earnings $75,850 · 357 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 12 | Michigan State University | MI | Median earnings $85,886 · 101 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 13 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | OH | Median earnings $82,371 · 47 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 14 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | NC | Median earnings $76,811 · 115 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 15 | Texas A&M University-College Station | TX | Median earnings $76,593 · 84 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 16 | Baylor University | TX | Median earnings $89,102 · 16 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 17 | Miami University-Oxford | OH | Median earnings $99,355 (field-wide) · 73 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 18 | Western Governors University | UT | Median earnings $79,951 (field-wide) · 796 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 19 | Brigham Young University | UT | Median earnings $96,354 · 49 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 20 | University of Tulsa | OK | Median earnings $86,081 (field-wide) · 16 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 21 | University of Iowa | IA | Median earnings $77,659 · 166 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 22 | Santa Clara University | CA | Median earnings $75,430 · 43 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 23 | University of Arizona | AZ | Median earnings $76,013 · 244 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 24 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | MN | Median earnings $74,358 · 71 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 25 | University of Denver | CO | Median earnings $87,755 (field-wide) · 17 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 26 | University of Delaware | DE | Median earnings $94,728 (field-wide) · 19 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 27 | Indiana University-Bloomington | IN | Median earnings $105,583 (field-wide) · 37 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 28 | Florida International University | FL | Median earnings $67,696 · 117 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 29 | Temple University | PA | Median earnings $73,127 · 78 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 30 | Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College | LA | Median earnings $77,960 (field-wide) · 28 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 31 | Colorado State University Global | CO | Median earnings $73,403 · 244 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 32 | Purdue University Global | IN | Median earnings $78,683 · 76 graduates last year · 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 33 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | PA | Median earnings $69,674 · 26 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 34 | University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus | OK | Median earnings $65,881 · 331 graduates last year · 7% of the school's degrees | |
| 35 | University of Houston | TX | Median earnings $69,010 · 75 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 36 | Quinnipiac University | CT | Median earnings $86,529 (field-wide) · 13 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 37 | Marquette University | WI | Median earnings $90,288 (field-wide) · 18 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 38 | Bryant University | RI | Median earnings $76,241 · 14 graduates last year · 2% of the school's degrees | |
| 39 | Saint Louis University | MO | Median earnings $76,354 · 15 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 40 | University of St Francis | IL | Median earnings $90,495 · 23 graduates last year · 6% of the school's degrees | |
| 41 | Southern Nazarene University | OK | Median earnings $78,093 · 55 graduates last year · 15% of the school's degrees | |
| 42 | Southern New Hampshire University | NH | Median earnings $74,869 (field-wide) · 72 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 43 | Loyola University Chicago | IL | Median earnings $86,190 · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 44 | Oakland University | MI | Median earnings $70,347 · 112 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 45 | Dickinson State University | ND | Median earnings $64,488 · 11 graduates last year · 4% of the school's degrees | |
| 46 | Wayland Baptist University | TX | Median earnings $67,250 (field-wide) · 15 graduates last year · 3% of the school's degrees | |
| 47 | Bellevue University | NE | Median earnings $66,702 · 100 graduates last year · 5% of the school's degrees | |
| 48 | University of Arkansas | AR | Median earnings $81,429 (field-wide) · 12 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 49 | Texas Tech University | TX | Median earnings $79,054 (field-wide) · 10 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees | |
| 50 | Grand Valley State University | MI | Median earnings $75,800 · 46 graduates last year · under 1% of the school's degrees |
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