25 Public Colleges Whose Graduates Make The Most Money!

24) University of California-Irvine

The University of California-Irvine is another California state school that produces graduates who generally start making good salaries early in their career. The median salary for graduates just starting their career is $54,900, and the median salary for mid-career alumni is $118,800. UC Irvine has a total undergraduate enrollment of 27,331 students. It’s known for its medical school, and it also has good Nursing and Pharmaceutical programs in the Susan and Henry Samueli College of Health Sciences. In Fall 2017, they had a 36.6% acceptance rate. The middle 25%-75% of accepted students had SAT scores of 1190-1420, and they had ACT composite scores of 26-32. The average GPA for accepted students was 4.00-4.25. The cost of tuition for students who are residents of California is $15,516, and it’s $43,530 for out-of-state students.