25 Public Colleges Whose Graduates Make The Most Money!

3) Rutgers University-New Brunswick

At this New Jersey state school, the median salary of graduates early in their career is $56,600. The median salary for mid-career Rutgers graduates is $111,400. Rutgers is a huge university, with a total enrollment of 50,146. There are also many different schools at the university, including the School of Arts and Sciences, Mason Gross School of Arts, the Rutgers Business School, the School of Environmental and Biological Sciences, and the School of Engineering. They have a 57% acceptance rate, and most of their accepted students had SAT scores between 1250-1430 and ACT scores between 26-32. The cost of tuition for in-state students is $14,372, and it’s $30,023 for out-of-state students. If you want to live on campus, the average cost of room and board is $12,260.