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Stanford University

Stanford, CA

3.6% admitted · $12,307/yr after aid

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Harvard University

Cambridge, MA

3.7% admitted · $19,148/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Yale University

New Haven, CT

3.9% admitted · $11,340/yr after aid

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Columbia University in the City of New York

New York, NY

4.0% admitted · $15,370/yr after aid

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University of Chicago

Chicago, IL

4.5% admitted · $16,776/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Cambridge, MA

4.6% admitted · $14,815/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Princeton University

Princeton, NJ

4.6% admitted · $7,815/yr after aid

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Northeastern University

Boston, MA

5.2% admitted · $29,060/yr after aid

Highest earnings for under $20k a year

Median earnings 10 years after enrolling, at colleges with an average net price of $20,000 or less

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Extremely selective

California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

2.6% admitted · $8,509/yr after aid

FWO

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

25% admitted · $17,057/yr after aid

Very selective

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Atlanta, GA

14% admitted · $12,028/yr after aid

Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Vallejo, CA

95% admitted · $17,793/yr after aid

Extremely selective

Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

6.4% admitted · $18,431/yr after aid

United States Merchant Marine Academy

Kings Point, NY

34% admitted · $1,516/yr after aid

Very selective

University of California-Berkeley

Berkeley, CA

11% admitted · $14,538/yr after aid

CTU

Capitol Technology University

Laurel, MD

74% admitted · $19,881/yr after aid

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Arizona State University Campus Immersion

Tempe, AZ

90% admitted · $14,694/yr after aid

Texas A&M University-College Station

College Station, TX

57% admitted · $21,527/yr after aid

University of Central Florida

Orlando, FL

40% admitted · $11,516/yr after aid

University of Maryland Global Campus

Adelphi, MD

$23,144/yr after aid

Ohio State University-Main Campus

Columbus, OH

61% admitted · $17,269/yr after aid

Purdue University-Main Campus

West Lafayette, IN

50% admitted · $14,851/yr after aid

The University of Texas at Austin

Austin, TX

27% admitted · $18,554/yr after aid

University of Arizona

Tucson, AZ

86% admitted · $17,125/yr after aid

Historically Black colleges and universities

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North Carolina A & T State University

Greensboro, NC

50% admitted · $9,884/yr after aid

Howard University

Washington, DC

41% admitted · $33,002/yr after aid

Morgan State University

Baltimore, MD

82% admitted · $14,653/yr after aid

Prairie View A & M University

Prairie View, TX

79% admitted · $13,638/yr after aid

Very selective

Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University

Tallahassee, FL

21% admitted · $15,220/yr after aid

Texas Southern University

Houston, TX

97% admitted · $16,494/yr after aid

Alabama A & M University

Normal, AL

58% admitted · $18,255/yr after aid

North Carolina Central University

Durham, NC

87% admitted · $16,708/yr after aid

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Stanford University

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Columbia University in the City of New York

University of Chicago

Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Princeton University

Northeastern University

Highest earnings for under $20k a year

California Institute of Technology

Franklin W Olin College of Engineering

Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus

Cal Poly Maritime Academy

Johns Hopkins University

United States Merchant Marine Academy

University of California-Berkeley

Capitol Technology University

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University of Central Florida

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Historically Black colleges and universities

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Prairie View A & M University

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