Top Public Universities
The best public four-year universities by graduate earnings.
SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University
Brooklyn, NY · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 293
- Enrolled
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
Atlanta, GA · Public
- $12,116
- Net price
- 14%
- Admit rate
- 18,785
- Enrolled
Oregon Health & Science University
Portland, OR · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 836
- Enrolled
Colorado School of Mines
Golden, CO · Public
- $28,690
- Net price
- 61%
- Admit rate
- 6,155
- Enrolled
SUNY Maritime College
Throggs Neck, NY · Public
- $22,367
- Net price
- 72%
- Admit rate
- 1,285
- Enrolled
Cal Poly Maritime Academy
Vallejo, CA · Public
- $20,555
- Net price
- 95%
- Admit rate
- 804
- Enrolled
University of North Texas Health Science Center
Fort Worth, TX · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 41
- Enrolled
The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Galveston, TX · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 545
- Enrolled
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
- $13,481
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 33,068
- Enrolled
Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center
Lubbock, TX · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 1,482
- Enrolled
Upstate Medical University
Syracuse, NY · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 159
- Enrolled
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
- $16,665
- Net price
- 31%
- Admit rate
- 21,996
- Enrolled
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY · Public
- $6,174
- Net price
- 34%
- Admit rate
- 962
- Enrolled
The University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Houston, TX · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 334
- Enrolled
Maine Maritime Academy
Castine, ME · Public
- $23,414
- Net price
- 54%
- Admit rate
- 942
- Enrolled
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Houston, TX · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 465
- Enrolled
Medical University of South Carolina
Charleston, SC · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 303
- Enrolled
University of Maryland Baltimore
Baltimore, MD · Public
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- Net price
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- Admit rate
- 958
- Enrolled
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public
- $21,565
- Net price
- 17%
- Admit rate
- 17,597
- Enrolled
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public
- $12,470
- Net price
- 27%
- Admit rate
- 34,948
- Enrolled
New Jersey Institute of Technology
Newark, NJ · Public
- $16,504
- Net price
- 65%
- Admit rate
- 9,019
- Enrolled
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
- $13,138
- Net price
- 16%
- Admit rate
- 34,177
- Enrolled
Missouri University of Science and Technology
Rolla, MO · Public
- $16,298
- Net price
- 73%
- Admit rate
- 5,521
- Enrolled
University of Maryland-College Park
College Park, MD · Public
- $15,678
- Net price
- 45%
- Admit rate
- 30,760
- Enrolled
How this ranking is calculated
Public bachelor's-granting universities ranked by median earnings 10 years after entry, highest first.
Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. Schools that don't report the ranking metric are excluded. See our full methodology →