According to Burning Glass Institute, a nonprofit that researches employment trends, graduates from top universities who go into finance earn higher salaries than other schools’ graduates in the field.
Six of the eight Ivy League schools are ranked in the top 100 private schools for finance salaries.
Here is the list of top 10 private universities/colleges.
| RANK | COLLEGE | ANNUAL SALARY PREMIUM | FINANCE % OF GRADUATES |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $48,051 | 4.09% |
| 2 | Harvard University | $39,879 | 8.84% |
| 3 | Princeton University | $39,094 | 9.75% |
| 4 | University of Pennsylvania | $39,092 | 12.65% |
| 5 | Dartmouth College | $37,768 | 9.02% |
| 6 | Yale University | $34,148 | 8.58% |
| 7 | Columbia University in the City of N.Y.. | $33,354 | 10.22% |
| 8 | Duke University | $32,568 | 7.80% |
| 9 | Middlebury College | $32,326 | 6.68% |
| 10 | University of Chicago | $31,833 | 7.69% |
What does this mean? It matters where you attend college!
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