25 Public Colleges Whose Graduates Make The Most Money!

15) University of California-San Diego

The University of California-San Diego has the second-highest median alumni salaries of all the California state schools. The median salary of UC San Diego graduates who are early in their career is $58,600, and the median salary for alumni who have reached the middle of their career is $124,900. The university is located right by the Pacific Ocean in San Diego’s La Jolla neighborhood, providing great views for students while they’re studying. For the Fall 2017 semester, UCSD received 88,463 applications and they admitted 30,204 students, giving them a 34.1% acceptance rate. The middle 25%-75% of students who were accepted had SAT scores between 1250-1470, ACT scores between 29-34, and GPAs between 4.04-4.28. The cost of in-state tuition for the 2017-2018 school year is $16,183, and it’s $44,197 for out-of-state students.

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