Best Colleges for Education
1,257 four-year colleges offer education programs. These rank highest by graduate earnings, using official federal data.
Read the Education guide →Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA · Private nonprofit
- $41,704
- Net price
- 16%
- Admit rate
- 10,085
- Enrolled
Villanova University
Villanova, PA · Private nonprofit
- $43,756
- Net price
- 27%
- Admit rate
- 6,938
- Enrolled
Duke University
Durham, NC · Private nonprofit
- $29,612
- Net price
- 6%
- Admit rate
- 6,442
- Enrolled
Bucknell University
Lewisburg, PA · Private nonprofit
- $40,766
- Net price
- 29%
- Admit rate
- 3,876
- Enrolled
Brown University
Providence, RI · Private nonprofit
- $25,184
- Net price
- 5%
- Admit rate
- 7,226
- Enrolled
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
- $13,481
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 33,068
- Enrolled
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN · Private nonprofit
- $15,846
- Net price
- 6%
- Admit rate
- 7,208
- Enrolled
Trinity College
Hartford, CT · Private nonprofit
- $34,832
- Net price
- 29%
- Admit rate
- 2,146
- Enrolled
California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo, CA · Public
- $16,665
- Net price
- 31%
- Admit rate
- 21,996
- Enrolled
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL · Private nonprofit
- $29,167
- Net price
- 8%
- Admit rate
- 9,201
- Enrolled
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH · Private nonprofit
- $41,190
- Net price
- 37%
- Admit rate
- 6,437
- Enrolled
Providence College
Providence, RI · Private nonprofit
- $48,523
- Net price
- 51%
- Admit rate
- 4,229
- Enrolled
Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia
Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit
- $29,689
- Net price
- 89%
- Admit rate
- 4,948
- Enrolled
University of Virginia-Main Campus
Charlottesville, VA · Public
- $21,565
- Net price
- 17%
- Admit rate
- 17,597
- Enrolled
Manhattan University
Riverdale, NY · Private nonprofit
- $27,256
- Net price
- 79%
- Admit rate
- 2,744
- Enrolled
Washington University in St Louis
St. Louis, MO · Private nonprofit
- $21,786
- Net price
- 12%
- Admit rate
- 7,857
- Enrolled
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY · Private nonprofit
- $28,786
- Net price
- 14%
- Admit rate
- 3,180
- Enrolled
University of California-San Diego
La Jolla, CA · Public
- $12,470
- Net price
- 27%
- Admit rate
- 34,948
- Enrolled
Wellesley College
Wellesley, MA · Private nonprofit
- $25,496
- Net price
- 14%
- Admit rate
- 2,300
- Enrolled
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA · Private nonprofit
- $35,333
- Net price
- 84%
- Admit rate
- 1,114
- Enrolled
Drexel University
Philadelphia, PA · Private nonprofit
- $38,509
- Net price
- 79%
- Admit rate
- 13,233
- Enrolled
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
Ann Arbor, MI · Public
- $13,138
- Net price
- 16%
- Admit rate
- 34,177
- Enrolled
Boston University
Boston, MA · Private nonprofit
- $24,402
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 18,248
- Enrolled
Tufts University
Medford, MA · Private nonprofit
- $39,998
- Net price
- 11%
- Admit rate
- 7,061
- Enrolled