Colleges in New York whose graduates clear the bar most often

Ranked by the share of each school's programs whose graduates out-earn a typical high-school graduate (the federal earnings-premium test).

#	College	Programs clearing the bar	Median earnings	Programs measured
1	SUNY Downstate Health Sciences University	100%	$105,555	10
2	Cornell University	100%	$100,325	69
3	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	100%	$99,196	24
4	Clarkson University	100%	$90,676	26
5	Yeshiva University	100%	$88,388	11
6	Teachers College at Columbia University	100%	$86,434	16
7	Manhattan University	100%	$84,735	30
8	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	100%	$83,354	41
9	Wagner College	100%	$82,390	12
10	DeVry College of New York	100%	$79,501	17
11	CUNY Graduate School and University Center	100%	$79,163	28
12	Touro University	100%	$78,570	37
13	Fordham University	100%	$77,234	57
14	Excelsior University	100%	$76,288	30
15	Pace University	100%	$76,262	52
16	Adelphi University	100%	$75,285	31
17	St. John's University-New York	100%	$75,229	60
18	Marist University	100%	$74,726	33
19	Hofstra University	100%	$73,584	59
20	Colgate University	100%	$70,760	13
21	Daemen University	100%	$70,730	10
22	Iona University	100%	$69,542	23
23	Mount Saint Mary College	100%	$69,403	16
24	Farmingdale State College	100%	$69,032	26
25	Hobart William Smith Colleges	100%	$67,556	15

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Ranked on one stated metric, the share of a school's programs that clear the benchmark. Schools need at least 10 programs with reported earnings to appear. Note that specialised graduate institutions (medical and health-science centres, for example) often rank at the top because their programs are almost all high-earning; the 'programs measured' column and each school's page give the context.

Source: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (release 2026-06-10). Earnings are median earnings of graduates measured up to four years after completing, and describe past graduates rather than a promise. Method: methodology. Report an error.