US | college graduates Want to Get Rich After College? Enroll Here 'San Francisco Chronicle' rounds up colleges with highest-earning grads By Arden Dier Posted Jul 9, 2015 11:32 AM CDT Copied A midshipman walks outside of Bancroft Hall, the main dormitory on the US Naval Academy campus in Annapolis, Md., on Jan. 9, 2014. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky) Want to rake in the big bucks, kids? Consider enrolling in one of 20 colleges the San Francisco Chronicle reports produce the highest-earning graduates. While Princeton and Stanford are among the more predictable colleges on the list, based on median salary after graduation, the top five may come as a surprise. US Naval Academy, Maryland: $77,000 US Military Academy at West Point, New York: $75,000 Harvey Mudd College, California: $70,000 Massachusetts Institute of Technology: $70,000 California Institute of Technology: $66,500 Click for the full list. Read These Next Meet the Oscar winner who says the award injured her career. Researchers jumped in car to investigate cow tools. Elon Musk just made a big donation to a pro-Trump candidate. Study suggests out who's paying for tariffs: Americans. Report an error