{
  "alt": "Figure with two tabs for the same colleges. The first tab is a dot plot of median earnings, with the fifteen highest-earning high-Pell colleges above the fifteen lowest-earning. The second tab is a bar chart of the net price for the lowest income band at the same colleges.",
  "caption": "The highest-earning high-Pell colleges are at the top of the first tab, the lowest-earning at the bottom, and the second tab gives the net price that students in the lowest income band paid at the same colleges. The lists are the {fact:n_list} highest and lowest of the {fact:n_high_pell} high-Pell colleges in the pool.",
  "data": [],
  "id": "high_pell_colleges",
  "notes": [
    "For-profit colleges are not on the list. Only public and private nonprofit colleges enter the pool, so no for-profit college can appear in either list, and {fact:n_fp_dropped} for-profit four-year colleges that otherwise met the rules were left out. A college is high-Pell when its Pell share reaches {fact:pell_cut}, the cutoff for the top third of the pool of {fact:n_pool} colleges.",
    "The lists are rankings of named colleges and not samples, so their medians carry no interval, and the Scorecard adds noise to each college's earnings. Branch campuses share their parent's earnings, so each college appears once.",
    "Some of the lowest-earning colleges are tribal colleges or religious seminaries whose graduates' earnings are not comparable with those of a general four-year degree, and several are historically Black colleges and universities; earnings also follow local wages, which are high in the New York, New Jersey and California areas, and the measure does not adjust for the students' starting income."
  ],
  "source": "College Scorecard, most recent cohorts, May 2025 release (Pell share and net price, academic year 2021-2022; earnings of the 2009-2011 entering classes, 2022 dollars); unweighted, each college counted once",
  "spec": {
    "panels": [
      {
        "figure": {
          "alt": "Dot plot with one row for each of the highest-earning and lowest-earning high-Pell colleges, sorted from the highest median earnings at the top to the lowest at the bottom. The highest-earning colleges are mostly public universities in California, New York and New Jersey, and the lowest-earning colleges include tribal colleges and religious schools.",
          "caption": "Each dot is one college's median, with the highest-earning college at the top; the name gives the college and its state.",
          "data": [
            {
              "college": "New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)",
              "earnings": 84276,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 11534,
              "pell": 39
            },
            {
              "college": "University of California-Irvine (CA)",
              "earnings": 80735,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 6485,
              "pell": 37.3
            },
            {
              "college": "San Jose State University (CA)",
              "earnings": 78988,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9743,
              "pell": 35.4
            },
            {
              "college": "CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (NY)",
              "earnings": 75971,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 745,
              "pell": 55.3
            },
            {
              "college": "Stony Brook University (NY)",
              "earnings": 74502,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 12744,
              "pell": 38.4
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Redlands (CA)",
              "earnings": 72690,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 21520,
              "pell": 35.1
            },
            {
              "college": "Mount Saint Mary's University (CA)",
              "earnings": 72379,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 17327,
              "pell": 55.1
            },
            {
              "college": "AdventHealth University (FL)",
              "earnings": 72282,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 29906,
              "pell": 37.4
            },
            {
              "college": "California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (CA)",
              "earnings": 71902,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 7599,
              "pell": 46
            },
            {
              "college": "California State University-East Bay (CA)",
              "earnings": 71401,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 8059,
              "pell": 43.6
            },
            {
              "college": "New York Institute of Technology (NY)",
              "earnings": 70080,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 16548,
              "pell": 43.7
            },
            {
              "college": "Farmingdale State College (NY)",
              "earnings": 69781,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 3865,
              "pell": 35.8
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (MA)",
              "earnings": 68804,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 14122,
              "pell": 35.6
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Illinois Chicago (IL)",
              "earnings": 68740,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9257,
              "pell": 49.6
            },
            {
              "college": "San Francisco State University (CA)",
              "earnings": 68077,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9307,
              "pell": 41.4
            },
            {
              "college": "Laredo College (TX)",
              "earnings": 33934,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4877,
              "pell": 38.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Central State University (OH)",
              "earnings": 33267,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 15607,
              "pell": 42.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Langston University (OK)",
              "earnings": 33261,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 10626,
              "pell": 68.4
            },
            {
              "college": "Atlanta Metropolitan State College (GA)",
              "earnings": 33252,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4415,
              "pell": 53.8
            },
            {
              "college": "Miles College (AL)",
              "earnings": 32627,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 13517,
              "pell": 75.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Bryant & Stratton College-Online (NY)",
              "earnings": 32568,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 14685,
              "pell": 75.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Mississippi Valley State University (MS)",
              "earnings": 31919,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 11034,
              "pell": 59.6
            },
            {
              "college": "Benedict College (SC)",
              "earnings": 31902,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 16807,
              "pell": 63.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (NY)",
              "earnings": 31853,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4542,
              "pell": 86.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Harris-Stowe State University (MO)",
              "earnings": 31088,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 12412,
              "pell": 72.9
            },
            {
              "college": "Dine College (AZ)",
              "earnings": 29188,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 10031,
              "pell": 39
            },
            {
              "college": "American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY)",
              "earnings": 26975,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 25066,
              "pell": 36
            },
            {
              "college": "Navajo Technical University (NM)",
              "earnings": 26364,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 3037,
              "pell": 49
            },
            {
              "college": "United Talmudical Seminary (NY)",
              "earnings": 25113,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 6126,
              "pell": 85.6
            },
            {
              "college": "Oglala Lakota College (SD)",
              "earnings": 22517,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 2188,
              "pell": 46.9
            }
          ],
          "id": "high_pell_earnings",
          "spec": {
            "colors": {
              "Highest-earning": "cat1",
              "Lowest-earning": "cat3"
            },
            "group": "group",
            "sort": "desc",
            "valueLabels": false,
            "x": "earnings",
            "xDomain": [
              0,
              90000
            ],
            "xFormat": {
              "digits": 0,
              "prefix": "$",
              "thousands": true
            },
            "xLabel": "Median earnings a decade after entry (2022 dollars)",
            "y": "college"
          },
          "subtitle": "Median earnings of former students who received federal aid a decade after entry (2022 dollars), the {fact:n_list} highest-earning and the {fact:n_list} lowest-earning high-Pell colleges",
          "table": {
            "columns": [
              {
                "key": "college",
                "label": "College"
              },
              {
                "key": "group",
                "label": "List"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 0,
                  "prefix": "$",
                  "thousands": true
                },
                "key": "earnings",
                "label": "Median earnings (2022 dollars)"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 1
                },
                "key": "pell",
                "label": "Pell share (%)"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 0,
                  "prefix": "$",
                  "thousands": true
                },
                "key": "net_price",
                "label": "Net price, lowest income band (dollars)"
              }
            ]
          },
          "title": "Most of the highest-earning high-Pell colleges are in California, New York and New Jersey",
          "type": "dot"
        },
        "label": "Median earnings"
      },
      {
        "figure": {
          "alt": "Horizontal bar chart with one bar for each of the same colleges, giving the average net price paid by students in the lowest income band who receive federal aid. Prices vary widely within each group, and the two groups have similar medians.",
          "caption": "Each bar is one college's net price in the order of the first tab, highest-earning college first, and the median for the highest-earning list is {fact:top_net_med} against {fact:bot_net_med} for the lowest-earning list.",
          "data": [
            {
              "college": "New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJ)",
              "earnings": 84276,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 11534,
              "pell": 39
            },
            {
              "college": "University of California-Irvine (CA)",
              "earnings": 80735,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 6485,
              "pell": 37.3
            },
            {
              "college": "San Jose State University (CA)",
              "earnings": 78988,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9743,
              "pell": 35.4
            },
            {
              "college": "CUNY Bernard M Baruch College (NY)",
              "earnings": 75971,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 745,
              "pell": 55.3
            },
            {
              "college": "Stony Brook University (NY)",
              "earnings": 74502,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 12744,
              "pell": 38.4
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Redlands (CA)",
              "earnings": 72690,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 21520,
              "pell": 35.1
            },
            {
              "college": "Mount Saint Mary's University (CA)",
              "earnings": 72379,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 17327,
              "pell": 55.1
            },
            {
              "college": "AdventHealth University (FL)",
              "earnings": 72282,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 29906,
              "pell": 37.4
            },
            {
              "college": "California State Polytechnic University-Pomona (CA)",
              "earnings": 71902,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 7599,
              "pell": 46
            },
            {
              "college": "California State University-East Bay (CA)",
              "earnings": 71401,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 8059,
              "pell": 43.6
            },
            {
              "college": "New York Institute of Technology (NY)",
              "earnings": 70080,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 16548,
              "pell": 43.7
            },
            {
              "college": "Farmingdale State College (NY)",
              "earnings": 69781,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 3865,
              "pell": 35.8
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth (MA)",
              "earnings": 68804,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 14122,
              "pell": 35.6
            },
            {
              "college": "University of Illinois Chicago (IL)",
              "earnings": 68740,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9257,
              "pell": 49.6
            },
            {
              "college": "San Francisco State University (CA)",
              "earnings": 68077,
              "group": "Highest-earning",
              "net_price": 9307,
              "pell": 41.4
            },
            {
              "college": "Laredo College (TX)",
              "earnings": 33934,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4877,
              "pell": 38.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Central State University (OH)",
              "earnings": 33267,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 15607,
              "pell": 42.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Langston University (OK)",
              "earnings": 33261,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 10626,
              "pell": 68.4
            },
            {
              "college": "Atlanta Metropolitan State College (GA)",
              "earnings": 33252,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4415,
              "pell": 53.8
            },
            {
              "college": "Miles College (AL)",
              "earnings": 32627,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 13517,
              "pell": 75.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Bryant & Stratton College-Online (NY)",
              "earnings": 32568,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 14685,
              "pell": 75.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Mississippi Valley State University (MS)",
              "earnings": 31919,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 11034,
              "pell": 59.6
            },
            {
              "college": "Benedict College (SC)",
              "earnings": 31902,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 16807,
              "pell": 63.5
            },
            {
              "college": "Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel (NY)",
              "earnings": 31853,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 4542,
              "pell": 86.2
            },
            {
              "college": "Harris-Stowe State University (MO)",
              "earnings": 31088,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 12412,
              "pell": 72.9
            },
            {
              "college": "Dine College (AZ)",
              "earnings": 29188,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 10031,
              "pell": 39
            },
            {
              "college": "American Musical and Dramatic Academy (NY)",
              "earnings": 26975,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 25066,
              "pell": 36
            },
            {
              "college": "Navajo Technical University (NM)",
              "earnings": 26364,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 3037,
              "pell": 49
            },
            {
              "college": "United Talmudical Seminary (NY)",
              "earnings": 25113,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 6126,
              "pell": 85.6
            },
            {
              "college": "Oglala Lakota College (SD)",
              "earnings": 22517,
              "group": "Lowest-earning",
              "net_price": 2188,
              "pell": 46.9
            }
          ],
          "id": "high_pell_price",
          "spec": {
            "category": "college",
            "colors": {
              "Highest-earning": "cat1",
              "Lowest-earning": "cat3"
            },
            "format": {
              "digits": 0,
              "prefix": "$",
              "thousands": true
            },
            "group": "group",
            "orientation": "h",
            "sort": "data",
            "value": "net_price",
            "valueLabel": "Average net price, lowest income band (dollars per year, 2021 to 2022)"
          },
          "subtitle": "Average net price after grants for full-time, first-time students in the lowest family-income band who received federal aid, the same colleges, academic year 2021 to 2022",
          "table": {
            "columns": [
              {
                "key": "college",
                "label": "College"
              },
              {
                "key": "group",
                "label": "List"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 0,
                  "prefix": "$",
                  "thousands": true
                },
                "key": "earnings",
                "label": "Median earnings (2022 dollars)"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 1
                },
                "key": "pell",
                "label": "Pell share (%)"
              },
              {
                "format": {
                  "digits": 0,
                  "prefix": "$",
                  "thousands": true
                },
                "key": "net_price",
                "label": "Net price, lowest income band (dollars)"
              }
            ]
          },
          "title": "The highest-earning and lowest-earning high-Pell colleges charge the lowest income band similar median net prices",
          "type": "bar"
        },
        "label": "Net price, lowest income band"
      }
    ]
  },
  "subtitle": "Public and private nonprofit four-year colleges in the top third by Pell share, with at least {fact:min_ugds_pool} undergraduates; median earnings of former students who received federal aid and net price for the lowest income band",
  "title": "Among high-Pell colleges, the {fact:n_list} highest-earning have a median of {fact:top_earn_med} a decade after entry and the {fact:n_list} lowest-earning {fact:bot_earn_med}",
  "type": "tabs",
  "width": "wide"
}