36 Colleges Where Women Graduates Out-Earn Men

The recent College Scorecard from the U.S. Department of Education showed some remarkable gaps between the salaries of women and men who graduate from the same college. However, not every school fits the pattern. Although women trail men in almost every category, there are 36 colleges where the women graduates do better than the men. The following schools have among the highest gaps and several attributes in common. They have higher than average representation of African Americans, and strong nursing programs that are still more attractive to talented young women than to men.

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See the full list of schools where women out-earn men below.

Women’s Salaries Men’s Salaries % Difference Number of Undergraduates Washington Adventist University 54,200 47,600 12.2 951 Kentucky State University 30,700 27,600 10.1 2,131 Hampton University 48,000 43,900 8.5 3,529 American International College 48,400 44,300 8.5 1,513 Edward Waters College 30,500 28,000 8.2 862 Fisk University 36,900 34,100 7.6 611 Saint Augustine’s University 31,600 29,300 7.3 1,299 Gallaudet University 31,900 29,700 6.9 1,053 Paul Quinn College 32,200 30,100 6.5 243 Winston-Salem State University 37,700 35,300 6.4 4,877 Philander Smith College 30,100 28,500 5.3 554 Lynn University 42,900 41,100 4.2 1,732 Langston University 33,000 31,700 3.9 2,062 Delaware State University 36,700 35,300 3.8 3,719 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University 45,300 43,600 3.8 8,825 Alcorn State University 34,700 33,400 3.7 3,157 Virginia State University 38,000 36,800 3.2 5,023 Le Moyne-Owen College 33,000 32,000 3.0 1,009 Sojourner-Douglass College 36,800 35,700 3.0 1,037 Hampshire College 37,500 36,500 2.7 1,468 Texas College 26,900 26,200 2.6 945 University of Charleston 44,100 43,000 2.5 1,373 St Mary’s College of Maryland 53,600 52,500 2.1 1,794 Tennessee State University 39,300 38,500 2.0 6,669 North Carolina Central University 34,600 34,000 1.7 5,876 Miles College 28,900 28,400 1.7 1,663 Haskell Indian Nations University 27,000 26,600 1.5 741 Albany State University 35,400 34,900 1.4 3,566 Shaw University 29,400 29,000 1.4 1,923 University of the District of Columbia 39,600 39,100 1.3 4,487 Cambridge College 38,700 38,300 1.0 1,042 Allen University 22,700 22,500 0.9 651 Lincoln University of Pennsylvania 35,700 35,400 0.8 1,614 Corcoran College of Art and Design 37,400 37,200 0.5 275 Notre Dame de Namur University 55,500 55,300 0.4 1,209 University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff 30,700 30,600 0.3 2,503

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