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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