How much grads earn 10 years after attending America’s most expensive colleges

College continues to get more expensive, especially at the top end of the scale, and it’s worth looking at the return on investment for that enormous cost.

It turns out that many of the most expensive educations available in the US offer modest returns in terms of post-graduation salaries.

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Using data from the Department of Education’s College Scorecard, we found the average annual cost of attendance and median earnings for employed students 10 years after matriculation for four-year, primarily baccalaureate-granting institutions with at least 500 undergraduate students enrolled.

Here are the top 20 most expensive schools in the US, according to that measure, ranked by median earnings 10 years after first attendance:

Bard College

Location: Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,724

16th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $39,700

Oberlin College

Location: Oberlin, OH

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,870

14th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $40,800

Sarah Lawrence College

Location: Bronxville, NY

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,642

18th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $43,000

Occidental College

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,046

9th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $50,600

Southern Methodist University

Location: Dallas, TX

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,889

13th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $60,700

Haverford College

Location: Haverford, PA

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,648

17th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $60,700

New York University

Location: New York, NY

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,637

7th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $61,900

Amherst College

Location: Amherst, MA

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,572

19th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $65,000

University of Chicago

Location: Chicago, IL

Average annual cost of attendance: $70,100

1st most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $68,100

Drexel University

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,821

5th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $68,800

Northwestern University

Location: Evanston, IL

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,887

4th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $69,000

Washington University in St. Louis

Location: St. Louis, MO

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,751

6th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $70,100

University of Southern California

Location: Los Angeles, CA

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,064

8th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $74,000

Dartmouth College

Location: Hanover, NH

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,044

10th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $75,500

Yale University

Location: New Haven, CT

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,445

20th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $83,200

Columbia University

Location: New York, NY

Average annual cost of attendance: $69,021

3rd most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $83,300

Duke University

Location: Durham, NC

Average annual cost of attendance: $67,005

11th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $84,400

University of Pennsylvania

Location: Philadelphia, PA

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,800

15th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $85,900

Harvey Mudd College

Location: Claremont, CA

Average annual cost of attendance: $69,355

2nd most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $88,800

Georgetown University

Location: Washington, DC

Average annual cost of attendance: $66,971

12th most expensive college

Median earnings 10 years after entry: $93,500

This article first appeared on Business Insider.