| 排名 | 学校名称 | 学校英文名 | 职业早期薪水 | 职业中期薪水 | 平均高薪 |
| 1 | 麻省理工学院 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (PhD Program) | $102,700 | $147,800 | 58% |
| 2 | 卡耐基梅隆大学 | Carnegie Mellon University (PhD Program) | $105,300 | $142,900 | 53% |
| 3 | 约翰霍普金斯大学 | Johns Hopkins University (PhD Program) | $92,200 | $140,800 | 63% |
| 4 | 斯坦福大学 | Stanford University (PhD Program) | $105,700 | $140,600 | 62% |
| 5 | 加州大学伯克利分校 | University of California-Berkeley (PhD Program) | $98,600 | $135,500 | 52% |
| 6 | 哈佛大学 | Harvard University (PhD Program) | $105,600 | $134,900 | 66% |
| 7 | 康奈尔大学 | Cornell University (PhD Program) | $93,900 | $132,600 | 52% |
| 8 | 南加州大学 | University of Southern California (PhD Program) | $90,100 | $131,300 | 55% |
| 9 | 伊利诺伊大学厄本那-香槟分校 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (PhD Program) | $93,200 | $127,900 | 52% |
| 10 | 普林斯顿大学 | Princeton University (PhD Program) | $99,200 | $127,700 | 57% |
| 11 | 佐治亚理工学院 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus (PhD Program) | $93,500 | $127,000 | 49% |
| 12 | 加州理工学院 | California Institute of Technology (PhD Program) | $98,800 | $126,900 | 60% |
| 13 | 德州农工大学 | Texas A & M University-College Station (PhD Program) | $85,100 | $124,900 | 54% |
| 14 | 休斯敦大学 | University of Houston (PhD Program) | $90,300 | $124,100 | 55% |
| 15 | 加州大学圣地亚哥分校 | University of California-San Diego (PhD Program) | $87,300 | $123,900 | 52% |
| 16 | 加州大学洛杉矶分校 | University of California-Los Angeles (PhD Program) | $92,600 | $123,200 | 49% |
| 17 | 普渡大学西拉法叶分校 | Purdue University-Main Campus (PhD Program) | $96,800 | $123,000 | 52% |
| 18 | 范德堡大学 | Vanderbilt University (PhD Program) | $74,300 | $122,500 | 61% |
| 19 | 俄亥俄州立大学 | Ohio State University-Main Campus (PhD Program) | $78,100 | $121,300 | 52% |
| 19 | 加州大学圣塔芭芭拉分校 | University of California-Santa Barbara (PhD Program) | $103,300 | $121,300 | 50% |
| 21 | 密歇根大学安娜堡分校 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor (PhD Program) | $90,600 | $119,400 | 52% |
| 22 | 宾州州立大学公园分校 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus (PhD Program) | $77,500 | $118,900 | 49% |
| 23 | 弗吉尼亚大学 | University of Virginia-Main Campus (PhD Program) | $78,500 | $117,000 | 51% |
| 24 | 西北大学 | Northwestern University (PhD Program) | $77,800 | $116,300 | 56% |
| 25 | 德克萨斯大学奥斯汀分校 | The University of Texas at Austin (PhD Program) | $88,200 | $115,600 | 50% |
| 26 | 哥伦比亚大学 | Columbia University in the City of New York (PhD Program) | $91,200 | $115,100 | 57% |
| 27 | 亚利桑那大学 | University of Arizona (PhD Program) | $71,900 | $114,200 | 59% |
| 28 | 宾夕法尼亚大学 | University of Pennsylvania (PhD Program) | $80,200 | $112,600 | 53% |
| 29 | 明尼苏达大学双城分校 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities (PhD Program) | $86,200 | $112,200 | 56% |
| 30 | 弗吉尼亚理工学院 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University (PhD Program) | $79,900 | $111,500 | 47% |
| 31 | 北卡罗来纳州立大学 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh (PhD Program) | $83,200 | $110,300 | 52% |
| 32 | 耶鲁大学 | Yale University (PhD Program) | $81,400 | $110,100 | 65% |
| 32 | 马里兰大学学院公园分校 | University of Maryland-College Park (PhD Program) | $80,000 | $110,100 | 56% |
| 34 | 亚利桑那州立大学 | Arizona State University (PhD Program) | $86,400 | $109,900 | 55% |
| 35 | 加州大学戴维斯分校 | University of California-Davis (PhD Program) | $84,100 | $109,400 | 57% |
| 36 | 佛罗里达大学 | University of Florida (PhD Program) | $85,600 | $107,300 | 54% |
| 37 | 北卡罗来纳大学教堂山分校 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (PhD Program) | $74,600 | $106,800 | 53% |
| 38 | 华盛顿大学 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus (PhD Program) | $77,600 | $106,500 | 58% |
| 38 | 罗格斯大学 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick (PhD Program) | $80,900 | $106,500 | 43% |
| 40 | 科罗拉多大学博尔德分校 | University of Colorado Boulder (PhD Program) | $81,100 | $105,600 | 54% |
| 41 | 杜克大学 | Duke University (PhD Program) | $81,000 | $105,500 | 62% |
| 42 | 威斯康辛大学麦迪逊分校 | University of Wisconsin-Madison (PhD Program) | $86,600 | $105,300 | 60% |
| 43 | 密歇根州立大学 | Michigan State University (PhD Program) | $80,500 | $102,800 | 51% |
| 44 | 马萨诸塞大学阿默斯特分校 | University of Massachusetts Amherst (PhD Program) | $88,000 | $102,600 | 49% |
| 45 | 康涅狄格大学 | University of Connecticut (PhD Program) | $80,000 | $100,000 | 48% |
| 46 | 犹他大学 | University of Utah (PhD Program) | $81,700 | $98,500 | 64% |
| 47 | 佛罗里达州立大学 | Florida State University (PhD Program) | $65,500 | $84,300 | 55% |
| 48 | 卡佩拉大学在线PhD项目 | Capella University (PhD Program) online only | $65,200 | $78,100 | 70% |
*(1)
注：
（1）以上针对的是美国PhD毕业生薪水的排行，排名按职业中期薪水先后排序
（2）“平均高薪”指的是：该校PhD毕业生薪水高出全美研究生（系指所有的研究生，包括MBA、硕士、JD等，非单指PhD)平均水平的期望。故此，排名最低的卡佩拉大学大学在线PhD项目，其薪水期望仍然高出全美平均水平的70%
参考资料：
(1) 2014-2015 PayScale Best PhD Programs by Salary Potential PayScale