11 Most Profitable Universities in America

4. University of California, Berkeley

Forbes’s rank: 1

Pay scale rank: 16 (early career pay – $60,400; mid-career pay – $120,000)

The oldest California public university, Berkeley, ranks as first on a few Forbes’s lists. Besides being named the America’s best value college, it is also No. 1 Public College and Research University. Compared to previously listed schools, Berkeley has a higher acceptance rate – 18 percent of students who apply get admitted. Berkeley can be proud of the fact that its notable students are not only distinguished scientists, but also Academy Award winners, Olympic gold medalists, Pulitzer prize winners. One of the university’s most famous alumni is Apple co-founder, Steve Wozniak.