Small Bay Area College Graduates Outearn Ivy League Alumni

Graduates of a small West Coast college are earning more than Harvard and Stanford alums. Here's why.

A small Bay Area college is outpacing Ivy League students on grad pay. FatCamera/Getty Images Business Insider ranked the top colleges for graduate pay across the US. The Education Department's College Scorecard tracks median earnings four years after graduation. Samuel Merritt University, a small California nursing school, ranked third in US graduate earnings. Some of the highest-earning college graduates in the US may not have a Harvard degree hanging on the wall. In a recent Business Ins...