15 Colleges Whose Grads Net the Highest Salaries PART 2: Ivy League

These 15 schools get students off to the best financial start after graduation. Money Watch calculates this list by balancing graduates' salaries with the average amount of debt they graduate in.

They did this by looking at the college's alums in two groups: group 1 consisted of students 2 years after graduation and group 2 consisted of alums out 15 years and mid-career. Here are the top 5 Ivy League schools on their list:

Princeton University

2009 Tuition: $131,740

Class of 2009 Median Pay: $58,900

1996 Tuition: $77,550

Class of 1996 Median Pay: $123,000

Dartmouth College

2009 Tuition: $137,364

Class of 2009 Median Pay: $54,100

1996 Tuition: $76,269

Class of 1996 Median Pay: $123,000

Harvard University

2009 Tuition: $136,977

Class of 2009 Median Pay: $57,300

1996 Tuition: $77,104

Class of 1996 Median Pay: $121,000

University of Pennsylvania

2009 Tuition: $139,962

Class of 2009 Median Pay: $59,600

1996 Tuition: $73,430

Class of 1996 Median Pay: $111,000

Cornell University

2009 Tuition: $135,733

Class of 2009 Median Pay: $57,500

1996 Tuition: $74,634

Class of 1996 Median Pay: $106,000

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Image Source: Princeton; Dartmouth; Harvard; UPenn; Cornell