The 20 public colleges in the US where students go on to earn the highest salaries

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University of California-Berkeley cracked the top 20.

Public colleges are significantly cheaper than private colleges: For state residents at public colleges, average tuition and fees added up to just $9,410, according to CollegeBoard ($23,893 for those out-of-state), while private schools cost an average of $32,405 for the 2015-16 school year.

How are public school graduates faring in the long term?

We looked at a report from the Georgetown University Center on Education and the Workforce, which breaks down the median earnings of students from over 1,400 colleges 10 years after starting their studies, using data from the US Department of Education's College Scorecard.

Here, we've highlighted the 20 public colleges in the US where graduates go on to earn the most money after a few years in the workforce, as well as how much students pay annually between tuition, required fees, room, and board, from CollegeBoard.

Read on to see if your alma mater, or current school, made the list: