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Top Colleges - 2025 Long-Term Commitments (PERM)

Permanent, career-track roles backed by employer sponsorship — Based on FY2024 PERM employer filings (latest full year of data).

Rank	College	Green Card Petitions	Average Salary
1	Anna University	1,557	$138,287
2	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University	1,406	$139,140
3	University Of Southern California	994	$164,763
4	Carnegie Mellon University	797	$177,180
5	Northeastern University	789	$147,123
6	Arizona State University	704	$153,260
7	The University Of Texas At Dallas	616	$141,297
8	New York University	600	$161,602
9	Osmania University	593	$135,290
10	San Jose State University	578	$164,038
11	University Of Central Missouri	535	$119,037
12	Columbia University	519	$169,262
13	University Of Madras	476	$136,447
14	University Of Mumbai	468	$144,521
15	University Of Pune	454	$142,276
16	North Carolina State University	451	$159,171
17	Anna University Chennai	420	$131,916
18	Northwestern Polytechnic University	416	$119,634
19	Texas Am University	394	$145,154
20	The University Of Texas At Arlington	371	$126,438
21	State University Of New York At Buffalo	365	$151,568
22	Andhra University	359	$138,417
23	Purdue University	345	$142,415
24	Visveswaraiah Technological University, Belgaum	338	$155,335
25	Illinois Institute Of Technology	336	$130,419

26	Cornell University	334	$167,194
27	Campbellsville University	318	$110,880
28	Wilmington University	300	$115,479
29	Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University Hyderabad	291	$125,539
30	Uttar Pradesh Technical University	287	$153,691
31	University Of Pennsylvania	283	$168,842
32	University Of Cincinnati	283	$144,522
33	New Jersey Institute Of Technology	272	$135,371
34	Stevens Institute Of Technology	261	$139,897
35	Georgia Institute Of Technology	252	$168,695
36	University Of California, Berkeley	252	$167,829
37	Acharya Nagarjuna University	252	$140,343
38	University Of Waterloo	245	$180,870
39	Bharathidasan University	241	$133,732
40	University Of Texas At Dallas	239	$148,403
41	Rochester Institute Of Technology	239	$148,309
42	Northwestern University	234	$171,514
43	The Georgia Institute Of Technology	234	$166,103
44	Syracuse University	234	$152,860
45	University Of Michigan	222	$157,844
46	University Of The Cumberlands	220	$111,130
47	University Of California, Los Angeles	213	$157,497
48	University Of Illinois	212	$136,916
49	The West Bengal University Of Technology	208	$142,043
50	University Of Illinois At Urbanachampaign	207	$154,038
51	Rutgers, The State University Of New Jersey	207	$146,812
52	University Of South Florida	207	$117,340
53	University Of Maryland	204	$139,938
54	University Of Florida	203	$150,873
55	Duke University	198	$168,720
56	Bharathiar University	194	$140,137
57	The University Of Michigan	191	$156,916
58	Visveswaraiah Technological University	191	$149,789
59	University Of Washington	190	$143,161
60	University Of Bridgeport	190	$117,619
61	Southern Arkansas University	188	$110,674
62	Visvesvaraya Technological University	187	$139,817
63	University Of Texas At Arlington	183	$124,195
64	Wayne State University	181	$116,747
65	Boston University	180	$145,067
66	Lamar University	177	$121,431
67	Visvesvaraya Technological University, Belgaum	175	$143,274
68	New York Institute Of Technology	174	$118,675
69	Texas Am University Kingsville	172	$124,968
70	The University Of Florida	171	$152,159
71	West Bengal University Of Technology	170	$136,740
72	Indiana University	169	$158,146
73	Madurai Kamaraj University	169	$133,107
74	University Of North Texas	166	$115,435
75	Santa Clara University	163	$167,387

76	Massachusetts Institute Of Technology	162	$182,959
77	University Of Toronto	162	$177,165
78	University Of California, San Diego	162	$164,278
79	Birla Institute Of Technology And Science	156	$157,074
80	Bangalore University	153	$139,992
81	Harvard University	152	$183,927
82	The University Of Texas At Austin	152	$153,426
83	University Of Illinois At Chicago	152	$138,135
84	Kent State University	152	$112,375
85	Northern Illinois University	151	$122,466
86	California State University, Fullerton	150	$120,772
87	Sri Venkateswara University	148	$132,025
88	Na	148	$43,902
89	University Of California, Irvine	147	$157,745
90	Stanford University	146	$183,113
91	University Of Minnesota	146	$142,464
92	Wright State University	144	$120,634
93	George Mason University	142	$142,974
94	University Of Technology Of Madhya Pradesh	141	$151,488
95	Kakatiya University	141	$133,648
96	Biju Patnaik University Of Technology	138	$151,233
97	Rajiv Gandhi Proudyogiki Vishwavidyalaya	138	$141,544
98	Oklahoma State University	138	$130,659
99	Silicon Valley University	138	$122,742
100	Northwest Missouri State University	136	$121,969

Note: To obtain employment based green card in United States, most foreign workers will have to go through 3 steps: 1). Permanent Labor Certification(ETA Form 9089), 2). Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker(Form I-140), 3). Adjust of Status to a permanent resident of the United States(Form I485).

The above report lists the top Colleges that have filed the largest numbers of permanent labor certifications under PERM in fiscal year 2024. The Green Card Petitions on the report is the number of permanent labor certifications for Green Card filed under PERM. The number includes certified, withdrawn, denied and certified but withdrawn certifications. The Average Salary is the average proffered salary on ETA Form 9089.

A permanent labor certification issued by the Department of Labor (DOL) allows an employer to hire a foreign worker to work permanently in the United States. Once received (if required), the employer then files an Immigrant Petition for Alien Worker, Form I-140, with the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) for the appropriate employment-based preference category.

The Department of Labor must certify to United States Citizenship and Immigration Services (USCIS) that 1). there are no qualified Americian workers(U.S. Citizens or permanent residents) able, willing, qualified and available to accept the job at the prevailing wage for that occupation in the area of intended employment, 2) employment of the alien will not adversely affect the wages and working conditions of similarly employed American workers, like U.S. citizents or permanent residents.

Sometimes the green card sponsors did not enter a specific salary on ETA Form 9089, but used a salary range with minimum and maximum salary. Our algorithm uses the middle point of the range to calculate the average salary. Please review the certification details to understand the salary range.

For example, the first three records on this report mean that in fiscal year 2024, 1,557 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Anna University. The average salary of those 1,557 permanent labor certifications was $138,287. 1,406 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were Jawaharlal Nehru Technological University. The average salary of those 1,406 permanent labor certifications was $139,140. 994 permanent labor certifications filed under PERM to National Processing Centers for Green Card were University Of Southern California. The average salary of those 994 permanent labor certifications was $164,763.