The 18 public colleges where students go on to earn the most money

For students looking to save money on college tuition, public schools can be a great option.

As the following list indicates, students who attend public universities can go on to make quite a lot of money, too.

PayScale, the creator of the world's largest compensation database, recently looked at the starting and mid-career pay for over a million college grads - including professionals who graduated with a bachelor's from 963 colleges and universities.

For its College Salary Report, which was compiled using data from employees who successfully completed PayScale's employee survey, PayScale sorted the results by college major, degree, college, and type of school.

Here are the public colleges where students with a bachelor's degree go on to earn the most money 10-plus years into their career: