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22. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
23. South Dakota School of Mines & Technology
24. Virginia Military Institute
25. Carnegie Mellon University
26. New Jersey Institute of Technology
27. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
28. Missouri University of Science and
Technology
29. California Polytechnic State University
Which colleges provide the best return on investment?
Attending college is an expensive investment and two-thirds of graduating seniors can
expect to enter the workforce with an average student loan debt of $30,000 or more.
Choosing a college degree with the highest possible R.O.I. is becoming increasingly a
factor when students select a college.
Using data from payscale.com, here are the top 50 public schools that offer ithe highest
return on their tuition dollar. payscale.com also offers a few unique tools to better
calculate your R.O.I. including on or off campas, and over how many years you wish to
estimate your return. Also worth reading is Forbes magazine's approach of schools
R.O.I. based on alumni donations back to the school.
30. Michigan Technological University
31. University of Pennsylvania
32. Lafayette College
33. Manhattan College
34. Harvard University
35. Massachusetts Maritime Academy
36. New Jersey Institute of Technology
37. University of California - San Diego
38. California Polytechnic State University
39. Texas A&M University
40. Duke University
1.
Harvey Mudd College
12. Kettering University
41. Rutgers University
2.
California Institute of Technology
13. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
42. Brigham Young University
3.
Stevens Institute of Technology
43. University of Virginia
4.
Colorado School of Mines
14. Missouri University of Science and
Technology
5.
Babson College
15. Brown University
45. Clarkson University
6.
Stanford University
16. Worcester Polytechnic Institute
46. Michigan Technological University
7.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
17. Georgia Institute of Technology
47. Dartmouth College
8.
Georgia Institute of Technology
18. NYU Polytechnic School of Engineering
48. Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University
9.
Princeton University
19. Rice University
49. Cornell University
20. University of California - Berkeley
50. Wabash College
10. Colorado School of Mines
11. Virginia Military Institute
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44. University of California
21. South Dakota School of Mines & Tech-
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