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Parenting News nology 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 34 AFTER SCHOOL MAGAZINE | August 2015 44. University of California 21. South Dakota School of Mines & Tech- www.afterschoolmag.com | AfterSchoolMagazine