Is it worth it? Do the math.
A college degree is a six-figure decision, and you deserve more than a reputation ranking to make it. We scored 1,665 colleges on real ROI - what graduates actually earn versus what they paid - using U.S. Department of Education data.
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The ROI Breakdown
How the 1,665 schools scored - click any tier to see those schools
Only 18% of schools score 75 or above. Most colleges deliver below-average financial returns relative to their cost.
Top ROI Schools
Highest return on your education investment
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA
Stanford University
Stanford, CA
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
Rice University
Houston, TX
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
Yale University
New Haven, CT
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