Best Public Colleges by ROI

Top 50 public institutions by return on investment. See methodology.

Top 10 Public Schools by ROI

#	School	State	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Debt	ROI Score
1	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	61.6
2	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$2,984	$63,163	$11,000	51.9
3	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$3,103	$60,752	$11,000	48.0
4	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$3,148	$58,013	$10,950	45.1
5	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	$3,203	$56,195	$11,000	42.9
6	CUNY City College	NY	$3,776	$66,039	$11,990	42.7
7	CUNY Queens College	NY	$4,195	$62,763	$10,298	36.4
8	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$3,967	$59,211	$13,000	36.3
9	University of Florida-Online	FL	$4,815	$71,588	$15,000	36.2
10	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	$6,174	$90,610	$8,833	35.7
11	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$3,925	$52,581	$21,056	32.5
12	Texas A & M International University	TX	$3,637	$48,386	$15,000	32.3
13	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$4,564	$59,977	$14,715	31.9
14	CUNY York College	NY	$4,456	$56,945	$11,000	30.9
15	Indiana University-Kokomo	IN	$3,968	$49,917	$16,961	30.4
16	University of Florida	FL	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	26.4
17	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$5,652	$59,009	$16,600	25.1
18	California State University-Stanislaus	CA	$6,067	$63,188	$13,540	25.0
19	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$4,831	$49,620	$12,950	24.7
20	CUNY New York City College of Technology	NY	$5,127	$49,365	$10,533	23.1
21	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	23.0
22	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$5,579	$53,501	$14,350	23.0
23	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$5,746	$52,581	$21,056	21.9
24	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$5,755	$52,581	$21,056	21.8
25	California State University-Fresno	CA	$7,000	$61,244	$14,505	20.9
26	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$12,116	$102,772	$21,672	20.2
27	Indiana University-Northwest	IN	$5,130	$43,361	$21,710	20.1
28	California State University-Northridge	CA	$7,021	$59,115	$13,872	20.1
29	CUNY Medgar Evers College	NY	$5,718	$46,498	$10,988	19.3
30	Dalton State College	GA	$5,012	$40,251	$12,937	19.1
31	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$6,079	$48,318	$21,229	18.9
32	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	NM	$4,904	$38,550	$16,500	18.6
33	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	$9,873	$76,489	$19,085	18.4
34	University of Akron Wayne College	OH	$6,032	$46,600	$23,250	18.3
35	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	18.3
36	California State University-East Bay	CA	$9,320	$71,401	$16,544	18.1
37	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$7,007	$53,230	$25,000	18.0
38	University of Arkansas Grantham	AR	$8,370	$63,496	$21,956	18.0
39	California State University-Sacramento	CA	$9,338	$64,876	$15,000	16.4
40	University of California-Berkeley	CA	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	16.1
41	University of Maine at Fort Kent	ME	$7,482	$51,077	$20,160	16.1
42	University of California-San Diego	CA	$12,470	$84,943	$15,500	16.0
43	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	CT	$10,875	$73,997	$21,500	16.0
44	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	LA	$7,022	$47,477	$22,500	15.9
45	University of Houston-Victoria	TX	$8,109	$54,467	$18,973	15.8
46	New College of Florida	FL	$7,195	$48,082	$17,375	15.7
47	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	NH	$9,992	$66,479	$26,814	15.6
48	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	$8,615	$57,162	$13,807	15.6
49	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	$12,548	$82,511	$14,000	15.4
50	Florida International University	FL	$9,288	$60,249	$16,500	15.2

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Rankings based solely on federal data. Data: College Scorecard.