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Colleges ranked: Fastest payback
How many years the earnings boost over a typical high-school graduate takes to cover four years of net price. Lower pays for itself sooner. This is our own calculation on top of official Scorecard figures — see exactly how it works.
1CUNY Bernard M Baruch College · NY0.3 yr2Princeton University · NJ0.3 yr3CUNY Brooklyn College · NY0.4 yr4CUNY City College · NY0.4 yr5CUNY Lehman College · NY0.4 yr6United States Merchant Marine Academy · NY0.4 yr7California State University-Los Angeles · CA0.5 yr8CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice · NY0.5 yr9CUNY Queens College · NY0.5 yr10University of Florida-Online · FL0.5 yr11California State University-San Bernardino · CA0.6 yr12Stanford University · CA0.6 yr13University of Florida · FL0.6 yr14West Valley College · CA0.6 yr15California Institute of Technology · CA0.7 yr16California State University-Stanislaus · CA0.7 yr17CUNY York College · NY0.7 yr18Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus · GA0.7 yr19Massachusetts Institute of Technology · MA0.7 yr20New Mexico Military Institute · NM0.7 yr21Ohio University-Eastern Campus · OH0.7 yr22San Diego Miramar College · CA0.7 yr23United Technical Center · WV0.7 yr24Yeshiva Toras Chaim · NJ0.7 yr25California State University-Bakersfield · CA0.8 yr26California State University-Fullerton · CA0.8 yr27College of the Canyons · CA0.8 yr28Indiana University-Kokomo · IN0.8 yr29New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology · NM0.8 yr30Saddleback College · CA0.8 yr31Texas A & M International University · TX0.8 yr32University of Washington-Tacoma Campus · WA0.8 yr33California State University-East Bay · CA0.9 yr34California State University-Fresno · CA0.9 yr35College of Staten Island CUNY · NY0.9 yr36HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing · FL0.9 yr37Mount Carmel College of Nursing · OH0.9 yr38Rice University · TX0.9 yr39Santa Ana College · CA0.9 yr40Trinity Health System School of Nursing · OH0.9 yr
Built from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard and the U.S. Bureau of Economic Analysis Regional Price Parities. Cost of living, personal aid packages and life outside pay all differ — a ranking is a starting point, not a verdict. Colleges with missing net price or earnings, or with a net price under $3,000, are excluded from payback figures.