Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Business, Management, Marketing, and Related Support Services, Other

Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.

Schools Ranked

$43,432

Avg. Earnings

1.2 yrs

Best Payback

3,910

Graduates

How we calculate value: Payback = (4 years of net price) / (major earnings - $35k baseline). A 2-year payback means you recoup your investment in 2 years through higher earnings vs. not attending college.

#	School	Net Price/yr	Major Earnings	Payback
1	California State University-Dominguez Hills Carson, CA · Public	$6,333	$55,338	1.2 yrs
2	State University of New York at Plattsburgh Plattsburgh, NY · Public	$17,264	$59,350	2.8 yrs
3	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$65,753	3.5 yrs
4	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO · Public	$11,656	$48,198	3.5 yrs
5	Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA · Private	$33,999	$69,338	4 yrs
6	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA · Private	$33,733	$67,240	4.2 yrs
7	Bentley University Waltham, MA · Private	$31,754	$64,174	4.4 yrs
8	SUNY Maritime College Throggs Neck, NY · Public	$19,992	$52,107	4.7 yrs
9	Benedictine University Lisle, IL · Private	$26,188	$57,318	4.7 yrs
10	Everglades University Boca Raton, FL · Private	$32,080	$57,318	5.7 yrs
11	Elon University Elon, NC · Private	$29,909	$54,192	6.2 yrs
12	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$44,915	6.3 yrs
13	Baylor University Waco, TX · Private	$31,907	$55,338	6.3 yrs
14	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$38,337	6.5 yrs
15	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY · Public	$10,914	$41,725	6.5 yrs
16	New York University New York, NY · Private	$31,355	$51,035	7.8 yrs
17	William Peace University Raleigh, NC · Private	$25,298	$47,260	8.3 yrs
18	Howard University Washington, DC · Private	$43,093	$47,260	14.1 yrs
19	Central Methodist University-College of Liberal Arts and Sciences Fayette, MO · Private	$24,187	$40,821	16.6 yrs
20	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public	$16,695	$38,289	20.3 yrs
21	Portland State University Portland, OR · Public	$12,964	$37,363	21.9 yrs
22	Widener University Chester, PA · Private	$31,002	$40,485	22.6 yrs
23	SUNY College of Technology at Delhi Delhi, NY · Public	$17,583	$37,568	27.4 yrs
24	FIDM-Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandising Los Angeles, CA · For-Profit	$40,670	$39,009	40.6 yrs
25	Wilberforce University Wilberforce, OH · Private	$17,683	$36,668	42.4 yrs
26	Adelphi University Garden City, NY · Private	$29,510	$37,208	53.5 yrs
27	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS · Public	$13,208	$34,704	N/A
28	University of Louisiana at Lafayette Lafayette, LA · Public	$14,322	$33,993	N/A
29	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public	$18,893	$32,071	N/A
30	N Notre Dame College Cleveland, OH · Private	$16,794	$28,598	N/A
31	SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public	$16,849	$28,960	N/A
32	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$20,671	$31,474	N/A
33	Claflin University Orangeburg, SC · Private	$21,018	$29,685	N/A
34	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota Winona, MN · Private	$18,683	$33,993	N/A
35	Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN · Public	$12,829	$33,565	N/A
36	Mercyhurst University Erie, PA · Private	$24,488	$31,305	N/A

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Payback uses earnings by major from the College Scorecard's field-of-study file, last updated June 2026, against net price from the June 2026 release. Scorecard publishes the two separately, so they are different vintages.