Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Classical and Ancient Studies

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

2
Schools Ranked
$23,817
Avg. Earnings
N/A
Best Payback
0
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 Major Earnings Payback
1
University of California-Berkeley
Berkeley, CA · Public
$29,685 N/A
2
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA · Private
$17,950 N/A

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.