Best Value Colleges for Computer and Information Sciences and Support Services, Other
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
8
Schools Ranked
$58,560
Avg. Earnings
1.6 yrs
Best Payback
202
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 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA · Private | $81,812 | 1.6 yrs |
| 2 | Indiana University-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Public | $53,775 | 2.8 yrs |
| 3 | Bowie State University Bowie, MD · Public | $58,673 | 3.1 yrs |
| 4 | Indiana Institute of Technology Fort Wayne, IN · Private | $58,221 | 3.6 yrs |
| 5 | Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public | $49,644 | 4.3 yrs |
| 6 | SUNY College of Technology at Canton Canton, NY · Public | $46,478 | 5.9 yrs |
| 7 | Columbia College Columbia, SC · Private | $46,087 | 7.2 yrs |
| 8 | Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN · Public | $38,289 | 15.6 yrs |
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.