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Best Value Colleges for Computer Engineering Technologies/Technicians

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

Schools Ranked

$53,904

Avg. Earnings

<1 yr

Best Payback

1,779

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	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$80,336	<1 yr
2	Oregon Institute of Technology Klamath Falls, OR · Public	$16,695	$73,378	1.7 yrs
3	University of Houston-Downtown Houston, TX · Public	$15,426	$69,338	1.8 yrs
4	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY · Private	$29,788	$88,933	2.2 yrs
5	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT · Public	$16,857	$60,839	2.6 yrs
6	Pennsylvania Western University California, PA · Public	$17,695	$55,964	3.4 yrs
7	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA · Public	$19,365	$57,318	3.5 yrs
8	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY · Public	$15,239	$50,856	3.8 yrs
9	Minnesota State University-Mankato Mankato, MN · Public	$14,995	$50,856	3.8 yrs
10	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private	$31,935	$64,990	4.3 yrs
11	DeVry University-Florida Orlando, FL · For-Profit	$26,399	$57,499	4.7 yrs
12	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$13,382	$46,087	4.8 yrs
13	DeVry University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · For-Profit	$27,568	$57,499	4.9 yrs
14	DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH · For-Profit	$29,404	$57,499	5.2 yrs
15	DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL · For-Profit	$29,796	$57,499	5.3 yrs
16	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · For-Profit	$23,472	$52,663	5.3 yrs
17	Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA · Private	$33,733	$60,094	5.4 yrs
18	DeVry University-California Ontario, CA · For-Profit	$30,632	$57,499	5.4 yrs
19	DeVry University-Georgia Decatur, GA · For-Profit	$31,720	$57,499	5.6 yrs
20	DeVry College of New York New York, NY · For-Profit	$31,890	$57,499	5.7 yrs
21	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public	$18,893	$47,260	6.2 yrs
22	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$14,287	$43,426	6.8 yrs
23	Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Bayamon Bayamon, PR · Private	$10,486	$40,485	7.6 yrs
24	Savannah State University Savannah, GA · Public	$12,528	$41,565	7.6 yrs
25	CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY · Public	$8,412	$39,369	7.7 yrs
26	Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY · Public	$10,914	$40,485	8 yrs
27	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN · Public	$15,588	$41,025	10.3 yrs
28	Virginia State University Petersburg, VA · Public	$19,200	$39,927	15.6 yrs
29	Prairie View A & M University Prairie View, TX · Public	$16,916	$32,563	N/A
30	Texas Southern University Houston, TX · Public	$23,173	$29,685	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.