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Best Value Colleges for Computer Systems Analysis

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

20

Schools Ranked

$56,275

Avg. Earnings

1.3 yrs

Best Payback

9,175

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	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$73,446	1.3 yrs
2	Saginaw Valley State University University Center, MI · Public	$14,265	$64,990	1.9 yrs
3	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$13,382	$58,152	2.3 yrs
4	University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI · Public	$14,528	$53,358	3.2 yrs
5	Texas Christian University Fort Worth, TX · Private	$33,018	$71,351	3.6 yrs
6	Howard University Washington, DC · Private	$43,093	$82,440	3.6 yrs
7	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$52,107	3.6 yrs
8	Kent State University at Kent Kent, OH · Public	$19,508	$53,358	4.3 yrs
9	DeVry University-New Jersey Iselin, NJ · For-Profit	$20,355	$52,242	4.7 yrs
10	Shippensburg University of Pennsylvania Shippensburg, PA · Public	$22,033	$52,107	5.2 yrs
11	Marshall University Huntington, WV · Public	$9,256	$41,565	5.6 yrs
12	Pittsburg State University Pittsburg, KS · Public	$14,800	$45,383	5.7 yrs
13	DeVry University-Florida Orlando, FL · For-Profit	$26,399	$52,242	6.1 yrs
14	DeVry University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · For-Profit	$27,568	$52,242	6.4 yrs
15	DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH · For-Profit	$29,404	$52,242	6.8 yrs
16	DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL · For-Profit	$29,796	$52,242	6.9 yrs
17	DeVry University-California Ontario, CA · For-Profit	$30,632	$52,242	7.1 yrs
18	DeVry College of New York New York, NY · For-Profit	$31,890	$52,242	7.4 yrs
19	DeVry University-Georgia Decatur, GA · For-Profit	$31,720	$52,242	7.4 yrs
20	Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL · Private	$37,835	$38,871	39.1 yrs

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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.