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Best Value Colleges for Computer/Information Technology Administration and Management

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

49

Schools Ranked

$54,650

Avg. Earnings

1.5 yrs

Best Payback

8,392

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	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI · Public	$11,794	$65,486	1.5 yrs
2	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX · Public	$10,316	$57,860	1.8 yrs
3	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver Monaca, PA · Public	$14,961	$68,950	1.8 yrs
4	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA · Public	$19,223	$68,950	2.3 yrs
5	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private	$31,935	$89,006	2.4 yrs
6	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA · Public	$20,673	$68,950	2.4 yrs
7	Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA · Public	$19,365	$67,846	2.4 yrs
8	University of California-Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA · Public	$15,567	$60,185	2.5 yrs
9	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine Media, PA · Public	$21,599	$68,950	2.5 yrs
10	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona Altoona, PA · Public	$22,436	$68,950	2.6 yrs
11	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA · Public	$22,395	$68,950	2.6 yrs
12	East Stroudsburg University of Pennsylvania East Stroudsburg, PA · Public	$20,726	$66,171	2.7 yrs
13	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA · Public	$22,967	$68,950	2.7 yrs
14	Georgia College & State University Milledgeville, GA · Public	$19,656	$62,012	2.9 yrs
15	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN · Public	$16,515	$57,318	3 yrs
16	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN · Public	$13,140	$52,733	3 yrs
17	Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI · Public	$13,230	$52,107	3.1 yrs
18	Baker College Owosso, MI · Private	$12,281	$50,856	3.1 yrs
19	Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus University Park, PA · Public	$27,137	$68,950	3.2 yrs
20	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private	$27,080	$63,005	3.9 yrs
21	Point Park University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$20,671	$56,415	3.9 yrs
22	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$50,856	4 yrs
23	Neumont College of Computer Science Salt Lake City, UT · For-Profit	$27,081	$61,218	4.1 yrs
24	Hallmark University San Antonio, TX · Private	$11,310	$45,500	4.3 yrs
25	National University San Diego, CA · Private	$23,427	$56,302	4.4 yrs
26	Davenport University Grand Rapids, MI · Private	$21,874	$54,361	4.5 yrs
27	SUNY Polytechnic Institute Utica, NY · Public	$15,239	$48,667	4.5 yrs
28	Dakota State University Madison, SD · Public	$18,429	$51,035	4.6 yrs
29	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public	$17,525	$49,631	4.8 yrs
30	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT · Public	$16,857	$48,823	4.9 yrs
31	SUNY College of Technology at Alfred Alfred, NY · Public	$18,893	$49,625	5.2 yrs
32	Pace University New York, NY · Private	$28,066	$55,383	5.5 yrs
33	Limestone University Gaffney, SC · Private	$24,711	$52,607	5.6 yrs
34	Herzing University-Orlando Winter Park, FL · Private	$19,374	$48,432	5.8 yrs
35	Herzing University-Kenosha Kenosha, WI · Private	$19,349	$48,432	5.8 yrs
36	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI · Public	$14,157	$44,356	6.1 yrs
37	Champlain College Burlington, VT · Private	$32,288	$55,964	6.2 yrs
38	Herzing University-Akron Akron, OH · Private	$21,684	$48,432	6.5 yrs
39	New England Institute of Technology East Greenwich, RI · Private	$33,946	$55,036	6.8 yrs
40	Herzing University-Madison Madison, WI · Private	$24,555	$48,432	7.3 yrs
41	SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY · Public	$20,871	$46,478	7.3 yrs
42	Herzing University-Brookfield Brookfield, WI · Private	$25,137	$48,432	7.5 yrs
43	Herzing University-Birmingham Birmingham, AL · Private	$26,347	$48,432	7.8 yrs
44	Herzing University-Atlanta Atlanta, GA · Private	$27,616	$48,432	8.2 yrs
45	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Baltimore, MD · Public	$20,879	$44,933	8.4 yrs
46	ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · For-Profit	$23,472	$44,221	10.2 yrs
47	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY · Public	$7,811	$36,141	27.4 yrs
48	Liberty University Lynchburg, VA · Private	$27,305	$38,289	33.2 yrs
49	Marshall University Huntington, WV · Public	$9,256	$33,993	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.