Best Value Colleges for Electromechanical Instrumentation and Maintenance Technologies/Technicians
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
13
Schools Ranked
$57,162
Avg. Earnings
1.7 yrs
Best Payback
1,148
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 Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA · Public | $71,643 | 1.7 yrs |
| 2 | University of Toledo Toledo, OH · Public | $66,169 | 2.3 yrs |
| 3 | Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private | $69,338 | 3.7 yrs |
| 4 | Vermont State University Randolph, VT · Public | $56,931 | 3.9 yrs |
| 5 | DeVry University-New Jersey Iselin, NJ · For-Profit | $54,192 | 4.2 yrs |
| 6 | DeVry University-Florida Orlando, FL · For-Profit | $54,192 | 5.5 yrs |
| 7 | DeVry University-Arizona Phoenix, AZ · For-Profit | $54,192 | 5.7 yrs |
| 8 | DeVry University-Ohio Columbus, OH · For-Profit | $54,192 | 6.1 yrs |
| 9 | DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL · For-Profit | $54,192 | 6.2 yrs |
| 10 | DeVry University-California Ontario, CA · For-Profit | $54,192 | 6.4 yrs |
| 11 | ECPI University Virginia Beach, VA · For-Profit | $49,660 | 6.4 yrs |
| 12 | DeVry College of New York New York, NY · For-Profit | $54,192 | 6.6 yrs |
| 13 | DeVry University-Georgia Decatur, GA · For-Profit | $54,192 | 6.6 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.