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Best Value Colleges for Finance and Financial Management Services

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

50

Schools Ranked

$50,539

Avg. Earnings

<1 yr

Best Payback

45,702

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 Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA · Private	$12,020	$122,725	<1 yr
2	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO · Private	$8,149	$91,744	<1 yr
3	Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC · Private	$10,228	$80,510	<1 yr
4	Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private	$12,505	$85,538	1 yrs
5	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$57,318	1 yrs
6	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private	$14,020	$86,375	1.1 yrs
7	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA · Public	$8,147	$63,898	1.1 yrs
8	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$11,505	$71,935	1.2 yrs
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$63,898	1.2 yrs
10	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$10,364	$65,029	1.4 yrs
11	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	$8,394	$59,318	1.4 yrs
12	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	$9,414	$62,818	1.4 yrs
13	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA · Private	$21,526	$95,295	1.4 yrs
14	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	$10,112	$62,818	1.5 yrs
15	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	$10,515	$62,818	1.5 yrs
16	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private	$12,676	$67,593	1.6 yrs
17	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA · Private	$17,098	$75,518	1.7 yrs
18	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$64,659	1.7 yrs
19	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	$16,134	$70,680	1.8 yrs
20	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA · Private	$19,026	$74,142	1.9 yrs
21	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT · Public	$13,842	$64,493	1.9 yrs
22	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI · Public	$12,008	$59,982	1.9 yrs
23	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY · Public	$7,187	$49,501	2 yrs
24	Florida International University Miami, FL · Public	$7,292	$49,482	2 yrs
25	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD · Public	$17,360	$68,079	2.1 yrs
26	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$60,701	2.1 yrs
27	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	$15,152	$62,818	2.2 yrs
28	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$60,023	2.2 yrs
29	George Washington University Washington, DC · Private	$21,174	$72,214	2.3 yrs
30	Trinity University San Antonio, TX · Private	$17,154	$64,990	2.3 yrs
31	James Madison University Harrisonburg, VA · Public	$19,216	$67,380	2.4 yrs
32	New York University New York, NY · Private	$31,355	$84,653	2.5 yrs
33	University of Southern Maine Portland, ME · Public	$12,238	$54,869	2.5 yrs
34	Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ · Public	$15,952	$60,001	2.6 yrs
35	University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public	$15,037	$57,907	2.6 yrs
36	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Lehigh Valley Center Valley, PA · Public	$19,297	$65,013	2.6 yrs
37	Pennsylvania State University-World Campus University Park, PA · Public	$19,223	$65,013	2.6 yrs
38	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI · Public	$12,398	$54,252	2.6 yrs
39	University of Minnesota-Crookston Crookston, MN · Public	$9,084	$48,849	2.6 yrs
40	University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	$17,260	$60,552	2.7 yrs
41	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Abington Abington, PA · Public	$20,421	$65,013	2.7 yrs
42	Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA · Private	$20,783	$65,387	2.7 yrs
43	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA · Public	$18,372	$61,714	2.8 yrs
44	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College Erie, PA · Public	$21,255	$65,013	2.8 yrs
45	Manhattanville University Purchase, NY · Private	$18,227	$61,020	2.8 yrs
46	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX · Public	$10,316	$49,864	2.8 yrs
47	Rhode Island College Providence, RI · Public	$12,509	$52,607	2.8 yrs
48	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX · Public	$17,525	$59,124	2.9 yrs
49	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	$20,344	$62,818	2.9 yrs
50	Arizona State University Campus Immersion Tempe, AZ · Public	$15,561	$56,748	2.9 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.