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Best Value Colleges for Insurance

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

Schools Ranked

$54,315

Avg. Earnings

1.3 yrs

Best Payback

1,195

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 Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI · Public	$10,364	$66,821	1.3 yrs
2	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$14,132	$60,230	2.2 yrs
3	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$11,506	$54,646	2.3 yrs
4	University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public	$15,037	$56,528	2.8 yrs
5	Appalachian State University Boone, NC · Public	$13,769	$53,108	3 yrs
6	State University of New York at Oswego Oswego, NY · Public	$16,919	$57,318	3 yrs
7	Georgia State University Atlanta, GA · Public	$18,466	$56,693	3.4 yrs
8	Temple University Philadelphia, PA · Public	$21,568	$60,377	3.4 yrs
9	Indiana State University Terre Haute, IN · Public	$15,588	$52,107	3.6 yrs
10	St. John's University-New York Queens, NY · Private	$27,080	$63,898	3.7 yrs
11	University of Mississippi University, MS · Public	$15,351	$51,482	3.7 yrs
12	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC · Public	$20,325	$55,964	3.9 yrs
13	Illinois State University Normal, IL · Public	$19,293	$54,581	3.9 yrs
14	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · Private	$26,825	$60,399	4.2 yrs
15	Missouri State University-Springfield Springfield, MO · Public	$15,950	$49,019	4.6 yrs
16	The University of Olivet Olivet, MI · Private	$23,799	$51,035	5.9 yrs
17	Eastern Kentucky University Richmond, KY · Public	$14,287	$43,798	6.5 yrs
18	University of Hartford West Hartford, CT · Private	$27,606	$45,696	10.3 yrs
19	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI · Public	$13,198	$38,289	16.1 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.