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Best Value Colleges for Intercultural/Multicultural and Diversity Studies

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

7

Schools Ranked

$28,083

Avg. Earnings

57.4 yrs

Best Payback

43

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	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY · Private	$31,694	$37,208	57.4 yrs
2	University of Idaho Moscow, ID · Public	$13,998	$25,194	N/A
3	Biola University La Mirada, CA · Private	$30,789	$21,508	N/A
4	North Central University Minneapolis, MN · Private	$19,901	$30,228	N/A
5	Macalester College Saint Paul, MN · Private	$15,953	$33,993	N/A
6	Columbia International University Columbia, SC · Private	$17,307	$24,421	N/A
7	Elmhurst University Elmhurst, IL · Private	$18,435	$24,035	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.