Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Management Information Systems and Services

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

50

Schools Ranked

$54,035

Avg. Earnings

1.1 yrs

Best Payback

10,134

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 Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$66,821	1.1 yrs
2	Georgetown University Washington, DC · Private	$12,505	$75,989	1.2 yrs
3	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL · Public	$11,505	$70,736	1.3 yrs
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private	$14,020	$74,307	1.4 yrs
5	Michigan Technological University Houghton, MI · Public	$11,794	$68,499	1.4 yrs
6	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX · Public	$16,134	$75,652	1.6 yrs
7	Northern Kentucky University Highland Heights, KY · Public	$9,505	$56,867	1.7 yrs
8	University of Georgia Athens, GA · Public	$15,037	$68,778	1.8 yrs
9	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA · Public	$13,275	$65,332	1.8 yrs
10	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$11,506	$61,218	1.8 yrs
11	University of Michigan-Dearborn Dearborn, MI · Public	$12,398	$62,508	1.8 yrs
12	Florida International University Miami, FL · Public	$7,292	$50,995	1.8 yrs
13	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$63,501	1.9 yrs
14	The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX · Public	$10,316	$56,234	1.9 yrs
15	California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA · Public	$10,780	$57,860	1.9 yrs
16	University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO · Public	$11,291	$58,943	1.9 yrs
17	Ohio State University-Main Campus Columbus, OH · Public	$13,273	$61,350	2 yrs
18	Oakland University Rochester Hills, MI · Public	$12,008	$59,350	2 yrs
19	Northwest Missouri State University Maryville, MO · Public	$12,127	$58,673	2 yrs
20	University of South Florida Tampa, FL · Public	$9,669	$53,160	2.1 yrs
21	Binghamton University Vestal, NY · Public	$21,423	$73,949	2.2 yrs
22	University of Delaware Newark, DE · Public	$17,260	$67,101	2.2 yrs
23	Central Michigan University Mount Pleasant, MI · Public	$15,720	$63,799	2.2 yrs
24	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV · Public	$13,077	$58,673	2.2 yrs
25	University of Houston Houston, TX · Public	$13,382	$58,985	2.2 yrs
26	Eastern Michigan University Ypsilanti, MI · Public	$14,547	$61,218	2.2 yrs
27	Wichita State University Wichita, KS · Public	$14,581	$61,303	2.2 yrs
28	Saint Cloud State University Saint Cloud, MN · Public	$13,140	$58,522	2.2 yrs
29	Park University Parkville, MO · Private	$14,769	$61,020	2.3 yrs
30	Georgia Southern University Statesboro, GA · Public	$16,181	$63,749	2.3 yrs
31	Northern Arizona University Flagstaff, AZ · Public	$14,142	$59,253	2.3 yrs
32	The University of Alabama Tuscaloosa, AL · Public	$21,649	$71,015	2.4 yrs
33	National University San Diego, CA · Private	$23,427	$73,949	2.4 yrs
34	University of North Texas Denton, TX · Public	$14,132	$58,673	2.4 yrs
35	Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ · Public	$18,648	$65,486	2.4 yrs
36	Iowa State University Ames, IA · Public	$14,641	$59,801	2.4 yrs
37	Central Connecticut State University New Britain, CT · Public	$16,857	$63,501	2.4 yrs
38	Washington State University Pullman, WA · Public	$14,233	$59,042	2.4 yrs
39	Wayne State University Detroit, MI · Public	$13,612	$57,770	2.4 yrs
40	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse La Crosse, WI · Public	$13,198	$56,776	2.4 yrs
41	Augsburg University Minneapolis, MN · Private	$23,244	$74,157	2.4 yrs
42	Metropolitan State University Saint Paul, MN · Public	$16,515	$62,012	2.4 yrs
43	Fort Hays State University Hays, KS · Public	$13,208	$57,318	2.4 yrs
44	University of Louisville Louisville, KY · Public	$17,380	$63,005	2.5 yrs
45	University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI · Public	$14,737	$58,796	2.5 yrs
46	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA · Private	$29,618	$80,391	2.6 yrs
47	University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Public	$16,938	$60,920	2.6 yrs
48	Winona State University Winona, MN · Public	$15,289	$58,673	2.6 yrs
49	University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls, IA · Public	$15,287	$58,673	2.6 yrs
50	Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA · Public	$16,449	$59,172	2.7 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.