Best Value Colleges for Mathematics and Statistics, Other
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
9
Schools Ranked
$59,424
Avg. Earnings
1.2 yrs
Best Payback
234
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 Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private | $80,273 | 1.2 yrs |
| 2 | New York University New York, NY · Private | $86,424 | 2.4 yrs |
| 3 | St. Joseph's University-New York Brooklyn, NY · Private | $52,107 | 3.1 yrs |
| 4 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA · Private | $74,576 | 3.4 yrs |
| 5 | Fordham University Bronx, NY · Private | $70,176 | 3.6 yrs |
| 6 | SUNY at Purchase College Purchase, NY · Public | $48,041 | 5.6 yrs |
| 7 | University of North Carolina at Charlotte Charlotte, NC · Public | $45,715 | 6.3 yrs |
| 8 | University of Missouri-Kansas City Kansas City, MO · Public | $44,942 | 6.3 yrs |
| 9 | University at Albany Albany, NY · Public | $32,569 | N/A |
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.