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Best Value Colleges for Medical Illustration and Informatics

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

2

Schools Ranked

$48,064

Avg. Earnings

5.6 yrs

Best Payback

244

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	Western Michigan University Kalamazoo, MI · Public	$20,840	$49,937	5.6 yrs
2	Rochester Institute of Technology Rochester, NY · Private	$31,935	$31,848	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.