Best Value Colleges for Peace Studies and Conflict Resolution
Schools ranked by payback period — how quickly you recoup your investment through higher earnings.
9
Schools Ranked
$34,823
Avg. Earnings
4.6 yrs
Best Payback
320
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 California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA · Public | $46,738 | 4.6 yrs |
| 2 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN · Private | $42,682 | 7.3 yrs |
| 3 | George Mason University Fairfax, VA · Public | $44,595 | 7.9 yrs |
| 4 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC · Public | $36,848 | 25.1 yrs |
| 5 | Salisbury University Salisbury, MD · Public | $32,569 | N/A |
| 6 | DePaul University Chicago, IL · Private | $18,771 | N/A |
| 7 | Hamline University Saint Paul, MN · Private | $32,925 | N/A |
| 8 | Chapman University Orange, CA · Private | $29,685 | N/A |
| 9 | Tufts University Medford, MA · Private | $28,598 | 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.