Best Value / By Major

Best Value Colleges for Physiology, Pathology and Related Sciences

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

48

Schools Ranked

$28,072

Avg. Earnings

24.1 yrs

Best Payback

3,603

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 Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT · Public	$9,414	$36,560	24.1 yrs
2	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT · Public	$10,112	$36,560	25.9 yrs
3	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT · Public	$10,515	$36,560	27 yrs
4	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT · Public	$15,152	$36,560	38.9 yrs
5	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT · Public	$20,344	$36,560	52.2 yrs
6	University of Miami Coral Gables, FL · Private	$38,999	$36,848	84.4 yrs
7	Merrimack College North Andover, MA · Private	$30,079	$35,600	200.5 yrs
8	Ithaca College Ithaca, NY · Private	$31,694	$28,816	N/A
9	Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA · Private	$18,391	$31,305	N/A
10	University of Massachusetts-Amherst Amherst, MA · Public	$16,667	$27,334	N/A
11	The College of Saint Scholastica Duluth, MN · Private	$19,092	$24,421	N/A
12	University of Florida Gainesville, FL · Public	$8,394	$30,277	N/A
13	University of Colorado Boulder Boulder, CO · Public	$18,204	$29,902	N/A
14	West Virginia University Morgantown, WV · Public	$13,077	$21,660	N/A
15	San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA · Public	$16,065	$34,942	N/A
16	Brigham Young University Provo, UT · Private	$12,676	$26,121	N/A
17	Gonzaga University Spokane, WA · Private	$26,473	$17,624	N/A
18	University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY · Public	$20,841	$28,236	N/A
19	University of California-Davis Davis, CA · Public	$14,193	$28,381	N/A
20	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN · Public	$12,911	$34,393	N/A
21	University of South Carolina-Columbia Columbia, SC · Public	$20,325	$25,366	N/A
22	East Carolina University Greenville, NC · Public	$16,654	$27,181	N/A
23	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL · Public	$11,506	$25,434	N/A
24	Michigan State University East Lansing, MI · Public	$20,557	$21,508	N/A
25	California State University-Chico Chico, CA · Public	$16,738	$28,753	N/A
26	Ashland University Ashland, OH · Private	$20,412	$31,133	N/A
27	Eastern Washington University Cheney, WA · Public	$12,224	$25,967	N/A
28	Central Washington University Ellensburg, WA · Public	$17,235	$26,997	N/A
29	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA · Public	$8,393	$25,452	N/A
30	Ursinus College Collegeville, PA · Private	$28,371	$31,133	N/A
31	College of Charleston Charleston, SC · Public	$20,142	$26,458	N/A
32	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA · Public	$12,644	$21,508	N/A
33	SUNY Brockport Brockport, NY · Public	$17,803	$32,569	N/A
34	University of Oregon Eugene, OR · Public	$16,014	$25,812	N/A
35	University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh Oshkosh, WI · Public	$14,157	$28,816	N/A
36	University of Arizona Tucson, AZ · Public	$13,644	$22,588	N/A
37	Concordia University-Wisconsin Mequon, WI · Private	$22,710	$25,194	N/A
38	Shenandoah University Winchester, VA · Private	$28,685	$32,925	N/A
39	Brigham Young University-Idaho Rexburg, ID · Private	$5,422	$24,035	N/A
40	Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH · Private	$22,997	$27,397	N/A
41	University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC · Public	$19,195	$24,532	N/A
42	University of Wisconsin-Superior Superior, WI · Public	$12,668	$22,192	N/A
43	University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC · Public	$16,984	$25,580	N/A
44	Florida Southern College Lakeland, FL · Private	$25,918	$28,598	N/A
45	Gordon College Wenham, MA · Private	$22,425	$32,391	N/A
46	Northern Michigan University Marquette, MI · Public	$16,017	$25,194	N/A
47	Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA · Private	$24,278	$21,234	N/A
48	Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC · Private	$18,333	$20,140	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.