ROI – Return on Investment (投资回报) 是投资的时候大家关注的中心。在美国名校读四年本科价格不菲，那么这笔投资的回报又如何呢? 美国著名的薪资网站 Payscale 给出了他们最新的 2014 Payscale College ROI Report 按照投资回报排出了全美前100的名校。
一下排名表格的一些解释:
2013 Cost: 根据2013年每所大学学生读一年本科的成本-包括学费，住宿，书本和杂费-乘以获得一个本科学位的年限决定。 另外in-state和out-state是用来指出公立大学对州内学生和州外学生学费的区别。
20 Year Net ROI: 从每所大学毕业之后学生20年的平均净收入。净收入是用20年总收入减去学生作为一个高中毕业生可以在20年获得的收入减去扣除学校财务援助 (奖学金等) 后的大学成本。
Annual ROI: 上面ROI转化为年收入的比例 – 可以用这个数字来和其他投资收益的百分比做对比
好啦 介绍完术语可以来看排名啦
2014 Payscale College ROI Report
| Rank | School Name | 2013 Cost | 20 Year Net ROI | Annual ROI | Grad Rate |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Harvey Mudd College | $229,500 | $980,900 | 8.80% | 88% |
| 2 | California Institute of Technology (Caltech) | $220,400 | $837,600 | 8.30% | 92% |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) | $223,400 | $831,100 | 8.20% | 93% |
| 4 | Stanford University | $236,300 | $789,500 | 7.80% | 95% |
| 5 | Colorado School of Mines(In-State) | $114,200 | $783,400 | 11.00% | 67% |
| 6 | Georgia Institute of Technology (In-State) | $92,250 | $755,600 | 11.90% | 79% |
| 7 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology (RHIT) | $217,400 | $736,200 | 7.80% | 76% |
| 8 | Polytechnic Institute of New York University (NYU-Poly) |
$223,900 | $724,500 | 7.70% | 62% |
| 9 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $250,900 | $722,400 | 7.20% | 78% |
| 10 | Colorado School of Mines(Out-Of-State) | $178,500 | $719,000 | 8.60% | 67% |
| 11 | Babson College | $226,100 | $716,700 | 7.60% | 90% |
| 12 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy (In-State) | $96,560 | $702,100 | 11.30% | 61% |
| 13 | Princeton University | $217,300 | $690,800 | 7.60% | 96% |
| 14 | Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) | $236,200 | $678,500 | 7.20% | 87% |
| 15 | Manhattan College | $178,300 | $675,600 | 8.30% | 75% |
| 16 | Georgia Institute of Technology (Out-Of-State) | $178,500 | $669,300 | 8.30% | 79% |
| 17 | Dartmouth College | $233,600 | $666,000 | 7.10% | 96% |
| 18 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute (WPI) | $220,700 | $664,900 | 7.40% | 84% |
| 19 | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (In-State) | $90,330 | $664,400 | 11.40% | 55% |
| 20 | Missouri University of Science and Technology (S&T) (In-State) |
$98,170 | $661,000 | 10.90% | 65% |
| 21 | South Dakota School of Mines & Technology (Out-Of-State) |
$98,700 | $656,000 | 10.90% | 55% |
| 22 | University of California – Berkeley (In-State) | $133,900 | $654,400 | 9.40% | 91% |
| 23 | Harvard University | $225,700 | $650,100 | 7.20% | 97% |
| 24 | Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT) | $207,300 | $642,200 | 7.50% | 68% |
| 25 | Massachusetts Maritime Academy (Out-Of-State) | $156,900 | $641,800 | 8.70% | 61% |
| 26 | University of Pennsylvania | $230,800 | $641,100 | 7.00% | 96% |
| 27 | Santa Clara University | $224,000 | $635,400 | 7.10% | 86% |
| 28 | Cooper Union for The Advancement of Science and Art | $232,500 | $633,500 | 7.00% | 81% |
| 29 | Rice University | $200,200 | $633,400 | 7.60% | 92% |
| 30 | Brown University | $228,100 | $633,000 | 7.00% | 95% |
| 31 | Williams College | $226,500 | $623,500 | 7.00% | 96% |
| 32 | Columbia University | $236,500 | $614,300 | 6.80% | 95% |
| 33 | California Polytechnic State University (CalPoly) (In-State) |
$103,600 | $611,700 | 10.30% | 72% |
| 34 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI) | $237,900 | $607,100 | 6.70% | 84% |
| 35 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) – Prescott, AZ |
$192,900 | $606,200 | 7.50% | 55% |
| 36 | Lafayette College | $220,600 | $605,500 | 7.00% | 91% |
| 37 | Missouri University of Science and Technology (Out-Of-State) | $155,800 | $603,300 | 8.40% | 65% |
| 38 | Touro College – New York, NY | $109,800 | $592,000 | 9.90% | 27% |
| 39 | Duke University | $230,300 | $591,500 | 6.70% | 95% |
| 40 | Bucknell University | $225,800 | $589,500 | 6.80% | 90% |
| 41 | Kettering University | $227,500 | $589,200 | 6.80% | 56% |
| 42 | New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (In-State) | $137,700 | $588,500 | 8.80% | 54% |
| 43 | New Mexico Tech (In-State) | $76,410 | $588,400 | 11.60% | 47% |
| 44 | Texas A&M University – Main Campus (In-State) | $91,040 | $566,700 | 10.60% | 80% |
| 45 | Saint Mary’s College of California | $223,200 | $562,400 | 6.70% | 62% |
| 46 | Virginia Tech (In-State) | $97,710 | $560,900 | 10.20% | 83% |
| 47 | Cornell University – Ithaca, NY | $227,600 | $560,400 | 6.60% | 93% |
| 48 | Yale University | $230,100 | $559,600 | 6.50% | 96% |
| 49 | California Polytechnic State University (Out-Of-State) | $156,000 | $559,300 | 8.10% | 72% |
| 49 | Montana Tech of The University of Montana (In-State) | $81,990 | $559,300 | 11.00% | 48% |
| 51 | Washington and Lee University | $216,800 | $558,900 | 6.80% | 90% |
| 52 | University of Notre Dame | $221,200 | $558,200 | 6.70% | 95% |
| 53 | University of California – Berkeley (Out-Of-State) | $231,800 | $556,600 | 6.50% | 91% |
| 54 | Johns Hopkins University | $229,100 | $555,000 | 6.50% | 92% |
| 54 | Michigan Technological University (In-State) | $112,200 | $555,000 | 9.50% | 66% |
| 56 | University of Virginia (UVA) – Main Campus (In-State) | $94,300 | $550,700 | 10.30% | 93% |
| 57 | University of California – San Diego (UCSD) (In-State) | $122,100 | $549,700 | 9.10% | 86% |
| 58 | Colgate University | $223,600 | $543,200 | 6.50% | 90% |
| 59 | University of Massachusetts – Lowell Campus (In-State) | $103,800 | $542,700 | 9.80% | 54% |
| 60 | New Mexico Tech (Out-Of-State) | $122,600 | $542,300 | 9.00% | 47% |
| 61 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (UIUC)(In-State) | $113,200 | $541,600 | 9.30% | 84% |
| 62 | New Jersey Institute of Technology (NJIT) (Out-Of-State) |
$189,400 | $536,800 | 7.10% | 54% |
| 63 | Milwaukee School of Engineering | $192,900 | $536,000 | 7.00% | 56% |
| 64 | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University (ERAU) – Daytona Beach | $195,700 | $535,700 | 7.00% | 58% |
| 65 | Brigham Young University (BYU) | $80,170 | $534,500 | 10.90% | 77% |
| 66 | University of Michigan – Ann Arbor (In-State) | $103,200 | $529,500 | 9.70% | 91% |
| 67 | Wake Forest University | $223,000 | $529,400 | 6.40% | 87% |
| 68 | Case Western Reserve University | $221,600 | $528,100 | 6.50% | 78% |
| 69 | Lehigh University | $219,200 | $526,900 | 6.50% | 88% |
| 70 | Tufts University | $226,300 | $521,500 | 6.30% | 92% |
| 71 | Purdue University – Main Campus (In-State) | $98,290 | $519,300 | 9.80% | 69% |
| 72 | Bentley University | $213,200 | $514,200 | 6.50% | 84% |
| 73 | Washington University in St. Louis | $234,600 | $513,500 | 6.10% | 94% |
| 74 | California State Polytechnic University – Pomona (In-State) |
$97,070 | $511,100 | 9.80% | 51% |
| 75 | The College of William and Mary (In-State) | $98,400 | $509,300 | 9.70% | 90% |
| 76 | Vanderbilt University | $232,600 | $509,100 | 6.10% | 92% |
| 77 | Clarkson University – Potsdam, NY | $215,100 | $508,600 | 6.40% | 70% |
| 78 | Montana Tech of The University of Montana (Out-Of-State) |
$134,500 | $506,800 | 8.30% | 48% |
| 79 | Amherst College | $228,400 | $505,900 | 6.20% | 95% |
| 80 | University of Maryland – College Park (In-State) | $95,630 | $501,300 | 9.80% | 82% |
| 81 | Virginia Tech (Out-Of-State) | $157,800 | $500,800 | 7.60% | 83% |
| 82 | Texas A&M University – Main Campus (Out-Of-State) | $157,800 | $499,900 | 7.60% | 80% |
| 83 | Loyola University – Baltimore, MD | $217,500 | $498,500 | 6.30% | 84% |
| 84 | George Mason University (In-State) | $95,730 | $497,300 | 9.70% | 66% |
| 85 | University of Texas (UT) – Austin (In-State) | $106,100 | $497,100 | 9.30% | 79% |
| 86 | Michigan Technological University (Out-Of-State) | $171,600 | $495,500 | 7.20% | 66% |
| 87 | Iona College | $186,900 | $495,300 | 6.90% | 65% |
| 88 | Prairie View A & M University(In-State) | $87,080 | $494,900 | 10.10% | 36% |
| 89 | SUNY – Binghamton University (In-State) | $85,090 | $493,300 | 10.20% | 79% |
| 90 | Saint Martin’s University | $169,400 | $493,100 | 7.20% | 54% |
| 91 | Lawrence Technological University | $183,900 | $492,700 | 6.90% | 52% |
| 92 | Boston College | $224,600 | $492,300 | 6.10% | 92% |
| 93 | Florida Institute of Technology (Florida Tech) | $214,400 | $492,000 | 6.30% | 55% |
| 94 | James Madison University (JMU) (In-State) | $87,370 | $490,900 | 10.10% | 80% |
| 95 | University of California – Irvine (UCI) (In-State) | $119,300 | $488,900 | 8.70% | 86% |
| 96 | Bryant University | $198,700 | $486,300 | 6.60% | 80% |
| 97 | University of Massachusetts – Lowell (Out-Of-State) | $160,400 | $486,200 | 7.40% | 54% |
| 98 | University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (Out-Of-State) | $172,600 | $482,200 | 7.10% | 84% |
| 99 | University of Alaska – Fairbanks Campus (In-State) | $78,200 | $479,300 | 10.50% | 31% |
| 100 | San Jose State University (SJSU) (In-State) | $113,700 | $477,700 | 8.80% | 47% |
51UStudy:
- 这份排名是按照20年ROI而不是年化ROI比例来进行的，如果按照后者来排名，Georgia Institute of Technology (in-state) 排在第一
- 科技类院校是绝对的霸主 – 前十名无一例外是科技类院校或者是擅长科技方面的院校；只有到第11名才看到了商科牛校Babson College的身影
- 最后来看一下 2014 USNews 和 2014 Payscale College ROI Report 的对比
| School Names | USNews | Payscale |
|---|---|---|
| Princeton University | 1 | 13 |
| Harvard University | 2 | 23 |
| Yale University | 3 | 48 |
| Columbia University | 4 | 32 |
| Stanford University | 5 | 4 |
| University of Chicago | 6 | N/A |
| Duke University | 7 | 39 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
8 | 3 |
| University of Pennsylvania |
9 | 26 |
| California Institute of Technology |
10 | 2 |
| Dartmouth College | 11 | 17 |
| Johns Hopkins University | 12 | 54 |
| Northwestern University | 13 | N/A |
| Brown University | 14 | 30 |
| Washington University in St. Louis |
15 | 73 |
| Cornell University | 16 | 47 |
| Vanderbilt University | 17 | 76 |
| Rice University | 18 | 29 |
| University of Notre Dame | 19 | 52 |
| Emory University | 20 | N/A |
| Georgetown University | 21 | N/A |
| University of California–Berkeley |
22 | 53 |
| Carnegie Mellon University |
23 | 14 |
| University of California–Los Angeles |
24 | N/A |
| University of Southern California |
25 | N/A |
| University of Virginia | 26 | 56 |
| Wake Forest University | 27 | 67 |
| Tufts University | 28 | 70 |
| University of Michigan–Ann Arbor |
29 | 66 |
| University of North Carolina–Chapel Hill |
30 | N/A |
USNews前30名的大学有7所未进入Payscale的前100名。进入的23所大学平均排在第39位。
