Indiana Colleges Noted For ‘ROI’
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As a subscriber you can listen to articles at work, in the car, or while you work out. Subscribe NowFour colleges in Indiana are ranked in the top 100 on a national list for the best return on investment. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology is highest among institutions in the state in the annual report from PayScale.com. It ranked the ROI of 1,223 in-state, out-of-state and private programs.
The Indiana colleges in the top 1,000 as listed by their in-state or private ROI are:
13. RHIT
50. Wabash College
53. Purdue University
75(T). University of Notre Dame
299. Valparaiso University
321. Purdue University Calumet
397. Indiana University
502 (T). IUPUI
573. University of Indianapolis
599. IPFW
677. DePauw University
690. Indiana Wesleyan University
713(T). University of Evansville
723. Hanover College
743. Indiana State University
763. Butler University
823. Ball State University
960. University of Southern Indiana
Source: PayScale.com
March 6, 2015
News Release
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. (March 5, 2015) – Wabash College ranked 50th nationally in the 2015 PayScale.com ROI report, a ranking released today of the best return on investment in higher education.
Wabash graduates can expect to earn more than $597,000 more than a high school graduate over a 20-year period following degree completion. That figure placed Wabash in the top four percent nationally of the 1,223 schools ranked for providing the best monetary return through a combination of low cost of attendance and a high earnings potential for alumni.
Based on this ranking, Wabash graduates earn more than $363,000 more over a 20-year period than the median college graduate, which breaks down to better than $18,000 annually.
Wabash was one of three liberal arts schools in the top 50.
Wabash and Rose-Hulman were the only Indiana higher education institutions to appear in PayScale’s top-50 slots, outdistancing Purdue (53rd), Notre Dame (75th), Indiana (397th), and DePauw (677th). The Wabash placement also topped all other Great Lakes College Association members listed.
Further, Wabash's four-year full cost of attendance, reported as $175,900, was the third lowest of all private schools ranked in the top 100. Wabash was joined by National Liberal Arts Colleges Harvey Mudd and Lafayette in the top 50.
“For generations, Wabash has offered young men a rich liberal arts education that is both attainable and respected in the marketplace,” said Preston Bost, professor of psychology and director of institutional research. “The return-on-investment analysis by PayScale is a rigorously quantitative way of representing the stories we hear every day from graduates who credit Wabash with helping them succeed.”
The PayScale rankings are determined by the difference between the 20-year median pay for a bachelor's degree recipient and the 24-year median pay for a high school graduate minus the cost of attendance.
Source: Wabash College