Indiana Schools Rank High For ROI

(Image Courtesy of Rose-Hulman) RHIT was ranked highest in Indiana.

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Five colleges in Indiana are in the top 100 for return on investment after graduation. Seattle-based PayScale Inc.’s annual ROI rankings are based on factors including average salary, total four-year cost, average loan amount and typical number of years it takes to graduate.

The top five in the state are Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology, Purdue University (for in-state students), Wabash College, the University of Notre Dame and Indiana Tech in Fort Wayne.

The top 10 overall are:

1. California Institute of Technology (Caltech)
2. Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)
3. Harvey Mudd College
4. SUNY – Maritime College(In-State)
5. SUNY – Maritime College(Out-of-State)
6. Stanford University
7. Colorado School of Mines(In-State)
8. Georgia Institute of Technology(In-State)
9. Princeton University
10. Carnegie Mellon University (CMU)

The Indiana colleges ranked in the top 1,000 are:

• 18. Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
• 57. Purdue University (In-State)
• 64. Wabash College
• 65. University of Notre Dame
• 90. Indiana Tech
• 103. Purdue University (Out-of-State)
• 322 (tie). Indiana University (In-State)
• 422 (tie). Earlham College
• 446 (tie). University of Indianapolis
• 448 (tie). Trine University
• 484 (tie). IUPUI (In-State)
• 484 (tie). Valparaiso University
• 516 (tie). DePauw University
• 536 (tie). Butler University
• 541 (tie). Indiana University (Out-of-State)
• 593 (tie). IPFW (In-State)
• 613 (tie). Purdue University Calumet (In-State)
• 718 (tie). Indiana State University (In-State)
• 722 (tie). Purdue University Calumet (Out-of-State)
• 728 (tie). IPFW (Out-of-State)
• 750 (tie). IUPUI (Out-of-State)
• 768 (tie). University of Evansville
• 841 (tie). University of Southern Indiana (In-State)
• 857 (tie). Indiana State University (Out-of-State)
• 899 (tie). Saint Mary’s College
• 930 (tie). Taylor University
• 961 (tie). Ball State University (In-State)
• 972 (tie). University of Southern Indiana (Out-of-State)
• 991 (tie). Indiana Wesleyan University

Others out of the top 1,000 are: Indiana University South Bend (In-State), Indiana University Southeast (In-State), Ball State University (Out-of-State), Indiana University South Bend (Out-of-State), Indiana University Southeast (Out-of-State), Anderson University and Goshen College.

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