Best ROI: Teacher Education

Schools offering Teacher Education ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $42,082 four years after graduation. These are the schools where this major delivers the strongest financial return.

50 schools ranked

#	School	ROI	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Median Debt	Completion	Tier
1	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	97	$15,846	$91,565	$14,000	93.5%	Exceptional
2	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
3	Brown University Providence, RI	96	$25,184	$93,487	$11,428	95.7%	Exceptional
4	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MI	95	$13,138	$83,648	$19,500	93.2%	Exceptional
5	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
6	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
7	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
8	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
9	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
10	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign Champaign, IL	93	$14,355	$81,054	$19,500	85.1%	Exceptional
11	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
12	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
13	Colgate University Hamilton, NY	92	$28,786	$85,139	$15,000	91.2%	Exceptional
14	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
15	Purdue University-Main Campus West Lafayette, IN	91	$14,600	$72,424	$19,500	83.1%	Exceptional
16	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
17	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
18	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
19	University of Portland Portland, OR	89	$28,210	$82,804	$21,370	79.8%	Strong
20	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	88	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	70.2%	Strong
21	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	Strong
22	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities Minneapolis, MN	88	$16,778	$69,020	$19,500	85.3%	Strong
23	North Carolina State University at Raleigh Raleigh, NC	87	$17,303	$68,758	$20,121	84.8%	Strong
24	University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT	87	$13,807	$73,997	$21,500	61.6%	Strong
25	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus Hartford, CT	87	$16,403	$73,997	$21,500	65.0%	Strong
26	University of Delaware Newark, DE	86	$17,799	$72,950	$24,572	80.5%	Strong
27	Saint Joseph's University - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA	86	$29,689	$86,881	$25,500	78.8%	Strong
28	Clemson University Clemson, SC	86	$22,253	$71,513	$21,500	86.6%	Strong
29	University of the Pacific Stockton, CA	85	$25,447	$78,445	$19,500	69.0%	Strong
30	University of Connecticut Storrs, CT	85	$25,097	$73,997	$21,500	83.3%	Strong
31	University of Illinois Chicago Chicago, IL	85	$10,974	$68,740	$16,704	61.6%	Strong
32	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus Waterbury, CT	85	$10,875	$73,997	$21,500	52.7%	Strong
33	San Diego State University San Diego, CA	84	$15,364	$64,909	$15,000	76.4%	Strong
34	Indiana University-Bloomington Bloomington, IN	84	$16,264	$63,742	$19,509	80.2%	Strong
35	Manhattan University Riverdale, NY	84	$27,256	$86,316	$26,000	63.7%	Strong
36	New York University New York, NY	84	$37,050	$82,509	$20,500	87.6%	Strong
37	Linfield University McMinnville, OR	84	$26,536	$78,638	$25,000	70.5%	Strong
38	University of Utah Salt Lake City, UT	84	$16,200	$67,170	$19,000	65.0%	Strong
39	Washington State University Pullman, WA	84	$14,971	$68,905	$19,500	60.5%	Strong
40	University of Connecticut-Stamford Stamford, CT	84	$16,798	$73,997	$21,500	56.5%	Strong
41	Florida State University Tallahassee, FL	83	$11,297	$61,675	$18,000	85.6%	Strong
42	Loyola University Maryland Baltimore, MD	83	$30,574	$82,652	$27,000	79.2%	Strong
43	Rutgers University-New Brunswick New Brunswick, NJ	83	$24,406	$74,479	$21,500	83.6%	Strong
44	The College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	83	$27,646	$73,323	$23,250	85.9%	Strong
45	CUNY Hunter College New York, NY	83	$2,984	$63,163	$11,000	56.9%	Strong
46	University of Dayton Dayton, OH	83	$29,533	$75,537	$23,250	80.2%	Strong
47	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus Norman, OK	83	$15,300	$63,126	$20,654	75.3%	Strong
48	Marquette University Milwaukee, WI	83	$31,487	$78,257	$23,940	83.2%	Strong
49	California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA	82	$6,067	$63,188	$13,540	53.4%	Strong
50	University of St Francis Joliet, IL	82	$13,006	$63,926	$21,079	66.8%	Strong

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Rankings are based on our ROI score (0-100), which weights five quantifiable factors: Earnings Premium (30%), Payback Period (25%), Debt-to-Earnings (20%), Completion Rate (15%), and Loan Repayment (10%). All data comes from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard. No subjective criteria are used.

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