Best ROI: Psychology

Schools offering Psychology ranked by overall ROI score. The average graduate in this field earns $34,050 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	Rice University Houston, TX	98	$13,370	$89,718	$11,000	94.6%	Exceptional
2	University of California-Berkeley Berkeley, CA	97	$13,481	$92,446	$13,000	92.8%	Exceptional
3	Yale University New Haven, CT	97	$23,777	$100,533	$12,975	95.7%	Exceptional
4	University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN	97	$26,780	$99,980	$19,000	95.2%	Exceptional
5	Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA	97	$31,944	$114,862	$21,750	94.1%	Exceptional
6	University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA	97	$28,699	$111,371	$15,715	96.5%	Exceptional
7	Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN	97	$15,846	$91,565	$14,000	93.5%	Exceptional
8	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA	96	$16,665	$90,768	$18,500	86.4%	Exceptional
9	University of California-Los Angeles Los Angeles, CA	96	$12,548	$82,511	$14,000	92.6%	Exceptional
10	University of California-San Diego La Jolla, CA	96	$12,470	$84,943	$15,500	86.1%	Exceptional
11	Williams College Williamstown, MA	96	$17,716	$88,665	$12,761	93.6%	Exceptional
12	Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO	96	$21,786	$86,182	$17,500	94.3%	Exceptional
13	Cornell University Ithaca, NY	96	$28,690	$104,043	$14,000	95.4%	Exceptional
14	Duke University Durham, NC	96	$29,612	$97,800	$13,000	96.8%	Exceptional
15	Dartmouth College Hanover, NH	95	$29,519	$97,434	$17,500	95.5%	Exceptional
16	University of Virginia-Main Campus Charlottesville, VA	95	$21,565	$86,863	$17,500	95.6%	Exceptional
17	University of California-Irvine Irvine, CA	94	$14,251	$80,735	$15,000	86.9%	Exceptional
18	Northwestern University Evanston, IL	94	$29,167	$89,363	$15,000	95.1%	Exceptional
19	Colby College Waterville, ME	94	$17,180	$80,490	$19,157	88.8%	Exceptional
20	University of Maryland-College Park College Park, MD	94	$15,678	$82,860	$19,000	88.6%	Exceptional
21	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC	94	$11,655	$72,200	$14,000	91.2%	Exceptional
22	Brigham Young University Provo, UT	94	$15,564	$75,790	$11,069	81.0%	Exceptional
23	University of Washington-Seattle Campus Seattle, WA	94	$14,091	$78,466	$14,615	85.2%	Exceptional
24	Georgetown University Washington, DC	93	$40,815	$103,494	$15,500	94.8%	Exceptional
25	Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA	93	$36,931	$105,584	$21,960	87.9%	Exceptional
26	University of Florida Gainesville, FL	92	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	91.1%	Exceptional
27	Emory University Atlanta, GA	92	$22,585	$80,137	$18,250	91.1%	Exceptional
28	Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA	92	$41,704	$103,937	$19,000	90.8%	Exceptional
29	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY	92	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	72.1%	Exceptional
30	Lafayette College Easton, PA	92	$34,433	$91,410	$16,000	87.6%	Exceptional
31	University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA	91	$32,740	$92,498	$18,000	91.8%	Exceptional
32	William & Mary Williamsburg, VA	91	$19,096	$73,490	$18,500	89.4%	Exceptional
33	University of Wisconsin-Madison Madison, WI	91	$17,354	$73,792	$20,484	89.5%	Exceptional
34	University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA	91	$12,319	$78,466	$14,615	65.3%	Exceptional
35	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA	91	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	63.2%	Exceptional
36	University of Florida-Online Gainesville, FL	91	$4,815	$71,588	$15,000	84.7%	Exceptional
37	Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA	90	$50,062	$109,183	$19,162	87.9%	Exceptional
38	Boston University Boston, MA	90	$24,402	$83,238	$23,250	88.7%	Exceptional
39	Missouri University of Science and Technology Rolla, MO	90	$16,298	$82,957	$23,250	64.4%	Exceptional
40	The University of Texas at Austin Austin, TX	90	$19,857	$75,121	$20,500	88.9%	Exceptional
41	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona Pomona, CA	89	$11,531	$71,902	$16,000	68.4%	Strong
42	Binghamton University Vestal, NY	89	$21,620	$80,596	$18,500	81.6%	Strong
43	University of Portland Portland, OR	89	$28,210	$82,804	$21,370	79.8%	Strong
44	Villanova University Villanova, PA	89	$43,756	$100,423	$25,874	91.9%	Strong
45	Texas A&M University-College Station College Station, TX	89	$21,315	$72,097	$17,804	83.9%	Strong
46	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University Blacksburg, VA	89	$24,953	$81,698	$21,500	86.2%	Strong
47	California State University-Fullerton Fullerton, CA	88	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	70.2%	Strong
48	University of San Diego San Diego, CA	88	$30,365	$86,522	$22,940	83.7%	Strong
49	George Washington University Washington, DC	88	$36,586	$90,873	$20,449	84.0%	Strong
50	University of Georgia Athens, GA	88	$13,936	$68,726	$18,500	89.7%	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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