TOP 100 COLLEGES WITH BEST LONG-TERM VALUE (after 40 years; does not include for-profits; numbers rounded up)

University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis ($2.68 million)
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ($2.60 million)
Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences ($2.50 million)
California Institute of Technology ($2.49 million)
MIT ($2.49 million)
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science ($2.391 million)
Harvey Mudd College ($2.37 million)
Bentley University ($2.24 million)
Babson University ($2.24 million)
University of Pennsylvania ($2.2 million)
Stanford University ($2.2 million)
Princeton University ($2.13 million)
Carnegie Mellon University ($2.12 million)
University of the Sciences ($2.08 million)
Stevens Institute of Technology ($2.05 million)
Georgetown University ($2.03 million)
Lehigh University ($2.02 million)
Cal State-Maritime Academy ($1.98 million)
Duke University ($1.98 million)
Massachusetts Maritime Academy ($1.97 million)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute ($1.95 million)
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology ($1.95 million)
Georgia Tech ($1.95 million)
Columbia University ($1.95 million)
Kettering University ($1.94 million)
Santa Clara University ($1.94 million)
Boston College ($1.92 million)
Colorado School of Mines ($1.92 million)
Yale University ($1.92 million)
Dartmouth College ($1.9 million)
Claremont McKenna College ($1.89 million)
Cornell University ($1.88 million)
U.S. Merchant Marine Academy ($1.88 million)
University of Notre Dame ($1.86 million)
Villanova University ($1.86 million)
Harvard University ($1.86 million)
Bryant University ($1.86 million)
Worcester Polytechnic Institute ($1.86 million)
SUNY Maritime College ($1.83 million)
Washington and Lee University (1.83 million)
Bucknell University ($1.8 million)
Lafayette College ($1.77 million)
Johns Hopkins University ($1.76 million)
Fairfield University ($1.75 million)
University of California-Berkeley ($1.75 million)
Missouri University of Science and Technology ($1.75 million)
University of Southern California ($1.75 million)
Manhattan College ($1.75 million)
Washington University in St. Louis ($1.74 million)
Milwaukee School of Engineering ($1.74 million)
College of the Holy Cross ($1.73 million)
Cal Poly-San Luis Obispo ($1.73 million)
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing ($1.73 million)
Vanderbilt University ($1.72 million)
New Jersey Institute of Technology ($1.72 million)
Veeb County School of Nursing ($1.71 million)
Clarkson University ($1.71 million)
Northwestern University ($1.7 million)
Rice University ($1.7 million)
Emory University ($1.7 million)
Northeastern University ($1.67 million)
Embry-Riddle University-Worldwide ($1.67 million)
George Washington University ($1.66 million)
Illinois Institute of Technology ($1.65 million)
Brown University ($1.65 million)
University of Virginia (1.65 million)
University of Michigan ($1.65 million)
Southern Westchester-BOCES Nursing ($1.65 million)
University of Chicago ($1.61 million)
Case Western Reserve University ($1.61 million)
Colgate University ($1.6 million)
University of San Francisco ($1.6 million)
Embry Riddle University-Daytona ($1.6 million)
UCLA ($1.6 million)
JFK Muhlenberg, Snyder Schools ($1.6 million)
Michigan Technological University ($1.6 million)
University of Connecticut-Waterbury ($1.59 million)
Embry Riddle University-Prescott ($1.59 million)
University of Connecticut-Avery Point ($1.59 million)
University of Connecticut-Stamford ($1.58 million)
Maine Maritime Academy ($1.57 million)
Drexel University ($1.57 million)
Eastern Suffolk BOCES ($1.57 million)
Boston University ($1.56 million)
Hamilton College ($1.56 million)
Virginia Polytechnic Institute ($1.56
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing ($1.56
Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences ($1.5
University of California-Irvine ($1.55 million)
University of Illinois-Urbana Champaign ($1.55 million)
Amherst College ($1.55 million)
Wake Forest University ($1.55 million)
Virginia Military Institute ($1.54 million)
Wentworth Institute of Technology ($1.54 million)
University of the Pacific ($1.54 million)
University of Maryland-College Park ($1.54 million)
University of San Diego ($1.54 million)
Loyola University-Maryland ($1.54 million)
Merrimack College ($1.54 million)
Emory University ($1.54 million)

TOP 10 FOR-PROFITS LONG-TERM NET VALUE (after 40 years)

Paul's School of Nursing-Staten Island ($2.1 million)
West Coast University-Miami ($2.09 million)
West Coast University-Dallas ($2.09 million)
Paul's School of Nursing-Queens ($2.06 million)
West Coast University-Ontario ($2.03 million)
West Coast University-Los Angeles ($2.03 million)
West Coast University-Orange County ($2.03 million)
The Creative Circus ($2.02 million)
Neumont College of Computer Science ($1.89 million)
DigiPen Institute of Technology ($1.82 million)

TOP 25 COLLEGES WITH BEST SHORT-TERM NET VALUE (10 years)

Southern Westchester BOCES Nursing ($429,000)
Paul's School of Nursing-Queens ($424,000)
Heritage Valley Kennedy School of Nursing ($417,000)
Charles Drew University of Medicine and Science ($410,000)
Brownson Technical School ($407,000)
MIT ($406,000)
University of Health Sciences and Pharmacy in St. Louis ($402,000)
Veeb Nassau County School of Practical Nursing ($402,000)
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology ($394,000)
Ocean Corporation ($391,000)
California Institute of Technology ($388,000)
Marian Health Careers Center-Los Angeles ($387,000)
Hobart Institute of Welding ($385,000)
Chester County Immediate Unit ($383,000)
Marian Health Careers Center-Van Nuys ($382,000)
The Creative Circus ($378,000)
Albany College of Pharmacy and Health Services ($376,000)
P C Age-Jersey City ($373,000)
Applied Technology Services (MO) ($370,000)
Stanford University ($367,000)

TOP 10 FOUR-YEAR PUBLIC UNIVERSITIES WITH BEST SHORT-TERM NET VALUE (10 years)

Princeton University ($333,000)
S. Merchant Marine Academy ($321,000)
Fashion Institute of Technology ($302,000)*
Georgia Tech ($295,000)
Foothill College (CA) ($278,000)*
University of Pennsylvania ($277,000)
Vermont Technological College ($271,000)*
Skyline College (CA) ($268,000)*
California State University-Maritime Academy ($263,000)
(tie) Bellevue College and Cascadia College ($260,000)*

*predominantly offers associate's degrees

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