U.S. News ranking · College Scorecard outcomes · June 2026
Compare the return on U.S. college costs
Explore tuition, post-college earnings, 5-8 year ROI, residency-based tuition, and student loan pressure by school and major. The current dataset only includes schools that can be reliably matched to U.S. News rankings.
U.S. News-ranked schools
Compare schools by rank, tuition, earnings, and 5-year ROI.
| #1 | Princeton University | $62,688 | $299,578 | Details |
| #2 | MIT | $62,396 | $467,276 | Details |
| #3 | Harvard University | $61,676 | $262,381 | Details |
| #4 | Stanford University | $65,910 | $356,760 | Details |
| #4 | Yale University | $67,250 | $233,665 | Details |
| #6 | University of Chicago | $70,662 | $176,777 | Details |
| #7 | Duke University | $68,758 | $213,968 | Details |
| #7 | Johns Hopkins University | $65,230 | $176,855 | Details |
High-earning majors
Open the major view to compare schools within each field.
| Operations Research | Engineering | $152,721 | $71,845 | $550,480 |
| Computer Science | Computer and Information Sciences | $150,264 | $66,246 | $1,075,621 |
| Computer and Information Sciences, General | Computer and Information Sciences | $131,406 | $68,686 | $932,156 |
| Computer Engineering | Engineering | $129,538 | $49,403 | $945,913 |
| Mathematics and Computer Science | Multi/Interdisciplinary Studies | $129,264 | $35,124 | $637,019 |
| Mathematics and Statistics, Other | Mathematics and Statistics | $128,955 | $66,246 | $463,721 |
| Biomathematics, Bioinformatics, and Computational Biology | Biological Sciences | $123,781 | $69,314 | $343,954 |
| Systems Engineering | Engineering | $122,841 | $59,512 | $486,102 |