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Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	Massachusetts Maritime Academy	MA	Public	1,395	$336,008	Grad 74.1% · Net $21,582
2	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	Public	16,154	$332,190	Grad 72.1% · Net $3,033
3	Bentley University	MA	Private nonprofit	4,474	$327,521	Grad 86.8% · Net $37,930
4	Colorado School of Mines	CO	Public	6,155	$308,532	Grad 81.7% · Net $28,690
5	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Public	9,019	$303,564	Grad 72.8% · Net $16,504
6	Michigan Technological University	MI	Public	5,955	$302,153	Grad 68.1% · Net $14,182
7	University of Florida-Online	FL	Public	4,627	$298,588	Grad 84.7% · Net $4,815
8	Milwaukee School of Engineering	WI	Private nonprofit	2,654	$296,739	Grad 67.1% · Net $22,453
9	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Private nonprofit	4,222	$293,815	Grad 86.9% · Net $41,346
10	Illinois Institute of Technology	IL	Private nonprofit	2,833	$292,532	Grad 75.2% · Net $18,425
11	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	Public	5,457	$292,508	Grad 65.3% · Net $12,319
12	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	Private nonprofit	5,714	$287,256	Grad 83.6% · Net $36,228
13	San Jose State University	CA	Public	27,601	$284,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $13,760
14	Virginia Military Institute	VA	Public	1,527	$282,064	Grad 76.2% · Net $17,113
15	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	Private nonprofit	5,447	$268,513	Grad 89.7% · Net $43,071
16	Molloy University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,162	$265,652	Grad 69.9% · Net $24,347
17	University of Detroit Mercy	MI	Private nonprofit	2,438	$262,550	Grad 67.2% · Net $15,232
18	University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus	CT	Public	1,525	$261,974	Grad 65.0% · Net $16,403
19	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	Public	44,503	$260,795	Grad 83.1% · Net $14,600
20	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	Public	25,042	$259,913	Grad 68.4% · Net $11,531
21	Kettering University	MI	Private nonprofit	1,205	$259,827	Grad 70.8% · Net $34,660
22	Clarkson University	NY	Private nonprofit	2,196	$256,028	Grad 74.9% · Net $30,305
23	Brigham Young University	UT	Private nonprofit	32,952	$255,650	Grad 81.0% · Net $15,564
24	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Public	36,902	$255,566	Grad 89.5% · Net $17,354
25	Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	IN	Private nonprofit	2,309	$255,431	Grad 78.2% · Net $42,513
26	George Mason University	VA	Public	27,752	$251,850	Grad 67.8% · Net $17,915
27	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	Public	30,923	$250,282	Grad 86.2% · Net $24,953
28	Santa Clara University	CA	Private nonprofit	6,552	$249,348	Grad 87.9% · Net $50,062
29	California State University-Fullerton	CA	Public	38,546	$248,396	Grad 70.2% · Net $6,555
30	University of Delaware	DE	Public	19,071	$247,129	Grad 80.5% · Net $17,799
31	Stony Brook University	NY	Public	18,101	$245,567	Grad 75.6% · Net $18,784
32	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	Public	3,753	$245,218	Grad 66.7% · Net $18,745
33	University of St Francis	IL	Private nonprofit	1,223	$241,399	Grad 66.8% · Net $13,006
34	University of the Pacific	CA	Private nonprofit	3,204	$238,558	Grad 69.0% · Net $25,447
35	Linfield University	OR	Private nonprofit	1,621	$238,342	Grad 70.5% · Net $26,536
36	University of Portland	OR	Private nonprofit	2,957	$237,778	Grad 79.8% · Net $28,210
37	Saint Joseph's University – Philadelphia	PA	Private nonprofit	4,948	$234,800	Grad 78.8% · Net $29,689
38	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	Public	31,855	$233,570	Grad 85.3% · Net $16,778
39	California State University-Long Beach	CA	Public	35,924	$233,102	Grad 68.9% · Net $10,440
40	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	Public	10,701	$232,626	Grad 70.0% · Net $16,467
41	Ohio Northern University	OH	Private nonprofit	2,489	$231,953	Grad 75.5% · Net $24,478
42	University of San Diego	CA	Private nonprofit	5,671	$230,938	Grad 83.7% · Net $30,365
43	Saint Mary's University of Minnesota	MN	Private nonprofit	1,073	$227,996	Grad 66.0% · Net $11,704
44	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	Public	21,751	$225,335	Grad 75.7% · Net $18,267
45	University of Utah	UT	Public	27,264	$225,018	Grad 65.0% · Net $16,200
46	Florida International University	FL	Public	39,508	$224,516	Grad 74.4% · Net $9,288
47	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	Public	59,615	$222,804	Grad 83.9% · Net $21,315
48	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	3,747	$222,052	Grad 68.2% · Net $34,170
49	University of California-Riverside	CA	Public	22,593	$222,026	Grad 76.0% · Net $14,304
50	University of California-Merced	CA	Public	8,372	$221,764	Grad 68.7% · Net $11,983
51	Lewis University	IL	Private nonprofit	4,015	$220,279	Grad 66.6% · Net $17,028
52	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	Public	23,671	$219,860	Grad 83.3% · Net $22,383
53	Loyola University Maryland	MD	Private nonprofit	3,869	$219,550	Grad 79.2% · Net $30,574
54	George Washington University	DC	Private nonprofit	11,182	$218,738	Grad 84.0% · Net $36,586
55	University of Connecticut	CT	Public	19,835	$218,504	Grad 83.3% · Net $25,097
56	D'Youville University	NY	Private nonprofit	1,258	$217,024	Grad 67.5% · Net $20,433
57	Dominican University of California	CA	Private nonprofit	1,114	$216,940	Grad 78.0% · Net $35,333
58	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	Public	37,751	$216,913	Grad 83.6% · Net $24,406
59	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	Public	64,674	$215,990	Grad 68.0% · Net $14,967
60	University of Rhode Island	RI	Public	13,381	$214,230	Grad 73.3% · Net $21,440
61	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	Public	37,806	$213,468	Grad 80.2% · Net $16,264
62	Saint Johns University	MN	Private nonprofit	1,395	$212,924	Grad 75.4% · Net $25,672
63	Immaculata University	PA	Private nonprofit	1,320	$212,526	Grad 71.0% · Net $24,258
64	Wofford College	SC	Private nonprofit	1,816	$211,630	Grad 84.2% · Net $18,732
65	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	Public	4,898	$211,128	Grad 69.8% · Net $18,173
66	DePauw University	IN	Private nonprofit	1,905	$210,790	Grad 74.7% · Net $22,264
67	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	Public	22,734	$210,711	Grad 75.3% · Net $15,300
68	Michigan State University	MI	Public	40,922	$210,660	Grad 80.7% · Net $19,680
69	Towson University	MD	Public	16,136	$210,653	Grad 69.5% · Net $17,413
70	University of Tulsa	OK	Private nonprofit	2,813	$210,334	Grad 72.3% · Net $15,000
71	Carroll University	WI	Private nonprofit	2,523	$208,842	Grad 70.7% · Net $15,193
72	University at Buffalo	NY	Public	20,112	$208,019	Grad 75.2% · Net $20,995
73	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	Public	3,869	$207,928	Grad 71.5% · Net $18,211
74	Saint Louis University	MO	Private nonprofit	7,267	$207,890	Grad 79.5% · Net $24,398
75	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	Public	17,940	$206,322	Grad 75.1% · Net $17,890
76	University of North Florida	FL	Public	13,359	$206,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $10,154
77	Bradley University	IL	Private nonprofit	3,574	$205,882	Grad 76.2% · Net $22,719
78	Thomas Jefferson University	PA	Private nonprofit	3,755	$205,558	Grad 68.6% · Net $28,928
79	Bryant University	RI	Private nonprofit	3,194	$205,197	Grad 79.8% · Net $41,219
80	Valparaiso University	IN	Private nonprofit	2,083	$204,664	Grad 70.4% · Net $18,578
81	Wagner College	NY	Private nonprofit	1,651	$204,224	Grad 65.1% · Net $28,241
82	The College of New Jersey	NJ	Public	7,105	$203,312	Grad 85.9% · Net $27,646
83	Widener University	PA	Private nonprofit	2,951	$202,918	Grad 68.3% · Net $25,759
84	James Madison University	VA	Public	20,888	$202,618	Grad 79.7% · Net $23,322
85	Pacific Lutheran University	WA	Private nonprofit	2,401	$201,142	Grad 68.6% · Net $19,589
86	Iowa State University	IA	Public	25,367	$200,986	Grad 75.3% · Net $18,589
87	Saint Mary's College of California	CA	Private nonprofit	1,947	$200,934	Grad 70.3% · Net $30,378
88	Marquette University	WI	Private nonprofit	7,660	$200,588	Grad 83.2% · Net $31,487
89	University of St Thomas	MN	Private nonprofit	6,245	$200,264	Grad 76.4% · Net $29,155
90	St. Joseph's University-New York	NY	Private nonprofit	3,144	$199,401	Grad 68.8% · Net $19,035
91	University of Dayton	OH	Private nonprofit	7,682	$198,660	Grad 80.2% · Net $29,533
92	University of Wisconsin-La Crosse	WI	Public	9,277	$198,418	Grad 71.0% · Net $16,210
93	Adelphi University	NY	Private nonprofit	5,276	$197,638	Grad 67.2% · Net $30,783
94	Salisbury University	MD	Public	6,057	$197,180	Grad 68.2% · Net $17,743
95	The Catholic University of America	DC	Private nonprofit	3,154	$197,086	Grad 79.5% · Net $29,561
96	Drexel University	PA	Private nonprofit	13,233	$196,492	Grad 78.2% · Net $38,509
97	University of San Francisco	CA	Private nonprofit	5,287	$195,726	Grad 70.1% · Net $41,431
98	University of Kansas	KS	Public	21,217	$195,436	Grad 68.8% · Net $18,059
99	Gonzaga University	WA	Private nonprofit	5,198	$194,694	Grad 86.3% · Net $35,119
100	Rockhurst University	MO	Private nonprofit	1,580	$194,560	Grad 74.6% · Net $25,884