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University ROI Rankings

The objective index evaluating major U.S. universities by cross-referencing graduate starting salary, permanent green-card employer density indicators (PERMs), and total regional software outcomes.

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2025
Institution Score
San Jose State University 1 100
Carnegie Mellon University 2 99.7
Stanford University 3 99.4
San Francisco Bay University 4 99.1
Harvard University 5 98.8
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 6 98.5
California State University-Sacramento 7 98.2
University of Southern California 8 97.9
Central Michigan University 9 97.7
Dartmouth College 10 97.4
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 11 97.1
Northern Illinois University 12 96.8
Brigham Young University 13 96.5
University of Florida 14 96.2
University of California-Santa Cruz 15 95.9
Santa Clara University 16 95.6
San Diego State University 17 95.3
University of Houston-Clear Lake 18 95
Columbia University in the City of New York 19 94.7
Cornell University 20 94.4
University of Pennsylvania 21 94.1
Northwestern University 22 93.8
Princeton University 23 93.6
Maharishi International University 24 93.3
Portland State University 25 93
Yale University 26 92.7
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 27 92.4
The University of Texas at Dallas 28 92.1
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 29 91.8
Indiana University-Bloomington 30 91.5
Texas A & M University-Kingsville 31 91.2
Louisiana Tech University 32 90.9
University of California-Berkeley 33 90.6
Duke University 34 90.3
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 35 90
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 36 89.7
New York University 37 89.5
Wilmington University 38 89.2
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 39 88.9
Saint Cloud State University 40 88.6
Governors State University 41 88.3
California State University-East Bay 42 88
University of Virginia-Main Campus 43 87.7
California State University-Los Angeles 44 87.4
Texas A & M University-College Station 45 87.1
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 46 86.8
Binghamton University 47 86.5
University of Southern Mississippi 48 86.2
California State University-Long Beach 49 85.9
University of California-San Diego 50 85.6
The University of Texas at Austin 51 85.4
Syracuse University 52 85.1
McNeese State University 53 84.8
University of Colorado Boulder 54 84.5
Brigham Young University-Idaho 55 84.2
North Dakota State University-Main Campus 56 83.9
University of California-Los Angeles 57 83.6
Eastern Michigan University 58 83.3
Rice University 59 83
Stony Brook University 60 82.7
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 61 82.4
Arizona State University Campus Immersion 62 82.1
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus 63 81.8
Rochester Institute of Technology 64 81.5
Utah State University 65 81.3
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 66 81
Northwest Missouri State University 67 80.7
University of the Cumberlands 68 80.4
University of Wisconsin-Madison 69 80.1
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 70 79.8
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 71 79.5
University of Missouri-Columbia 72 79.2
Wichita State University 73 78.9
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 74 78.6
University of California-Irvine 75 78.3
Purdue University-Main Campus 76 78
University of Memphis 77 77.7
University of Central Missouri 78 77.4
Illinois Institute of Technology 79 77.2
University of California-Santa Barbara 80 76.9
California State University-Fullerton 81 76.6
Lamar University 82 76.3
University of Maryland-College Park 83 76
University of Arizona 84 75.7
Brown University 85 75.4
University of Akron Main Campus 86 75.1
New Jersey Institute of Technology 87 74.8
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 88 74.5
Southern New Hampshire University 89 74.2
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 90 73.9
Southeast Missouri State University 91 73.6
East Tennessee State University 92 73.3
Wayne State University 93 73.1
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 94 72.8
University of Kentucky 95 72.5
Northeastern University 96 72.2
University of Houston 97 71.9
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 98 71.6
Youngstown State University 99 71.3
Old Dominion University 100 71
California Institute of Technology 101 70.7
Wright State University-Main Campus 102 70.4
The University of Texas at San Antonio 103 70.1
The University of Texas at Arlington 104 69.8
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 105 69.5
University of San Francisco 106 69.2
Bradley University 107 69
Florida State University 108 68.7
University of Illinois Chicago 109 68.4
Western Illinois University 110 68.1
University of Bridgeport 111 67.8
Stevens Institute of Technology 112 67.5
Clemson University 113 67.2
Southern Illinois University-Edwardsville 114 66.9
Johns Hopkins University 115 66.6
University of California-Davis 116 66.3
West Texas A & M University 117 66
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 118 65.7
University of Maryland-Baltimore County 119 65.4
University of Chicago 120 65.1
California State University-Fresno 121 64.9
University of Mississippi 122 64.6
Cleveland State University 123 64.3
Villanova University 124 64
University of South Florida 125 63.7
University of Central Florida 126 63.4
George Mason University 127 63.1
West Virginia University 128 62.8
Texas Tech University 129 62.5
University of Rochester 130 62.2
Southern Methodist University 131 61.9
DigiPen Institute of Technology 132 61.6
Michigan Technological University 133 61.3
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 134 61
University of Missouri-Kansas City 135 60.8
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg 136 60.5
California State University-Northridge 137 60.2
Georgia State University 138 59.9
Boston University 139 59.6
Texas State University 140 59.3
Kansas State University 141 59
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 142 58.7
University of Delaware 143 58.4
Vanderbilt University 144 58.1
University of Utah 145 57.8
Murray State University 146 57.5
Houston Community College 147 57.2
Eastern Illinois University 148 56.9
Oakland University 149 56.7
George Washington University 150 56.4
New York Institute of Technology 151 56.1
Howard University 152 55.8
University of Kansas 153 55.5
Missouri University of Science and Technology 154 55.2
San Francisco State University 155 54.9
Arkansas State University 156 54.6
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 157 54.3
Western Michigan University 158 54
University of Arkansas 159 53.7
CUNY Queens College 160 53.4
University of Toledo 161 53.1
Roosevelt University 162 52.8
Washington University in St Louis 163 52.6
Emory University 164 52.3
Bentley University 165 52
Tufts University 166 51.7
CUNY Graduate School and University Center 167 51.4
University of Alabama at Birmingham 168 51.1
University of Illinois Springfield 169 50.8
CUNY Hunter College 170 50.5
MCPHS University 171 50.2
Georgia Southern University 172 49.9
Midwestern State University 173 49.6
University of California-Riverside 174 49.3
Mount Holyoke College 175 49
Kent State University at Kent 176 48.7
South Dakota State University 177 48.4
North Carolina A & T State University 178 48.2
Lehigh University 179 47.9
Minnesota State University-Mankato 180 47.6
University of Connecticut 181 47.3
Missouri State University-Springfield 182 47
Texas A & M University-Corpus Christi 183 46.7
Iowa State University 184 46.4
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 185 46.1
Georgetown University 186 45.8
Oregon State University 187 45.5
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 188 45.2
University of Washington-Bothell Campus 189 44.9
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 190 44.6
Illinois State University 191 44.3
Virginia Commonwealth University 192 44.1
Auburn University 193 43.8
University of North Texas 194 43.5
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 195 43.2
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 196 42.9
Florida International University 197 42.6
University of Wyoming 198 42.3
Kennesaw State University 199 42
Ohio State University-Main Campus 200 41.7
Washington State University 201 41.4
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 202 41.1
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 203 40.8
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 204 40.5
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 205 40.2
California College of the Arts 206 40
Oklahoma Christian University 207 39.7
Art Center College of Design 208 39.4
Michigan State University 209 39.1
Drexel University 210 38.8
Brandeis University 211 38.5
Florida Atlantic University 212 38.2
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 213 37.9
Troy University 214 37.6
Mississippi State University 215 37.3
University of Georgia 216 37
William & Mary 217 36.7
Clarkson University 218 36.4
University of Iowa 219 36.1
Case Western Reserve University 220 35.9
University of Nebraska at Omaha 221 35.6
Grand Canyon University 222 35.3
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 223 35
Long Island University 224 34.7
University of Nevada-Las Vegas 225 34.4
University of South Dakota 226 34.1
University of North Dakota 227 33.8
Babson College 228 33.5
Seattle University 229 33.2
Pace University 230 32.9
University of Louisville 231 32.6
University of Idaho 232 32.3
The University of Texas at El Paso 233 32
Baylor University 234 31.8
Valparaiso University 235 31.5
Hult International Business School 236 31.2
Colorado School of Mines 237 30.9
Florida Institute of Technology 238 30.6
Montclair State University 239 30.3
Texas Christian University 240 30
University of Michigan-Dearborn 241 29.7
University of Notre Dame 242 29.4
DePaul University 243 29.1
Fordham University 244 28.8
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 245 28.5
Tulane University of Louisiana 246 28.2
Morgan State University 247 27.9
Gannon University 248 27.7
Campbellsville University 249 27.4
University of Massachusetts-Lowell 250 27.1
Grand Valley State University 251 26.8
California State University-San Bernardino 252 26.5
University of Denver 253 26.2
National University 254 25.9
The University of Findlay 255 25.6
Rivier University 256 25.3
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 257 25
Nova Southeastern University 258 24.7
Academy of Art University 259 24.4
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 260 24.1
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 261 23.8
Yeshiva University 262 23.6
New Mexico State University-Main Campus 263 23.3
University of Massachusetts-Boston 264 23
University of South Carolina-Columbia 265 22.7
Lawrence Technological University 266 22.4
Robert Morris University 267 22.1
Fashion Institute of Technology 268 21.8
Ohio University-Main Campus 269 21.5
North American University 270 21.2
Wake Forest University 271 20.9
Temple University 272 20.6
University of Louisiana at Monroe 273 20.3
University of St Thomas 274 20
University of Nevada-Reno 275 19.7
Colorado State University-Fort Collins 276 19.5
Miami University-Oxford 277 19.2
Kean University 278 18.9
Boston College 279 18.6
Ball State University 280 18.3
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 281 18
Loyola University Chicago 282 17.7
University of Dayton 283 17.4
University of Florida 284 17.1
American University 285 16.8
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 286 16.5
University of New Haven 287 16.2
Webster University 288 15.9
University of the Pacific 289 15.6
School of Visual Arts 290 15.4
University of Maine 291 15.1
Lindenwood University 292 14.8
East Central University 293 14.5
University of Oregon 294 14.2
Northern Virginia Community College 295 13.9
University of North Florida 296 13.6
Hofstra University 297 13.3
University of Central Oklahoma 298 13
Sacred Heart University 299 12.7
The University of Alabama 300 12.4
Middle Tennessee State University 301 12.1
Indiana Institute of Technology 302 11.8
Concordia University-Wisconsin 303 11.5
Park University 304 11.3
University of North Alabama 305 11
New England College 306 10.7
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach 307 10.4
Trine University 308 10.1
Clark University 309 9.8
Hawaii Pacific University 310 9.5
Duquesne University 311 9.2
The University of Tampa 312 8.9
Christian Brothers University 313 8.6
Full Sail University 314 8.3
Pepperdine University 315 8
SUNY at Albany 316 7.7
Emerson College 317 7.4
University of Miami 318 7.2
The New School 319 6.9
Suffolk University 320 6.6
Liberty University 321 6.3
Northern Arizona University 322 6
Dallas Baptist University 323 5.7
Savannah College of Art and Design 324 5.4
University of San Diego 325 5.1
University of Hawaii at Manoa 326 4.8
Chapman University 327 4.5
Rhode Island School of Design 328 4.2
Pratt Institute-Main 329 3.9
St. Thomas University 330 3.6
Saint Johns University 331 3.3
The Catholic University of America 332 3.1
Saint Louis University 333 2.8
Barry University 334 2.5
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 335 2.2
Adelphi University 336 1.9
Andrews University 337 1.6
Loyola Marymount University 338 1.3
Lynn University 339 1

Get a clear, objective view of career outcomes and ROI for U.S. universities with FrogHire's Career Outcome Ranking, crafted for international students. Covering 339 institutions, this ranking evaluates metrics like average salary, tuition-salary ROI, PERM application ratios, and total PERM applicants.

University rankings 2025: key insights
  • Top 5 Universities: San Jose State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, San Francisco Bay University, and Harvard University.

Based solely on verified data from the Department of Labor and Homeland Security, this ranking is free of subjective surveys, offering a transparent, data-driven guide for international students.
Learn more about our methodology and key insights