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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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2024
Institution Score
San Jose State University 1 100
Carnegie Mellon University 2 99.7
Stanford University 3 99.4
Princeton University 4 99.1
Central Michigan University 5 98.8
Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus 6 98.5
University of Southern California 7 98.2
California State University-Sacramento 8 97.9
Harvard University 9 97.6
University of Florida 10 97.3
Brigham Young University 11 97
University of Houston-Clear Lake 12 96.6
San Diego State University 13 96.3
Northern Illinois University 14 96
Saint Cloud State University 15 95.7
University of Pennsylvania 16 95.4
Cornell University 17 95.1
Santa Clara University 18 94.8
Dartmouth College 19 94.5
University of California-Santa Cruz 20 94.2
Columbia University in the City of New York 21 93.9
Yale University 22 93.6
Maharishi International University 23 93.3
Louisiana Tech University 24 93
University of Memphis 25 92.7
University of California-Berkeley 26 92.4
University of North Carolina at Charlotte 27 92.1
Portland State University 28 91.8
Northwestern University 29 91.5
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 30 91.2
Rice University 31 90.9
The University of Texas at Dallas 32 90.6
University of Akron Main Campus 33 90.3
Governors State University 34 89.9
University of Louisiana at Lafayette 35 89.6
University of Mississippi 36 89.3
California State University-Los Angeles 37 89
Eastern Michigan University 38 88.7
University of Missouri-Columbia 39 88.4
Wilmington University 40 88.1
University of California-San Diego 41 87.8
McNeese State University 42 87.5
University of Colorado Boulder 43 87.2
Indiana University-Bloomington 44 86.9
The University of Texas at Austin 45 86.6
Texas A & M University-Kingsville 46 86.3
New York University 47 86
Bellevue University 48 85.7
Northwest Missouri State University 49 85.4
Wichita State University 50 85.1
California State University-Long Beach 51 84.8
University of California-Irvine 52 84.5
University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign 53 84.2
Duke University 54 83.9
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 55 83.6
Brigham Young University-Idaho 56 83.2
University of the Potomac-Washington DC Campus 57 82.9
Arizona State University Campus Immersion 58 82.6
Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 59 82.3
University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 60 82
University of Wisconsin-Madison 61 81.7
California State University-East Bay 62 81.4
University of Virginia-Main Campus 63 81.1
University of California-Los Angeles 64 80.8
Utah State University 65 80.5
Illinois Institute of Technology 66 80.2
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus 67 79.9
University of the Cumberlands 68 79.6
Rochester Institute of Technology 69 79.3
Purdue University-Main Campus 70 79
Syracuse University 71 78.7
Western Illinois University 72 78.4
CUNY Bernard M Baruch College 73 78.1
University of Central Missouri 74 77.8
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 75 77.5
University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 76 77.2
University of Arizona 77 76.8
Lamar University 78 76.5
Florida State University 79 76.2
Youngstown State University 80 75.9
California State University-Fullerton 81 75.6
Wayne State University 82 75.3
Brown University 83 75
Wright State University-Main Campus 84 74.7
Southern New Hampshire University 85 74.4
Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 86 74.1
University of Kentucky 87 73.8
University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus 88 73.5
University of Houston 89 73.2
University of Cincinnati-Main Campus 90 72.9
Northeastern University 91 72.6
University of California-Santa Barbara 92 72.3
The University of Texas at San Antonio 93 72
University of Southern Mississippi 94 71.7
Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University 95 71.4
Yeshiva University 96 71.1
Johns Hopkins University 97 70.8
North Carolina State University at Raleigh 98 70.5
University of Illinois Chicago 99 70.1
University of Maryland-College Park 100 69.8
Southeast Missouri State University 101 69.5
Stevens Institute of Technology 102 69.2
The University of Texas at Arlington 103 68.9
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale 104 68.6
Clemson University 105 68.3
University of Bridgeport 106 68
University of Washington-Seattle Campus 107 67.7
New Jersey Institute of Technology 108 67.4
Oklahoma Christian University 109 67.1
Old Dominion University 110 66.8
Bradley University 111 66.5
University of California-Davis 112 66.2
George Washington University 113 65.9
Cleveland State University 114 65.6
North Dakota State University-Main Campus 115 65.3
West Virginia University 116 65
Worcester Polytechnic Institute 117 64.7
California Institute of Technology 118 64.4
University of South Florida 119 64.1
University of Maryland-Baltimore County 120 63.8
Kansas State University 121 63.4
University of Illinois Springfield 122 63.1
Texas State University 123 62.8
Illinois State University 124 62.5
University of Delaware 125 62.2
Texas Tech University 126 61.9
California State University-Northridge 127 61.6
Florida Atlantic University 128 61.3
Virginia Commonwealth University 129 61
Murray State University 130 60.7
University of Kansas 131 60.4
University of Missouri-Kansas City 132 60.1
University of Rochester 133 59.8
University of Alabama in Huntsville 134 59.5
University of Central Florida 135 59.2
Texas A & M University-Commerce 136 58.9
University of San Francisco 137 58.6
Boston University 138 58.3
Georgia State University 139 58
Lehigh University 140 57.7
New York Institute of Technology 141 57.4
California State University-Fresno 142 57
University of Arkansas 143 56.7
George Mason University 144 56.4
Stony Brook University 145 56.1
Southern Methodist University 146 55.8
Kent State University at Kent 147 55.5
Arkansas State University 148 55.2
Eastern Illinois University 149 54.9
Minnesota State University-Mankato 150 54.6
University of Utah 151 54.3
Michigan Technological University 152 54
Emerson College 153 53.7
Washington University in St Louis 154 53.4
Western Michigan University 155 53.1
Emory University 156 52.8
Mississippi State University 157 52.5
Texas A & M University-College Station 158 52.2
University of Louisiana at Monroe 159 51.9
Midwestern State University 160 51.6
South Dakota State University 161 51.3
Oakland University 162 51
Villanova University 163 50.7
University of Alabama at Birmingham 164 50.3
Howard University 165 50
University of Connecticut 166 49.7
University at Buffalo 167 49.4
Missouri State University-Springfield 168 49.1
University of Missouri-St Louis 169 48.8
Oregon State University 170 48.5
Bentley University 171 48.2
University of California-Riverside 172 47.9
University of North Texas 173 47.6
Vanderbilt University 174 47.3
Long Island University 175 47
Kennesaw State University 176 46.7
Florida International University 177 46.4
Pittsburg State University 178 46.1
Auburn University 179 45.8
DigiPen Institute of Technology 180 45.5
Iowa State University 181 45.2
Hult International Business School 182 44.9
Nova Southeastern University 183 44.6
Tufts University 184 44.3
Brandeis University 185 44
East Tennessee State University 186 43.6
University of Louisville 187 43.3
University of Nebraska-Lincoln 188 43
DePaul University 189 42.7
University of Wyoming 190 42.4
University of North Carolina at Greensboro 191 42.1
University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus 192 41.8
University of Arkansas at Little Rock 193 41.5
Rutgers University-New Brunswick 194 41.2
University of Idaho 195 40.9
Montana State University 196 40.6
Michigan State University 197 40.3
University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 198 40
Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College 199 39.7
Georgia Southern University 200 39.4
Case Western Reserve University 201 39.1
Drexel University 202 38.8
Ohio State University-Main Campus 203 38.5
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley 204 38.2
Colorado State University-Fort Collins 205 37.9
San Francisco State University 206 37.6
Gannon University 207 37.2
Missouri University of Science and Technology 208 36.9
Colorado School of Mines 209 36.6
Washington State University 210 36.3
Babson College 211 36
Georgetown University 212 35.7
New Mexico State University-Main Campus 213 35.4
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus 214 35.1
Robert Morris University 215 34.8
California State Polytechnic University-Pomona 216 34.5
Montclair State University 217 34.2
University of North Dakota 218 33.9
University of Michigan-Dearborn 219 33.6
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee 220 33.3
Miami University-Oxford 221 33
Clarkson University 222 32.7
Seattle University 223 32.4
California College of the Arts 224 32.1
University of Nevada-Las Vegas 225 31.8
University of Georgia 226 31.5
University of Nebraska at Omaha 227 31.2
University of Iowa 228 30.9
North American University 229 30.5
University of New Hampshire-Main Campus 230 30.2
North Carolina A & T State University 231 29.9
Valparaiso University 232 29.6
University of New Mexico-Main Campus 233 29.3
Mount Holyoke College 234 29
The University of Texas at El Paso 235 28.7
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology 236 28.4
Pace University 237 28.1
University of Chicago 238 27.8
Florida Institute of Technology 239 27.5
University of Nevada-Reno 240 27.2
The University of Findlay 241 26.9
Campbellsville University 242 26.6
Wake Forest University 243 26.3
Lawrence Technological University 244 26
University of Massachusetts-Amherst 245 25.7
Grand Canyon University 246 25.4
Ohio University-Main Campus 247 25.1
Smith College 248 24.8
Sacred Heart University 249 24.5
Fordham University 250 24.2
Morgan State University 251 23.8
The University of Alabama 252 23.5
University of South Dakota 253 23.2
Tulane University of Louisiana 254 22.9
Rivier University 255 22.6
University of Massachusetts-Lowell 256 22.3
University of Massachusetts-Boston 257 22
Academy of Art University 258 21.7
University of Denver 259 21.4
Grand Valley State University 260 21.1
California State University-San Bernardino 261 20.8
Loyola University Chicago 262 20.5
University of Central Arkansas 263 20.2
Baylor University 264 19.9
University of Hawaii at Manoa 265 19.6
University of New Haven 266 19.3
University of Central Oklahoma 267 19
University of Oregon 268 18.7
University of South Carolina-Columbia 269 18.4
University of Dayton 270 18.1
Roosevelt University 271 17.8
Temple University 272 17.4
The University of Tennessee-Knoxville 273 17.1
Park University 274 16.8
School of Visual Arts 275 16.5
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus 276 16.2
University of Notre Dame 277 15.9
East Central University 278 15.6
Boston College 279 15.3
Clark University 280 15
Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Daytona Beach 281 14.7
Lindenwood University 282 14.4
The Catholic University of America 283 14.1
Northern Kentucky University 284 13.8
Indiana Institute of Technology 285 13.5
University of North Alabama 286 13.2
The New School 287 12.9
Texas Christian University 288 12.6
University of Maine 289 12.3
Full Sail University 290 12
Concordia University-Chicago 291 11.7
University of the Pacific 292 11.4
Southern California Institute of Architecture 293 11.1
Webster University 294 10.7
Webster University 295 10.4
Hofstra University 296 10.1
New England College 297 9.8
Trine University 298 9.5
SUNY at Albany 299 9.2
Middle Tennessee State University 300 8.9
Hawaii Pacific University 301 8.6
University of Miami 302 8.3
St. Thomas University 303 8
Duquesne University 304 7.7
Suffolk University 305 7.4
Pepperdine University 306 7.1
St. John's University-New York 307 6.8
Art Center College of Design 308 6.5
The University of Tampa 309 6.2
Dallas Baptist University 310 5.9
Christian Brothers University 311 5.6
Savannah College of Art and Design 312 5.3
Saint Louis University 313 5
Northern Arizona University 314 4.7
University of San Diego 315 4.4
Liberty University 316 4
Rhode Island School of Design 317 3.7
Adelphi University 318 3.4
Pratt Institute-Main 319 3.1
Chapman University 320 2.8
Lynn University 321 2.5
The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston 322 2.2
School of the Art Institute of Chicago 323 1.9
Andrews University 324 1.6
Loyola Marymount University 325 1.3

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 325 institutions, this ranking evaluates metrics like average salary, tuition-salary ROI, PERM application ratios, and total PERM applicants.

University rankings 2024: key insights
  • Top 5 Universities: San Jose State University, Carnegie Mellon University, Stanford University, Princeton University, and Central Michigan University.
  • California shines with eight schools in the top 25, while seven Ivy League schools rank highly for their salary levels and robust resources.

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