20 Colleges with the Best Return on Investment (photos)

College Rankings 2013

Based on future earnings, these are the schools that are well worth the cost of a degree.

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Harvey Mudd College

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Massachusetts Institute of Technology

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California Institute of Technology

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Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art

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Stanford University

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Princeton University

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Harvard University

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University of California-Berkeley

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Stevens Institute of Technology

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Colgate University

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University of Pennsylvania

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Rice University

Williams College

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Yale University

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Lehigh University

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Columbia University in the City of New York

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University of Virginia

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Brown University

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Texas A&M

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Amherst College

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