最划算的10所美国私立大学 #1

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1.  Harvey Mudd College  
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• 20-year return on investment: $1,104,500
• Annualized return: 12.6%
• Total 4-year cost of attendance : $237,700
  

  This small California liberal arts college takes the top spot on Payscale's list of colleges with the best return on investment for the fourth year in a row.
Offering just nine majors focused on science, technology, engineering and math (STEM), the Los Angeles-area school also requires students to take a core curriculum of humanities and social sciences courses.

"Our alumni know how to write, communicate with broad audiences, work across disciplines and work collaboratively rather than competitively," said Thyra Briggs, the school's vice president for admission and financial aid. "We hear repeatedly from employers and graduate schools that our alumni are often 'translators' in their offices and graduate programs."

As a result, grads from this school are often rewarded with high-paying jobs that bring in an average of $1.1 million more over 20 years than a high school graduate, after subtracting the cost of attendance, according to Payscale.

STEM schools usually dominate the PayScale list, and Mudd's holistic approach puts the school at the top, said Lydia Frank, editorial and marketing director at PayScale.

"They're engineers who can communicate," she said.

【CNN】