Money | college Colleges That Pay Off These schools offer a good return on investment By John Johnson Posted Jul 3, 2010 7:00 PM CDT Copied M.I.T. tops the list of colleges that offer the best return on investment. (Shutterstock) Which colleges pay off? PayScale crunched the numbers to compute the best returns on investment—by comparing the cost of a degree against what its students earn upon graduation—and Huffington Post rounds up the best of the bunch: Massachusetts Institute of Technology: annual ROI: 12.6%; 30-year ROI: $1.69 million California Institute of Technology: 12.6%; $1.64 million Harvard: 12.5%; $1.63 million Harvey Mudd College: 12.5%; $1.63 million Dartmouth: 12.4%; $1.59 million Stanford: 12.3%; $1.57 million Princeton: 12.3%; $1.52 million Yale: 11.9%; $1.39 million Notre Dame: 12.2%; $1.38 million University of Pennsylvania: 11.8%; $1.36 million See the Huffington Post slideshow here and PayScale's complete rankings here. Read These Next Trump may be targeting this city next due to a misleading news report. Angel Reese is in hot water with her own team. The story of a failed secret SEAL mission in North Korea. CBS changes interview policy after Noem complains. Report an error