INDEX · RANKINGS
tanding rankings built from the public data the brochures leave out — FREOPP earnings, IPEDS cost, BEA cost-of-living. No villains, no prescriptions. We rank the trade-off and show our work; you decide what to do with it.
Public universities
Same school, same degree — crossing a state line costs a million dollars or more at the top public flagships. The villain is the residency line, not the school.
up to $1.4M out-of-state penalty
See the ranking →Bachelor’s majors
The field you pick swings your lifetime return by over a million dollars. Two major categories lose money on average — by FREOPP’s own number, naming no school.
$1.24M swing by major
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