Best Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language Degrees in the US by ROI

Top colleges ranked by estimated 20-year net return on investment across all active states. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Programs Analyzed

Colleges with salary data

Average 20-Yr Net ROI

+$107,738

Across all programs

Average Annual Cost

$40,552

Cost of attendance

#	College	State	20-Yr Net ROI	Median Salary	Annual Cost	Avg Debt
1	CUNY Queens College Grad rate: 58.4%	NY	+$669,754	$76,852	$13,643	N/A	Full ROI →
2	Touro University Grad rate: 66.4%	NY	+$649,572	$78,261	$37,824	N/A	Full ROI →
3	CUNY Hunter College Grad rate: 58.7%	NY	+$560,620	$71,362	$13,310	N/A	Full ROI →
4	State University of New York at New Paltz Grad rate: 71.0%	NY	+$517,992	$70,603	$27,034	N/A	Full ROI →
5	Mercy University Grad rate: 47.6%	NY	+$515,258	$71,002	$32,391	N/A	Full ROI →
6	CUNY City College Grad rate: 56.6%	NY	+$505,572	$68,630	$13,514	N/A	Full ROI →
7	St. John's University-New York Grad rate: 68.9%	NY	+$458,938	$71,140	$61,931	N/A	Full ROI →
8	Teachers College at Columbia University	NY	+$320,540	$58,027	N/A	N/A	Full ROI →
9	University of Maryland-Baltimore County Grad rate: 70.5%	MD	+$300,210	$59,804	$27,935	N/A	Full ROI →
10	New York University Grad rate: 87.8%	NY	+$277,418	$63,783	$79,121	N/A	Full ROI →
11	Western Governors University Grad rate: 50.6%	UT	+$261,332	$56,513	$14,464	N/A	Full ROI →
12	Grand Canyon University Grad rate: 44.0%	AZ	+$240,774	$57,188	$31,493	N/A	Full ROI →
13	Long Island University Grad rate: 51.8%	NY	+$229,142	$58,699	$52,419	N/A	Full ROI →
14	The College of New Jersey Grad rate: 85.5%	NJ	+$209,120	$56,163	$37,070	N/A	Full ROI →
15	SUNY at Fredonia Grad rate: 56.6%	NY	+$100,938	$49,580	$25,331	N/A	Full ROI →
16	Regent University Grad rate: 54.3%	VA	+$98,200	$49,965	$30,550	N/A	Full ROI →
17	Concordia University-Nebraska Grad rate: 61.7%	NE	+$97,402	$51,988	$51,179	N/A	Full ROI →
18	Edgewood College Grad rate: 65.0%	WI	+$84,940	$51,092	$48,450	N/A	Full ROI →
19	University of Alabama at Birmingham Grad rate: 63.4%	AL	+$65,388	$48,052	$27,826	N/A	Full ROI →
20	Canisius University Grad rate: 68.3%	NY	+$50,518	$48,753	$42,271	N/A	Full ROI →
21	Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey	CA	+$42,520	$44,126	N/A	N/A	Full ROI →
22	SIT Graduate Institute	VT	+$6,720	$42,336	N/A	N/A	Full ROI →
23	Arkansas Tech University Grad rate: 48.8%	AR	-$3,272	$43,990	$21,536	N/A	Full ROI →
24	The New School Grad rate: 70.2%	NY	-$26,074	$48,972	$82,757	N/A	Full ROI →
25	Portland State University Grad rate: 52.9%	OR	-$40,378	$42,226	$22,449	N/A	Full ROI →
26	Lipscomb University Grad rate: 69.1%	TN	-$74,478	$43,631	$53,549	N/A	Full ROI →
27	Middlebury College Grad rate: 93.0%	VT	-$122,000	$44,126	$82,260	N/A	Full ROI →
28	San Francisco State University Grad rate: 52.2%	CA	-$122,816	$38,385	$25,258	N/A	Full ROI →
29	University of Central Missouri Grad rate: 51.0%	MO	-$195,752	$34,421	$22,086	N/A	Full ROI →
30	University of San Francisco Grad rate: 72.8%	CA	-$231,642	$38,060	$76,421	N/A	Full ROI →
31	The University of Texas at San Antonio Grad rate: 52.3%	TX	-$273,748	$30,460	$21,474	N/A	Full ROI →
32	Seattle University Grad rate: 73.8%	WA	-$302,486	$33,739	$68,633	N/A	Full ROI →
33	Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus Grad rate: 31.4%	PR	-$346,662	$26,075	$14,081	N/A	Full ROI →
34	University of Southern California Grad rate: 92.2%	CA	-$346,916	$33,122	$84,678	N/A	Full ROI →
35	Azusa Pacific University Grad rate: 62.8%	CA	-$405,790	$27,184	$54,735	N/A	Full ROI →

How ROI is calculated

20-Year Net ROI = Gross Earnings (salary × 20) − Total Degree Cost − Debt Payoff (×1.35) − Baseline Opportunity Cost ($42,000 × 20). Data from the U.S. College Scorecard.

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