Another state college that often comes in near the top of PayScale's list, Georgia Tech offers degrees in most engineering and science fields, as well as in business and public policy.
"Schools that are toward the top of the list tend to favor STEM [science, technology, engineering and math] degrees," said Lydia Frank, editorial and marketing director at PayScale. "Georgia Tech, even if it has a broader offering, is still heavily STEM."
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Engineering schools have an average before-aid return on investment of more than $677,000, according to PayScale. That's almost $28,000 more than the average return for a degree from an Ivy League school, it found.
The most valuable majors at Atlantia-based Georgia Tech are computer science and math, which have a return on investment of more than $1.1 million over 20 years.