Best Education Degrees by ROI in 2026

500 programs ranked · Updated 2026

Top education programs ranked by earnings, AI resilience, and return on investment.

Programs Ranked
500
Avg Earnings
$45,749/yr
Avg DW Score
61/100
#1 Program
Teacher Education
CUNY Queens College

Best Education Degrees by ROI

Click any row for full AI scenario analysis, earnings projections, and career path breakdown.

# Program DW Score Earnings AI Risk ROI
1 Teacher Education
CUNY Queens College · Queens, NY
81
80–82
$58,894/yr High 22.1x
2 Teacher Education
CUNY Hunter College · New York, NY
79
80–80
$49,245/yr High 24.2x
3 Teacher Education
CUNY Brooklyn College · Brooklyn, NY
77
78–78
$46,233/yr High 23.3x
4 Teacher Education
Western Washington University · Bellingham, WA
77
79–78
$53,133/yr High 17.5x
5 Teacher Education
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
76
77–78
$53,524/yr High 27.3x
6 Teacher Education
Florida SouthWestern State College · Fort Myers, FL
74
76–74
$51,448/yr High 35.7x
7 Teacher Education
Florida Atlantic University · Boca Raton, FL
74
77–75
$50,178/yr High 26.5x
8 Teacher Education
St Petersburg College · St. Petersburg, FL
74
77–74
$49,672/yr High 46.2x
9 Teacher Education
Metropolitan State University · Saint Paul, MN
74
75–75
$46,490/yr High 16.5x
10 Teacher Education
Central Washington University · Ellensburg, WA
74
75–75
$49,177/yr High 16.1x
11 Teacher Education
Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University · Tallahassee, FL
73
76–74
$50,736/yr High 21.7x
12 Teacher Education
Florida State University · Tallahassee, FL
73
73–74
$50,610/yr High 21.7x
13 Teacher Education
Bowie State University · Bowie, MD
73
75–74
$52,619/yr High 15.2x
14 Teacher Education
Coppin State University · Baltimore, MD
73
75–74
$53,215/yr High 18.0x
15 Teacher Education
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
73
75–74
$51,861/yr High 19.6x
16 Teacher Education
Pierce College District · Lakewood, WA
73
75–73
$55,849/yr High 28.8x
17 Teacher Education
University of Wyoming · Laramie, WY
73
74–74
$49,587/yr High 19.0x
18 Teacher Education
Florida Gulf Coast University · Fort Myers, FL
73
75–73
$50,951/yr High 20.3x
19 Teacher Education
College of Central Florida · Ocala, FL
72
76–73
$48,537/yr High 44.0x
20 Teacher Education
Miami Dade College · Miami, FL
72
74–72
$51,545/yr High 44.4x
21 Teacher Education
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale · Carbondale, IL
72
72–73
$54,215/yr High 11.0x
22 Teacher Education
University of Maryland-College Park · College Park, MD
72
74–72
$53,054/yr High 12.3x
23 Teacher Education
College of Staten Island CUNY · Staten Island, NY
72
79–73
$41,997/yr High 23.1x
24 Teaching English or French as a Second or Foreign Language
CUNY Queens College · Queens, NY
72
74–72
$48,923/yr High 20.2x
25 Bilingual & Multilingual
Texas A & M International University · Laredo, TX
72
73–72
$55,467/yr High 16.4x
26 Teacher Education
Utah Tech University · Saint George, UT
72
76–72
$47,619/yr High 21.1x
27 Teacher Education
University of Utah · Salt Lake City, UT
72
74–72
$54,604/yr High 13.8x
28 Teacher Education
Weber State University · Ogden, UT
72
73–73
$50,600/yr High 19.1x
29 Teacher Education
Central Washington University · Ellensburg, WA
72
76–73
$47,359/yr High 15.9x
30 Teacher Education
Georgia Gwinnett College · Lawrenceville, GA
72
75–72
$48,203/yr High 27.0x
31 Teacher Education
University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL
71
72–72
$47,219/yr High 19.7x
32 Teacher Education
St Petersburg College · St. Petersburg, FL
71
72–72
$49,435/yr High 45.1x
33 Teacher Education
Saint Johns River State College · Palatka, FL
71
75–71
$46,448/yr High 41.5x
34 Teacher Education
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL
71
74–71
$50,442/yr High 18.5x
35 Teacher Education
University of South Florida · Tampa, FL
71
72–72
$47,698/yr High 19.3x
36 Teacher Education
Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College · Tifton, GA
71
72–73
$50,429/yr High 38.5x
37 Teacher Education
William Paterson University of New Jersey · Wayne, NJ
71
71–72
$58,854/yr High 9.3x
38 Teacher Education
Mayville State University · Mayville, ND
71
72–72
$47,650/yr High 16.5x
39 Teacher Education
Brigham Young University · Provo, UT
71
72–72
$47,153/yr High 19.4x
40 Teacher Education
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
71
74–71
$49,497/yr High 19.0x
41 Teacher Education
Utah Valley University · Orem, UT
71
72–72
$49,297/yr High 19.1x
42 Teacher Education
Nevada State University · Henderson, NV
71
75–72
$48,634/yr High 19.7x
43 Teacher Education
University of Alaska Southeast · Juneau, AK
70
72–70
$52,875/yr High 18.0x
44 Teacher Education
University of Florida · Gainesville, FL
70
72–72
$47,572/yr High 19.1x
45 Teacher Education
Indian River State College · Fort Pierce, FL
70
74–71
$48,612/yr High 43.0x
46 Teacher Education
University of North Florida · Jacksonville, FL
70
74–70
$47,210/yr High 18.9x
47 Teacher Education
Polk State College · Winter Haven, FL
70
74–70
$48,210/yr High 34.8x
48 Teacher Education
University of Illinois Chicago · Chicago, IL
70
71–70
$60,917/yr High 9.2x
49 Teacher Education
University of Nevada-Las Vegas · Las Vegas, NV
70
73–70
$49,475/yr High 14.1x
50 Teacher Education
SUNY College at Potsdam · Potsdam, NY
70
72–71
$45,110/yr High 15.9x

Methodology

Programs are ranked by DegreeWorth Score (0–100), combining graduate earnings, AI automation resilience, job market demand, and tuition ROI. Earnings data is from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.

Data: U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard (earnings, debt), Bureau of Labor Statistics 2024–2034 (employment projections), OpenAI GPTs-are-GPTs research (AI task exposure), Felten et al. AIOE. Last updated 2025.