{"590744":{"#nid":"590744","#data":{"type":"news","title":"Georgia Tech Ranked Second For Public University ROI ","body":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EEconomists generally agree that a higher education is a good return on your investment. Those who earn their college degree typically obtain salaries much higher than those who do not, and in a majority of cases, those people earn enough to make up for the tuition costs associated with college.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EResearchers at\u003Cem\u003E Money \u003C\/em\u003Emagazine used 2017 data from the website Payscale to compile a list they call \u0026quot;The 25 Best Public Colleges for Big Paychecks.\u0026quot;\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EThey determined the top public universities with the highest return on investment based on costs, graduation rates, and earning potential out of college.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech came in ranked second on that list with a net 20-year return on investment of $824,000.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EWhile these rankings are based on the cost of in-state tuition, \u003Cem\u003EMoney \u003C\/em\u003Eand PayScale note that Georgia Tech also ranks in the Top 20 when out-of-state tuition costs are factored in as well.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003E\u003Ca href=\u0022http:\/\/time.com\/money\/4748643\/public-colleges-best-return-on-investment-2017\/\u0022\u003ERead more about the rankings here. \u003C\/a\u003E\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","summary":null,"format":"limited_html"}],"field_subtitle":"","field_summary":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003EMoney Magazine\u0026nbsp; used 2017 statistics compiled by PayScale to rank America\u0026#39;s public universities for the highest return on investment.\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"field_summary_sentence":[{"value":"CNN Money and PayScale compiled data to determine the best return on your investment at public colleges in the U.S."}],"uid":"28058","created_gmt":"2017-04-21 14:42:17","changed_gmt":"2017-04-21 17:14:32","author":"Steven Norris","boilerplate_text":"","field_publication":"","field_article_url":"","dateline":{"date":"2017-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","iso_date":"2017-04-21T00:00:00-04:00","tz":"America\/New_York"},"extras":[],"hg_media":{"590745":{"id":"590745","type":"image","title":"Georgia Tech Ranks #2 on CNN Money \/ PayScale List of ROI","body":null,"created":"1492785855","gmt_created":"2017-04-21 14:44:15","changed":"1492785884","gmt_changed":"2017-04-21 14:44:44","alt":"Georgia Tech Ranked #2 for Public University Return on Investment ","file":{"fid":"225069","name":"Screen Shot 2017-04-21 at 10.19.40 AM.png","image_path":"\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-21%20at%2010.19.40%20AM.png","image_full_path":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/\/sites\/default\/files\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-21%20at%2010.19.40%20AM.png","mime":"image\/png","size":3490635,"path_740":"http:\/\/www.tlwarc.hg.gatech.edu\/sites\/default\/files\/styles\/740xx_scale\/public\/images\/Screen%20Shot%202017-04-21%20at%2010.19.40%20AM.png?itok=LExd4KN7"}}},"media_ids":["590745"],"groups":[{"id":"1214","name":"News Room"}],"categories":[],"keywords":[{"id":"109","name":"Georgia Tech"},{"id":"117511","name":"ROI"},{"id":"246","name":"Georgia Institute of Technology"},{"id":"13983","name":"Return on investment"},{"id":"496","name":"CNN"},{"id":"438","name":"data"},{"id":"834","name":"Rankings"},{"id":"489","name":"atlanta"},{"id":"1878","name":"College"},{"id":"1432","name":"education"}],"core_research_areas":[],"news_room_topics":[{"id":"71871","name":"Campus and Community"}],"event_categories":[],"invited_audience":[],"affiliations":[],"classification":[],"areas_of_expertise":[],"news_and_recent_appearances":[],"phone":[],"contact":[{"value":"\u003Cp\u003ESteven Norris\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n\r\n\u003Cp\u003EGeorgia Tech Social Media\u003C\/p\u003E\r\n","format":"limited_html"}],"email":["snorris@gatech.edu"],"slides":[],"orientation":[],"userdata":""}}}