Value Colleges Releases 2015 Ranking of Top 50 Best Value Graduate Schools

CHARLOTTE, N.C., March 31, 2015 /PRNewswire/ -- Value Colleges (http://www.valuecolleges.com), an independent online guide to the best values in undergraduate and graduate college education, has published its 2015 Top 50 Best Value Graduate Schools ranking at http://www.valuecolleges.com/rankings/best-value-graduate-schools/.

With the Top 50 Best Value Graduate Schools, Value Colleges has developed a full, comprehensive list of the smartest choices for a top investment in graduate school. These are strictly the finest, regionally accredited graduate schools, where affordable prices meet exceptional ROI (Return on Investment). The Georgia Institute of Technology, the California Institute of Technology, and Carnegie Mellon University earned the top three spots in the ranking.

Graduate schools were ranked based on a combination of financial and educational criteria:

*National Rankings*20-year ROI*Cost of attendance

Information was compiled from payscale.com, US News & World Report, and the college's own websites for complete accuracy and precision.

Schools making the list include (in alphabetical order):

Baylor University - Waco TX

Boston University - Boston, MA

Brown University - Providence, RI

California Institute of Technology - Pasadena, CA

Carnegie Mellon University - Pittsburgh, PA

Case Western Reserve University - Cleveland, OH

College of William and Mary - Williamsburg, VA

Columbia University - New York, NY

Cornell University - Ithaca, NY

Dartmouth College - Hanover, NH

Duke University - Durham, NC

Emory University - Atlanta, GA

Georgia Institute of Technology - Atlanta, GA

Georgetown University - Washington, DC

George Washington University - Washington, DC

Harvard University - Cambridge, MA

John Hopkins University - Baltimore, MD

Massachusetts Institute of Technology - Cambridge, MA

Michigan State University - East Lansing, MI

New York University - New York, NY

Northwestern University - Evanston, IL

Ohio State University - Columbus, OH

Princeton University - Princeton, NJ

Purdue University - West Lafayette, IN

Stanford University - Stanford, CA

Texas A&M University - College Station, TX

University of Alabama - Tuscaloosa, AL

University of California - Berkeley - Berkeley, CA

UCLA - Los Angeles, CA

University of California San Diego - San Diego, CA

University of Chicago - Chicago, IL

University of Illinois - Urbana-Champaign - Urbana, IL

University of Iowa - Iowa City, IA

University of Maryland - Baltimore, MD

University of Michigan - Ann Arbor, MI

University of Minnesota - Twin Cities - Minneapolis-St. Paul, MN

University of Notre Dame - South Bend, IN

University of North Carolina - Chapel Hill, NC

University of Oregon - Eugene, OR

University of Pennsylvania - Philadelphia, PA

University of Pittsburgh - Pittsburgh, PA

University of Southern California - Los Angeles, CA

University of Texas, Austin - Austin, TX

University of Texas at Dallas - Richardson, TX

University of Virginia - Charlottesville, VA

University of Washington - Seattle, WA

University of Wisconsin - Madison - Madison, WI

Vanderbilt University - Nashville, TN

Washington University - St. Louis, MO

Yale University - New Haven, CT

According to Carrie Sealey-Morris, Editor for Value Colleges, With all the excitement in higher education around online learning, and the rush by colleges to create and build up their own virtual programs, it's easy to think that the traditional campus-based college is becoming obsolete. However, residential programs can offer many benefits online still can't quite match: mentoring, networking with your cohort, and the indelible experience of living and/or working on a college campus, with access to cultural events, history, and beauty."

Value Colleges is an independent, online resource with one mission: to help prospective students find the best educational value in their chosen field. At Value Colleges future students can find rankings for the top investments in online and residential college degrees, advice on making the best decisions about finances when in college, and explanations of commonly misunderstood aspects of college costs.

Contact:Carrie Sealey-MorrisEditor, Value Colleges(512) 710-9901Email

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