Location: Granville, Ohio Ten years after students first start their programs at Denison University in Ohio, they can only look forward to a salary of around $48,800.
Pair that with the $51,000 annual cost to attend and it doesn’t seem like education at this school is the best investment.
Maryville State University
Location: Maryville, North Dakota
Well, after seeing graduation rates as low as 8%, Maryville State’s 40.6% seems pretty great, actually. But it’s not, so don’t let the comparison between a bad, bad school and a “meh” bad school fool you. Unless you’re okay with meh, in which case you should be prepared to take on around $27,000 in debt and earn a median salary of nearly $40,000.
Although, some median salaries on this list are between $15,000-$20,000 less – so you could definitely do worse than this school in North Dakota.
Mercyhurst University
Location: Erie, Pennsylvania The numbers at Mercyhurst are way off. Just look at their tuition, which adds up to nearly $180,000 for a four-year degree.
That may not seem awful in the long run – until you find out that after graduation, most alumni are making somewhere around $41,000.
Wells College
Location: Aurora, New York What is going on at Wells College that makes their graduate's annual wages so much lower than the amount they charge students every year? The average salary for grads ten years after entry is just $35, 100, while tuition is over $40,000.
Perhaps that’s why only 58% of attendees complete their programs at this school.
Marshall University
Location: Huntington, West Virginia Marshall University was ranked third on a list of the most dangerous college campuses in America, due to their violent crime rate, which is sort of interesting, considering if you look up “things to do in Huntington, West Virginia,” all that comes up are farms and parks.
Plus, they’ve got a pretty low graduation rate at just 46%.