Florida Polytechnic University is among the 20 best universities in the nation for return on investment, outperforming some of the country’s most prestigious institutions.

That’s according to a new analysis by EDsmart, a data-driven college ratings publisher. EDsmart evaluated 1,755 four-year colleges nationwide and ranked Florida Poly among the schools with the highest-value degrees based on cost, with an ROI of 163%. That’s 15 percentage points higher than the national average ROI at elite universities such as Harvard, Yale, Princeton and MIT.

The Lakeland-based STEM university ranks among longer-tenured universities such as Cal State and the City University of New York.

“Florida Poly continues to prove that students don’t need to attend an Ivy League school to achieve outstandi

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