Ohio — University of Akron
Average net price per year: $16,269
Median earnings six years after graduation: $36,500
Tuition at the University of Akron is higher than the national average, and the median salary after six years in the workforce is fine but not exceptional. That said, UA is still fairly picky: Its acceptance rate is 69%, and only 39% of those who get in will graduate. Students who take on loans to pay for their education wind up with an average debt of $27,288. That’s fairly high, and any UA graduates who are still shouldering debt may want to look into consolidating their loans. “This school was a waste of money,” a freshman complains in an online review. “I admit that some of the professors were not as bad as the others (because they were BAD). The only good thing about Akron was their athletics.”