Return on Education (ROE)

A Solid Investment in Your Future

Maybe you've heard of "ROI." It's a financial term that refers to the profitability of an investment. The more you gain, the higher your return on investment (or ROI).

At Clarkson, we use a different term — ROE. It's short for "return on education." You could measure our ROE in money. In fact, when you do, we shine. Consider this: a Clarkson education boosts your income by 42 percent, according to the Brookings Institution. Payscale ranks our graduates among the top two percent nationwide with respect to salary potential.  

What is ROE?

But, ROE is more than just a dollar figure. We think of it holistically: as a measure of how far you'll go, and how much you'll accomplish, as a result of your Clarkson education. Not only will you acquire hands-on skills in an applied context, but you're going to build an ability to work through complex problems and find creative solutions that elude others.

You'll take all the strengths you expect to encounter at a world-class research institution, like cutting-edge labs and renowned faculty, and use them as a catalyst to direct a future nobody could have seen coming.

The result: our alumni excel in their fields and consistently rank among the nation's best-paid graduates.

That's what return on education means. It's the delta between the things you learn and the things you'll do. And, by that measure, nobody else comes close.