John Jay College is among 25 colleges highlighted by Forbes for delivering the best bang for the buck. To determine which colleges made the list, Forbes looked at a measure by Third Way, a think tank, which calculates a price-to-earnings premium and filtered that list by colleges that also graduate students with a low student debt burden.

Inclusion in the top 25 demonstrates John Jay’s commitment to providing students from lower income backgrounds with access to college education and to the middle class and beyond. With tuition a fraction of the cost to attend a comparable private college, the vast majority of John Jay students graduate debt-free. Click here to learn more about tuition and financial aid at John Jay.  

John Jay was also recently ranked #1 in the country for criminal justice, forensic science and legal studies programs by University HQ, #10 for regional public college, #8 for social mobility, #3 for least debt, #7 for ethnic diversity and #10 for economic diversity by US News & World Report, #7 in “best bang for the buck” by Washington Monthly, a top veteran-friendly school by US Veterans Magazine and  #1 in most affordable security degree programs by Security Degree Hub.