Here Are 6 Things You Could Buy for the Price of One Subway FranchiseInstead of buying a Subway franchise, you could splurge on 15,478 Italian hoagies, a lifetime of train passes and other cool things.

Subwayis ranked as the 14th best restaurant in ourmanbetx2.0客户端下载 list. It costs between $147,050 and $320,700 to buy one of those franchises.

肯定看起来像一个大的投资。但是,just as with any purchase -- or any choice, for that matter -- you have to consider what your alternatives are.

For example, instead of buying even the cheapest Subway franchise, you could, theoretically, get 37 Jan-Pro home-based franchises, which go for as little as $3,985.

但是,Subway's six-figure price tag is actually much less expensive than other restaurant franchise options.McDonald's, our top-ranked restaurant, will run youat least $1 million. In that respect, then, a Subway franchise costs about seven times less than the cheapest McDonald's.

That makes it seem almost like a bargain.

In this slideshow, we're breaking down exactly how far $147,050 -- the minimum amount you would need to buy a Subway franchise -- can take you, whether you're thinking about investing in a different franchise, considering business school or just want to buy all of the Subway sandwiches at once.

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Instead of a Subway franchise, you could buy 15,478 Italian BMTs

There's an important distinction to be made here. You can buy 15,478 Italian BMTs by themselves, because an Italian BMT -- at least at my local subway -- costs $9.50. If you want the combo, with a drink and a side, then that's going to cost an extra $3.10, which would bring down your sandwich count to 11,670.

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The cheapest Subway costs 101 years' worth of New York City MetroCards.

If you're a New Yorker like me -- or just someone who uses public transportation -- your first association with the word "subway" might be with the overcrowded, underground train tunnels running beneath major metropolitan areas. So, if you wondered, like I did, about the ratio from Subway access to subway access, then here it is: a New York city unlimited monthly pass costs $121. The lowest price of a Subway restaurant costs $147,050. That means you can buy 1,215 subway passes for one Subway.

Glad we cleared that up.

The cheapest Subway costs 3.72 of the cheapest Doc Popcorns.

At $39,500, the cheapestDoc Popcornis the only food-related franchise on our list of best franchises under $60,000. While the most expensive Doc Popcorn ($345,050) is actually costlier than the most expensive Subway ($320,700), the cheapest Doc Popcorn is about a quarter the cost of the cheapest Subway.

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The cheapest Subway costs 1.18 of the cheapest Firehouse Subs.

The cheapestFirehouse Subsfranchise (ranked 15th overall and seventh among restaurants) goes for $124,678. The cheapest Subway franchise goes for $147,050.

You can't exactly buy 1.18 of a franchise, but you definitely can buy a single Firehouse Subs and then pocket the $22,372 difference.

The cheapest Subway franchise costs 0.76 of the cheapest Jersey Mike's.

The lowest initial investment forJersey Mike's(our 21st-ranked franchise and 11th-ranked restaurant) according to our database is $193,204, which is $46,154 more than the lowest initial investment for a Subway franchise.

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The cheapest Subway franchise costs 0.69 Harvard MBAs.

According to the Harvard website, the student budget for the MBA class of 2019 is $106,800 for one year. Since the MBA takes two years to complete, we can estimate it costs about $213,600, or 1.45 Subways to complete Harvard Business School.