Colleges by ROI

6,273 schools

ROI = (10yr median earnings × 10 − 4 × net price) / (4 × net price), shown as a multiple of 4 years' net price. Sourced from Common Data Set filings and College Scorecard. 1,941 schools are missing the cost or earnings data needed to calculate ROI and appear at the bottom, unranked.

Tuition
Financial aid
Net price
Earnings (4yr)
Earnings (10yr)
ROI
Lander University
Greenwood, SC
$15,363$47,003$42,3965.9x
Northshore Technical Community College
Lacombe, LA
$10,773$37,814$29,7345.9x
Steven Papageorge Hair Academy
Chicago, IL
$10,721$31,874$29,5925.9x
Heritage Christian University
Florence, AL
$15,426$42,5975.9x
Logan University
Chesterfield, MO
$20,218$65,724$55,8385.9x
Mid-America Christian University
Oklahoma City, OK
$16,692$55,200$46,1165.9x
Vermont State University
Randolph, VT
$18,212$56,249$50,3315.9x
Columbiana County Career and Technical Center
Lisbon, OH
$12,133$44,588$33,5525.9x
Johnson College
Scranton, PA
$19,954$51,602$55,1945.9x
McDaniel College
Westminster, MD
$21,916$65,855$60,6635.9x
Capri Beauty College
Oak Forest, IL
$9,678$28,811$26,8045.9x
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
$22,736$60,377$62,9715.9x
Big Bend Technical College
Perry, FL
$9,964$44,422$27,6095.9x
Otterbein University
Westerville, OH
$19,237$58,068$53,3135.9x
Apex Technical School
Long Island City, NY
$14,826$46,910$41,0935.9x
Southeast Missouri State University
Cape Girardeau, MO
$15,882$51,502$44,0305.9x
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Guayama
Guayama, PR
$9,316$29,433$25,8275.9x
South Dakota State University
Brookings, SD
$19,841$63,042$55,0705.9x
ICPR Junior College-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR
$6,735$17,478$18,6945.9x
University of Aesthetics & Cosmetology
El Dorado, AR
$9,634$19,596$26,7545.9x
Valley Grande Institute for Academic Studies
Weslaco, TX
$12,051$32,880$33,4725.9x
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-San German
San German, PR
$9,148$28,262$25,4165.9x
NUC University
Bayamon, PR
$8,920$25,779$24,7855.9x
YTI Career Institute-York
York, PA
$14,637$40,192$40,6725.9x
Neumont College of Computer Science
Salt Lake City, UT
$35,205$97,8275.9x