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
Utah Tech University
Saint George, UT
$16,039$55,624$44,5705.9x
Allen University
Columbia, SC
$10,972$36,436$30,4975.9x
Calvary University
Kansas City, MO
$16,334$32,281$45,4216.0x
University of Central Arkansas
Conway, AR
$16,511$52,203$45,9386.0x
Eastland-Fairfield Career and Technical Schools
Groveport, OH
$15,732$44,754$43,7806.0x
Chamberlain University-Virginia
Vienna, VA
$33,199$97,262$92,4056.0x
Chamberlain University-Georgia
Sandy Springs, GA
$33,188$97,262$92,4056.0x
Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA
$15,843$54,586$44,1146.0x
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport, IA
$14,017$47,929$39,0606.0x
Stockton University
Galloway, NJ
$20,670$58,872$57,6026.0x
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$13,520$61,486$37,7526.0x
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV
$13,684$61,729$38,2176.0x
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
$15,359$50,812$42,9686.0x
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
$17,648$62,459$49,3796.0x
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX
$19,555$53,769$54,7716.0x
Manhattanville University
Purchase, NY
$20,991$68,011$58,8326.0x
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA
$21,241$65,874$59,5416.0x
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
$15,983$53,033$44,8596.0x
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV
$14,006$42,049$39,3156.0x
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University
Hayward, WI
$8,657$46,909$24,3026.0x
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
$17,997$55,083$50,5276.0x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Media, PA
$22,585$76,659$63,4356.0x
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR
$12,653$46,380$35,5506.0x
Georgia College
Milledgeville, GA
$20,686$62,852$58,1406.0x
Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont, TX
$13,866$59,945$38,9916.0x