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
East Central College
Union, MO
$13,128$42,272$36,9166.0x
Loras College
Dubuque, IA
$20,716$55,860$58,2896.0x
Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO
$22,066$84,871$62,1056.0x
Estelle Medical Academy
Skokie, IL
$8,628$28,267$24,2906.0x
Salem University
Salem, WV
$12,303$62,274$34,6426.0x
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
$22,277$66,403$62,7316.0x
Anoka Technical College
Anoka, MN
$16,953$55,035$47,7466.0x
West Liberty University
West Liberty, WV
$15,366$48,985$43,2966.0x
Rogers State University
Claremore, OK
$15,314$53,237$43,1666.0x
Nunez Community College
Chalmette, LA
$12,529$48,555$35,3436.1x
Community College of Allegheny County
Pittsburgh, PA
$13,970$54,519$39,4496.1x
Automotive Training Center-Warminster
Warminster, PA
$18,088$50,826$51,1126.1x
Bowie State University
Bowie, MD
$19,298$65,066$54,5376.1x
Wheeling University
Wheeling, WV
$20,503$54,632$57,9496.1x
Mount St. Mary's University
Emmitsburg, MD
$22,655$64,424$64,0726.1x
Missouri State University-Springfield
Springfield, MO
$17,613$53,058$49,8276.1x
ICPR Junior College
Manati, PR
$6,605$17,478$18,6946.1x
Oglethorpe University
Atlanta, GA
$19,509$52,138$55,2326.1x
Bryant & Stratton College-Greece
Rochester, NY
$11,503$43,374$32,5686.1x
Advanced Technology Institute
Virginia Beach, VA
$16,358$47,728$46,3426.1x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Harriman
Harriman, TN
$11,148$44,754$31,5916.1x
Inter American University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla
Aguadilla, PR
$8,742$26,098$24,7766.1x
Monroe University
Bronx, NY
$14,522$48,907$41,2366.1x
Benedictine University
Lisle, IL
$22,313$72,460$63,4466.1x
Murray State College
Tishomingo, OK
$12,844$49,179$36,5456.1x