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
Oakland City University
Oakland City, IN
$15,210$57,090$43,2836.1x
Lake Area Technical College
Watertown, SD
$15,979$49,488$45,4736.1x
Hobart Institute of Welding Technology
Troy, OH
$21,409$59,953$60,9556.1x
Diesel Driving Academy-Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
$13,587$45,918$38,7406.1x
Western Colorado University
Gunnison, CO
$16,425$50,666$46,8336.1x
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Buckhannon, WV
$18,083$55,915$51,5936.1x
Brenau University
Gainesville, GA
$18,924$61,654$54,0036.1x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA
$22,213$76,659$63,4356.1x
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
Ponce, PR
$10,990$29,384$31,3946.1x
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR
$10,680$30,977$30,5126.1x
North Central College
Naperville, IL
$21,044$61,656$60,1236.1x
Southeastern Technical College
Vidalia, GA
$10,612$44,621$30,3296.1x
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles, CA
$12,323$46,673$35,2336.1x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro
Jacksboro, TN
$12,746$34,821$36,4496.1x
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando
Orlando, FL
$16,577$69,903$47,5406.2x
Chamberlain University-Texas
Houston, TX
$32,209$97,262$92,4056.2x
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
Mayaguez, PR
$9,919$37,996$28,4656.2x
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center
Clearfield, PA
$14,460$44,483$41,5596.2x
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN
$24,336$68,626$69,9526.2x
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA
$15,840$51,739$45,5436.2x
Lassen Community College
Susanville, CA
$12,517$35,9946.2x
Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY
$13,494$41,151$38,8576.2x
Salem College of Hairstyling
Rolla, MO
$6,345$18,2756.2x
Texas State Technical College
Waco, TX
$13,508$55,511$38,9166.2x
Perry Technical Institute
Yakima, WA
$20,047$63,923$57,7646.2x