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
Middle Georgia State University
Macon, GA
$12,361$62,068$40,8637.3x
Ohio Northern University
Ada, OH
$24,478$72,080$80,9287.3x
Daemen University
Amherst, NY
$18,693$70,310$61,8087.3x
Southeastern Community College
Whiteville, NC
$9,148$51,895$30,2847.3x
Southeastern Baptist College
Laurel, MS
$8,138$26,9467.3x
Utica University
Utica, NY
$19,108$77,491$63,2777.3x
Withlacoochee Technical College
Inverness, FL
$10,348$36,110$34,2797.3x
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Louisville, KY
$18,540$79,047$61,4807.3x
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
$16,715$58,511$55,4937.3x
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash, OH
$16,508$72,188$54,8107.3x
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
$15,091$54,923$50,1167.3x
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
$17,490$64,234$58,0847.3x
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa
Rio Piedras, PR
$6,440$18,744$21,4107.3x
City Vision University
Kansas City, MO
$6,353$37,055$21,1237.3x
Trocaire College
Buffalo, NY
$16,636$69,860$55,3187.3x
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, NM
$13,470$59,818$44,7927.3x
Madonna University
Livonia, MI
$17,755$61,516$59,0587.3x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA
$19,047$76,659$63,4357.3x
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Concord, NC
$17,618$62,531$58,7087.3x
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
$16,353$57,799$54,4967.3x
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA
$18,476$63,444$61,5807.3x
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR
$11,042$46,107$36,8457.3x
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
$15,699$58,676$52,4167.3x
Nova College de Puerto Rico
Bayamon, PR
$6,063$18,382$20,2517.4x
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN
$11,495$52,870$38,3997.4x