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
Valencia College
Orlando, FL
$12,037$46,937$40,5947.4x
Rowan College of South Jersey-Gloucester Campus
Sewell, NJ
$12,378$48,576$41,7517.4x
Heritage Valley Health System School of Nursing
McKees Rocks, PA
$23,656$72,712$79,8317.4x
William Jewell College
Liberty, MO
$17,562$66,965$59,2687.4x
Enterprise State Community College
Enterprise, AL
$12,609$37,158$42,5727.4x
Mount Saint Mary's University
Los Angeles, CA
$21,413$79,546$72,3797.5x
Napa Valley College
Napa, CA
$14,644$71,587$49,5177.5x
Canisius University
Buffalo, NY
$17,940$59,476$60,6817.5x
Morgan State University
Baltimore, MD
$14,985$62,308$50,6987.5x
Heritage University
Toppenish, WA
$14,598$62,898$49,4167.5x
Trinidad State College
Trinidad, CO
$10,772$49,758$36,4757.5x
Texas State University
San Marcos, TX
$16,805$58,786$56,9067.5x
Kent State University at East Liverpool
East Liverpool, OH
$13,392$56,839$45,3887.5x
University of Alaska Anchorage
Anchorage, AK
$15,301$68,777$51,8717.5x
Phoenix College
Phoenix, AZ
$12,055$58,195$40,8707.5x
Caribbean Forensic and Technical College
San Juan, PR
$6,103$22,240$20,6917.5x
Ohio State University Agricultural Technical Institute
Wooster, OH
$17,809$70,682$60,4097.5x
Heartland Community College
Normal, IL
$12,013$48,942$40,7687.5x
Columbus State University
Columbus, GA
$13,115$60,912$44,5447.5x
University of South Carolina-Salkehatchie
Allendale, SC
$9,229$38,256$31,3607.5x
Metropolitan State University of Denver
Denver, CO
$15,327$60,186$52,0937.5x
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN
$18,578$69,228$63,1917.5x
North Arkansas College
Harrison, AR
$10,180$46,210$34,6537.5x
Tennessee Technological University
Cookeville, TN
$14,246$57,413$48,5017.5x
Harrisburg University of Science and Technology
Harrisburg, PA
$15,376$55,281$52,3747.5x