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
Grand Valley State University
Allendale, MI
$16,317$60,491$56,1187.6x
Baptist University of the Americas
San Antonio, TX
$10,964$54,430$37,7097.6x
Wilmington University
New Castle, DE
$15,644$69,354$53,8447.6x
City Colleges of Chicago-Olive-Harvey College
Chicago, IL
$9,038$45,174$31,1147.6x
Strayer University-Tennessee
Nashville, TN
$11,645$68,449$40,0927.6x
DLP Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center
Johnstown, PA
$19,089$72,928$65,7407.6x
Arkansas State University
Jonesboro, AR
$12,366$56,631$42,6177.6x
Columbia College
Sonora, CA
$11,316$45,420$39,0357.6x
College of Marin
Kentfield, CA
$12,351$62,664$42,6547.6x
Northwestern State University of Louisiana
Natchitoches, LA
$13,606$56,762$47,0217.6x
Adult and Community Education-Hudson
Columbus, OH
$14,915$60,181$51,5517.6x
GateWay Community College
Phoenix, AZ
$13,339$70,264$46,1477.6x
University of Colorado Colorado Springs
Colorado Springs, CO
$15,788$62,980$54,6597.7x
Greater Johnstown Career and Technology Center
Johnstown, PA
$14,111$43,600$48,8817.7x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State New Kensington
New Kensington, PA
$18,305$76,659$63,4357.7x
Salisbury University
Salisbury, MD
$17,743$61,985$61,5157.7x
Chicago State University
Chicago, IL
$12,335$56,486$42,7787.7x
Washington Adventist University
Takoma Park, MD
$18,526$74,717$64,2497.7x
Manchester Community College
Manchester, NH
$14,143$44,863$49,0637.7x
Ball State University
Muncie, IN
$14,940$57,619$51,8337.7x
University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA
$15,901$54,830$55,1777.7x
Northern Institute of Cosmetology
Lorain, OH
$6,310$21,9047.7x
University of Louisiana at Monroe
Monroe, LA
$13,466$53,715$46,7697.7x
La Salle University
Philadelphia, PA
$19,409$70,254$67,4167.7x
Central Connecticut State University
New Britain, CT
$16,857$67,245$58,5627.7x