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
Highlands College of Montana Tech
Butte, MT
$14,962$79,369$54,3298.1x
University of Pittsburgh-Johnstown
Johnstown, PA
$18,202$73,701$66,1258.1x
Middle Tennessee State University
Murfreesboro, TN
$13,359$54,525$48,5418.1x
West Virginia State University
Institute, WV
$11,139$44,688$40,4928.1x
Mercy College of Ohio
Toledo, OH
$17,989$71,303$65,4098.1x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State DuBois
DuBois, PA
$17,428$76,659$63,4358.1x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Beaver
Monaca, PA
$17,418$76,659$63,4358.1x
University of North Texas
Denton, TX
$15,649$58,743$57,0108.1x
Lake Region State College
Devils Lake, ND
$13,577$60,667$49,5028.1x
Talmudical Seminary Oholei Torah
Brooklyn, NY
$10,755$39,2308.1x
Baton Rouge Community College
Baton Rouge, LA
$9,474$45,313$34,5818.1x
Alaska Christian College
Soldotna, AK
$7,063$25,7878.1x
Aims Community College
Greeley, CO
$11,463$51,704$41,8878.1x
Copper Mountain Community College
Joshua Tree, CA
$9,105$53,634$33,2818.1x
Vincennes University
Vincennes, IN
$11,225$54,333$41,1108.2x
University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee
Milwaukee, WI
$15,014$62,480$54,9908.2x
Northeast Iowa Community College
Calmar, IA
$11,272$50,002$41,3068.2x
Southern State Community College
Hillsboro, OH
$9,674$48,360$35,4638.2x
Des Moines Area Community College
Ankeny, IA
$11,171$51,817$41,0188.2x
Yakima Valley College
Yakima, WA
$11,843$51,006$43,4998.2x
Green River College
Auburn, WA
$13,803$60,643$50,7128.2x
University of Southern Maine
Portland, ME
$13,596$60,816$49,9588.2x
Northeastern University Oakland
Oakland, CA
$25,181$101,903$92,5388.2x
Cameron University
Lawton, OK
$10,912$48,413$40,1188.2x
University of Hawaii at Manoa
Honolulu, HI
$15,664$61,903$57,6248.2x