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
Bucks County Community College
Newtown, PA
$6,389$52,637$47,32417.5x
Central School of Practical Nursing
Norfolk, VA
$8,029$52,946$59,39917.5x
Snow College
Ephraim, UT
$5,552$38,946$41,02217.5x
Massachusetts Bay Community College
Wellesley Hills, MA
$7,169$56,076$52,65417.4x
Palomar College
San Marcos, CA
$5,763$82,130$42,30017.3x
East Mississippi Community College
Scooba, MS
$4,608$42,022$33,77217.3x
Tulsa Technology Center
Tulsa, OK
$5,723$42,754$41,79317.3x
Danville Area Community College
Danville, IL
$4,777$47,299$34,86717.2x
Trinity Health System School of Nursing
Steubenville, OH
$9,825$76,763$71,66017.2x
St Charles Community College
Cottleville, MO
$5,837$48,369$42,42217.2x
Surry Community College
Dobson, NC
$4,961$43,856$36,01217.1x
Westmoreland County Community College
Youngwood, PA
$5,167$49,187$37,43917.1x
Schuylkill Technology Center
Frackville, PA
$6,797$53,477$49,14817.1x
St Clair County Community College
Port Huron, MI
$5,571$53,867$40,17717.0x
Lansing Community College
Lansing, MI
$5,437$56,314$39,20617.0x
Gavilan College
Gilroy, CA
$6,542$56,285$47,16917.0x
Mount Carmel College of Nursing
Columbus, OH
$10,420$79,807$75,10317.0x
Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc
Monroe, LA
$3,224$23,22017.0x
Skagit Valley College
Mount Vernon, WA
$6,064$48,533$43,50516.9x
Southwest Tennessee Community College
Memphis, TN
$4,754$44,124$34,07116.9x
Germanna Community College
Locust Grove, VA
$5,541$51,929$39,64416.9x
Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center
Choctaw, OK
$6,904$56,311$49,31116.9x
Mt San Antonio College
Walnut, CA
$6,490$51,460$46,28316.8x
Itawamba Community College
Fulton, MS
$4,616$41,849$32,91216.8x
Folsom Lake College
Folsom, CA
$5,975$58,876$42,56816.8x