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
East Los Angeles College
Monterey Park, CA
$10,852$49,823$42,0068.7x
Paradise Valley Community College
Phoenix, AZ
$12,180$64,729$47,1968.7x
University of Wisconsin-River Falls
River Falls, WI
$14,054$54,923$54,4588.7x
Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology
Lancaster, PA
$14,104$57,788$54,6818.7x
University of West Georgia
Carrollton, GA
$12,786$58,022$49,5878.7x
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA
$28,699$124,586$111,3718.7x
Bay Path University
Longmeadow, MA
$14,271$62,912$55,3838.7x
Lewis University
Romeoville, IL
$17,028$66,586$66,0998.7x
Garrett College
McHenry, MD
$9,228$37,793$35,8238.7x
Jamestown Community College
Jamestown, NY
$9,850$44,726$38,2428.7x
University of Wisconsin-Oshkosh
Oshkosh, WI
$14,305$59,730$55,5488.7x
Northwest HVAC/R Training Center
Spokane, WA
$15,590$60,707$60,5518.7x
Nebraska College of Technical Agriculture
Curtis, NE
$14,639$62,769$56,8878.7x
Mid-State Technical College
Wisconsin Rapids, WI
$10,873$53,827$42,2538.7x
University of Arkansas-Fort Smith
Fort Smith, AR
$10,574$49,998$41,1028.7x
Fort Hays State University
Hays, KS
$12,569$56,419$48,9288.7x
University of Puerto Rico-Rio Piedras
San Juan, PR
$9,175$36,313$35,7238.7x
Rend Lake College
Ina, IL
$9,187$46,506$35,7758.7x
Polaris Career Center
Middleburg Heights, OH
$9,931$42,598$38,7188.7x
Central Christian College of Kansas
McPherson, KS
$11,404$55,610$44,4688.7x
Lakes Region Community College
Laconia, NH
$13,124$49,311$51,1828.7x
Hawaii Community College
Hilo, HI
$8,942$46,462$34,8918.8x
Northwest Technical College
Bemidji, MN
$10,996$55,473$42,9308.8x
Wichita State University
Wichita, KS
$13,194$59,707$51,5328.8x
Century College
San Juan, PR
$4,980$14,031$19,4628.8x