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
Iowa Central Community College
Fort Dodge, IA
$9,328$46,682$42,04610.3x
Valdosta State University
Valdosta, GA
$10,945$56,067$49,36110.3x
University of Connecticut-Hartford Campus
Hartford, CT
$16,403$78,925$73,99710.3x
Milwaukee Area Technical College
Milwaukee, WI
$9,112$52,346$41,11310.3x
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington, VA
$17,113$75,027$77,36910.3x
Sullivan County Community College
Loch Sheldrake, NY
$8,482$43,580$38,35410.3x
Kentucky State University
Frankfort, KY
$8,040$46,766$36,38210.3x
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
$13,951$79,176$63,19910.3x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson
Jackson, TN
$8,472$45,526$38,38310.3x
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA
$13,381$63,801$60,62410.3x
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, CA
$9,096$53,830$41,21710.3x
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
$14,164$73,730$64,35510.4x
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN
$9,735$52,456$44,30110.4x
Cecil College
North East, MD
$9,658$50,453$43,95210.4x
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL
$9,182$48,635$41,92310.4x
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, NY
$8,947$44,040$40,90210.4x
Great Oaks Career Campuses
Cincinnati, OH
$12,037$52,299$55,16310.5x
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM
$8,522$54,074$39,09510.5x
Unitek College
Hayward, CA
$19,130$64,415$87,87710.5x
Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ
$8,683$57,288$39,89010.5x
Kean University
Union, NJ
$12,447$59,472$57,23710.5x
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS
$7,911$42,368$36,39610.5x
Caribbean University-Ponce
Ponce, PR
$4,964$26,954$22,84210.5x
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR
$15,706$87,138$72,27310.5x
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
$14,971$73,467$68,90510.5x