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
Jackson College
Jackson, MI
$7,761$53,223$36,89810.9x
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT
$8,099$47,642$38,52010.9x
Genesee Community College
Batavia, NY
$8,334$48,414$39,67410.9x
Parkland College
Champaign, IL
$8,048$47,315$38,32010.9x
Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon, IL
$8,493$54,209$40,45810.9x
Passaic County Community College
Paterson, NJ
$7,761$47,350$36,97210.9x
CET-Salinas
Salinas, CA
$6,924$40,676$32,98610.9x
Wake Technical Community College
Raleigh, NC
$8,759$49,034$41,76910.9x
Ogeechee Technical College
Statesboro, GA
$6,542$40,635$31,24810.9x
James A. Rhodes State College
Lima, OH
$8,757$57,771$41,85510.9x
Midwestern State University
Wichita Falls, TX
$11,656$62,250$55,74711.0x
Moraine Park Technical College
Fond du Lac, WI
$9,268$53,771$44,37111.0x
College of Eastern Idaho
Idaho Falls, ID
$8,778$55,123$42,05711.0x
Woodland Community College
Woodland, CA
$8,356$40,04211.0x
Cochise County Community College District
Sierra Vista, AZ
$7,929$53,908$38,03311.0x
Angelina College
Lufkin, TX
$7,773$50,781$37,30111.0x
Kirtland Community College
Grayling, MI
$7,456$58,673$35,83111.0x
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT
$10,462$59,189$50,29611.0x
Onondaga Community College
Syracuse, NY
$8,562$46,821$41,19011.0x
Baldwin Park Adult & Community Education
Baldwin Park, CA
$6,665$38,116$32,06911.0x
City Colleges of Chicago-Richard J Daley College
Chicago, IL
$7,886$56,827$37,96211.0x
Kiamichi Technology Center-McAlester
McAlester, OK
$6,569$36,651$31,62511.0x
Hennepin Technical College
Brooklyn Park, MN
$10,272$59,906$49,46011.0x
Randolph Community College
Asheboro, NC
$6,918$39,546$33,33611.0x
Dine College
Tsaile, AZ
$6,057$44,818$29,18811.0x