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
Saginaw Valley State University
University Center, MI
$10,775$63,454$51,95511.1x
Southwest Texas College
Uvalde, TX
$7,372$36,607$35,56311.1x
Lanier Technical College
Gainesville, GA
$7,799$44,754$37,62311.1x
Tallahassee State College
Tallahassee, FL
$7,781$52,652$37,56111.1x
College of Southern Maryland
La Plata, MD
$9,204$58,851$44,43511.1x
Northwood Technical College
Rice Lake, WI
$8,989$49,705$43,40611.1x
Western Governors University
Salt Lake City, UT
$12,548$87,445$60,61511.1x
Harford Community College
Bel Air, MD
$9,234$52,443$44,60811.1x
Mendocino College
Ukiah, CA
$8,330$59,296$40,24311.1x
Greenfield Community College
Greenfield, MA
$7,679$52,747$37,13211.1x
Highline College
Des Moines, WA
$9,879$59,261$47,86911.1x
Automeca Technical College-Caguas
Caguas, PR
$5,077$23,349$24,63211.1x
San Diego City College
San Diego, CA
$7,935$40,124$38,50311.1x
Texas A&M University-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
$11,196$55,112$54,33811.1x
Metropolitan Community College-Kansas City
Kansas City, MO
$8,398$50,121$40,79611.1x
Carver Career Center
Charleston, WV
$6,941$33,190$33,73911.2x
St Cloud Technical and Community College
Saint Cloud, MN
$9,635$58,691$46,87411.2x
CCI Training Center-Arlington
Arlington, TX
$8,390$39,373$40,82911.2x
Brigham Young University
Provo, UT
$15,564$77,018$75,79011.2x
Klamath Community College
Klamath Falls, OR
$7,050$43,088$34,35711.2x
Montcalm Community College
Sidney, MI
$7,280$55,704$35,49911.2x
Ohlone College
Fremont, CA
$11,130$54,27811.2x
Miami University-Hamilton
Hamilton, OH
$11,286$70,785$55,07611.2x
Lakeshore Technical College
Cleveland, WI
$9,653$50,985$47,11311.2x
Meridian Community College
Meridian, MS
$6,351$50,810$31,00211.2x