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
Marshall University
Huntington, WV
$7,502$54,141$46,35414.4x
Diablo Valley College
Pleasant Hill, CA
$8,312$50,569$51,37814.5x
Hopkinsville Community College
Hopkinsville, KY
$5,875$46,788$36,32314.5x
Sitting Bull College
Fort Yates, ND
$4,605$39,240$28,48814.5x
East Central Community College
Decatur, MS
$5,240$36,389$32,42114.5x
Charlotte Technical College
Port Charlotte, FL
$5,874$43,247$36,34914.5x
Fred K Marchman Technical College
New Port Richey, FL
$4,881$34,166$30,25914.5x
University of Arkansas Community College Rich Mountain
Mena, AR
$4,842$38,192$30,03714.5x
Western Wyoming Community College
Rock Springs, WY
$6,591$52,871$40,93914.5x
Osceola Technical College
Kissimmee, FL
$6,186$37,201$38,48414.6x
Georgia Highlands College
Rome, GA
$6,928$49,888$43,18414.6x
Butler County Community College
Butler, PA
$6,233$45,728$38,89114.6x
Southwestern Michigan College
Dowagiac, MI
$5,978$46,001$37,30314.6x
Redlands Community College
El Reno, OK
$5,964$54,174$37,22414.6x
Howard College
Big Spring, TX
$6,147$50,818$38,38214.6x
Montgomery College
Rockville, MD
$8,027$55,199$50,15914.6x
Advantage Technical College-Aguadilla
Aguadilla, PR
$4,305$28,189$26,90514.6x
Pennsylvania Highlands Community College
Johnstown, PA
$6,200$37,995$38,75214.6x
Georgia Northwestern Technical College
Rome, GA
$5,720$44,490$35,75914.6x
Sierra College
Rocklin, CA
$7,245$47,159$45,29414.6x
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Riverhead, NY
$10,121$61,845$63,39414.7x
Long Beach City College
Long Beach, CA
$6,202$51,407$38,87014.7x
Sinclair Community College
Dayton, OH
$5,992$48,980$37,55814.7x
York Technical College
Rock Hill, SC
$5,931$47,738$37,25714.7x
University of Michigan-Dearborn
Dearborn, MI
$9,492$77,294$59,64914.7x