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
University of California, Berkeley
Berkeley, CA
$13,481$96,018$92,44616.1x
Camden County College
Blackwood, NJ
$5,996$55,466$41,21216.2x
Wilberforce University
Wilberforce, OH
$5,567$45,958$38,29816.2x
Walters State Community College
Morristown, TN
$5,387$46,969$37,08516.2x
Delaware County Community College
Media, PA
$6,576$56,647$45,39116.3x
Marion Military Institute
Marion, AL
$8,627$40,145$59,64416.3x
Panola College
Carthage, TX
$5,216$29,299$36,07216.3x
California State University-Sacramento
Sacramento, CA
$9,338$64,511$64,87616.4x
Grayson College
Denison, TX
$5,880$54,877$40,87316.4x
North Central Texas College
Gainesville, TX
$6,587$52,437$45,80916.4x
El Camino Community College District
Torrance, CA
$5,968$60,046$41,58916.4x
Bristol Community College
Fall River, MA
$5,547$48,840$38,66316.4x
George T Baker Aviation Technical College
Miami, FL
$7,489$52,31216.5x
Maysville Community and Technical College
Maysville, KY
$4,605$42,970$32,19416.5x
Allegheny Wesleyan College
Salem, OH
$5,355$37,45316.5x
Somerset Community College
Somerset, KY
$4,398$43,252$30,78716.5x
Elizabethtown Community and Technical College
Elizabethtown, KY
$5,143$43,584$36,14316.6x
Mountain Gateway Community College
Clifton Forge, VA
$4,861$44,085$34,29316.6x
Luna Community College
Las Vegas, NM
$4,595$38,111$32,46116.7x
Florida Gateway College
Lake City, FL
$5,364$49,676$37,89416.7x
Berea College
Berea, KY
$6,106$42,924$43,15016.7x
Fullerton College
Fullerton, CA
$6,134$52,754$43,36616.7x
Western Nebraska Community College
Scottsbluff, NE
$5,474$50,624$38,72916.7x
Kilgore College
Kilgore, TX
$5,364$46,347$37,97516.7x
United Tribes Technical College
Bismarck, ND
$3,569$34,923$25,29216.7x