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
International Academy
South Daytona, FL
$21,278$21,588$19,8241.3x
Orion Institute
Perrysburg, OH
$27,750$24,826$25,8471.3x
Miami University
Oxford, OH
$40,713$14,857$59,195$70,785$55,0761.3x
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
$49,430$47,980$45,9541.3x
Wheaton College, MA
Norton, MA
$57,700$42,800$72,850$57,982$67,7251.3x
Spa Tech Institute-Westbrook
Westbrook, ME
$29,953$32,586$27,8031.3x
Texas Health School
Houston, TX
$32,550$40,621$30,1871.3x
Cosmetology Concepts Niles
Niles, IL
$21,916$20,474$20,3031.3x
University of California, Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
$53,472$28,973$80,887$70,323$74,9151.3x
Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy
Santa Fe Springs, CA
$27,156$25,075$25,1391.3x
Aveda Institute-Fort Myers
Fort Myers, FL
$25,998$27,910$24,0571.3x
Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi
Corpus Christi, TX
$29,343$32,680$27,0351.3x
Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram
San Antonio, TX
$27,022$29,355$24,8791.3x
Dorsey College-Wayne
Wayne, MI
$31,930$34,001$29,3921.3x
Daytona College
Ormond Beach, FL
$28,706$31,951$26,4221.3x
Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City
Murray, UT
$37,660$38,251$34,6571.3x
Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio
San Antonio, TX
$29,458$32,680$27,0351.3x
California College of the Arts
San Francisco, CA
$53,909$53,517$49,4141.3x
Gwinnett College
Roswell, GA
$34,071$33,715$31,2061.3x
Baltimore Beauty & Barber School II
Timonium, MD
$19,864$25,768$18,1721.3x
Elite Cosmetology School
PALM DESERT, CA
$19,655$21,827$17,9661.3x
DePauw University
Greencastle, IN
$47,081$77,220$70,091$70,5271.3x
Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON
West Covina, CA
$45,438$48,064$41,4721.3x
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
$58,000$41,024$73,110$65,427$66,6511.3x
Boston University
Boston, MA
$69,870$65,706$91,342$83,615$83,2381.3x