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
Oakland Community College
Auburn Hills, MI
$5,777$53,677$37,39515.2x
Yeshiva Gedolah Imrei Yosef D'spinka
Brooklyn, NY
$5,646$17,404$36,54515.2x
Baptist Health Sciences University
Memphis, TN
$11,212$73,191$72,52915.2x
Hutchinson Community College
Hutchinson, KS
$6,727$49,591$43,47015.2x
New Mexico State University-Dona Ana
Las Cruces, NM
$6,048$54,874$39,06715.1x
Ozarka College
Melbourne, AR
$4,543$46,188$29,31415.1x
Oakland University
Rochester Hills, MI
$9,120$68,708$58,61215.1x
Farmingdale State College
Farmingdale, NY
$10,867$65,444$69,78115.1x
Stanly Community College
Albemarle, NC
$5,721$44,892$36,68615.0x
McHenry County College
Crystal Lake, IL
$7,042$47,580$45,14315.0x
Sacramento City College
Sacramento, CA
$6,614$52,366$42,21415.0x
Southern Crescent Technical College
Griffin, GA
$5,661$47,009$36,10414.9x
New River Community College
Dublin, VA
$6,279$49,197$40,02514.9x
University of Washington-Bothell Campus
Bothell, WA
$12,319$82,515$78,46614.9x
Labette Community College
Parsons, KS
$5,939$53,187$37,81814.9x
Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College
LAnse, MI
$3,513$22,34014.9x
Ferris State University
Big Rapids, MI
$8,624$64,721$54,73514.9x
CET-Watsonville
Watsonville, CA
$5,198$40,676$32,98614.9x
College of DuPage
Glen Ellyn, IL
$7,401$55,984$46,90914.8x
San Juan College
Farmington, NM
$5,769$46,786$36,51314.8x
University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma
Chickasha, OK
$6,624$42,786$41,91314.8x
Atlanta Metropolitan State College
Atlanta, GA
$5,258$40,965$33,25214.8x
Monroe Community College
Rochester, NY
$6,353$47,430$40,17414.8x
Tulsa Community College
Tulsa, OK
$6,288$50,755$39,74614.8x
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art
New York, NY
$13,269$75,729$83,84714.8x