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
College of the Canyons
Santa Clarita, CA
$3,702$64,248$49,02232.1x
Texas A & M International University
Laredo, TX
$3,637$50,288$48,38632.3x
Ohio University-Eastern Campus
Saint Clairsville, OH
$3,925$70,528$52,58132.5x
Erwin Technical College
Tampa, FL
$2,796$41,518$37,96632.9x
Texas Southmost College
Brownsville, TX
$3,085$41,643$41,90033.0x
Central Technology Center
Drumright, OK
$2,674$41,040$36,35133.0x
Shasta College
Redding, CA
$2,878$71,612$39,26933.1x
Taft College
Taft, CA
$2,823$44,555$38,86133.4x
Santa Ana College
Santa Ana, CA
$3,133$63,039$43,55233.8x
Victoria College
Victoria, TX
$3,043$61,363$42,38233.8x
Florida Panhandle Technical College
Chipley, FL
$2,307$34,965$32,32034.0x
United Technical Center
Clarksburg, WV
$3,461$38,557$49,13034.5x
West Georgia Technical College
Waco, GA
$2,457$43,835$35,47935.1x
San Diego Miramar College
San Diego, CA
$3,337$53,936$48,22435.1x
United States Merchant Marine Academy
Kings Point, NY
$6,174$92,950$90,61035.7x
College of the Albemarle
Elizabeth City, NC
$2,253$39,693$33,23435.9x
University of Florida-Online
Gainesville, FL
$4,815$77,321$71,58836.2x
CUNY Queens College
Queens, NY
$4,195$68,713$62,76336.4x
Modesto Junior College
Modesto, CA
$2,818$46,619$42,36836.6x
Mercer County Technical Education Center
Princeton, WV
$2,225$38,627$33,51136.7x
West Valley College
Saratoga, CA
$3,423$51,402$51,68836.8x
Santa Monica College
Santa Monica, CA
$2,779$46,731$42,19337.0x
Wayne Community College
Goldsboro, NC
$2,245$45,147$34,14837.0x
Yuba College
Marysville, CA
$2,576$63,022$39,55237.4x
Spartanburg Community College
Spartanburg, SC
$2,405$48,991$37,09737.6x