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
West Virginia University at Parkersburg
Parkersburg, WV
$1,807$47,106$35,17147.7x
CUNY Brooklyn College
Brooklyn, NY
$3,103$62,833$60,75247.9x
North Florida Technical College
Starke, FL
$1,590$31,68348.8x
Fred W Eberle Technical Center
Buckhannon, WV
$2,129$37,621$43,36449.9x
Middlesex College
Edison, NJ
$2,288$55,906$46,86150.2x
Johnston Community College
Smithfield, NC
$1,776$48,144$37,31051.5x
South Texas College
McAllen, TX
$1,751$40,768$36,78851.5x
Manatee Technical College
Bradenton, FL
$1,808$45,049$38,12951.7x
Santiago Canyon College
Orange, CA
$2,129$55,988$44,95651.8x
CUNY Hunter College
New York, NY
$2,984$73,236$63,16351.9x
Durham Technical Community College
Durham, NC
$1,664$57,868$36,14253.3x
Hartnell College
Salinas, CA
$2,039$51,928$44,31653.3x
Lamar State College-Orange
Orange, TX
$1,655$54,162$36,58754.3x
Pamlico Community College
Grantsboro, NC
$1,321$32,918$30,00555.8x
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan
San Juan, PR
$1,121$26,29357.6x
Irvine Valley College
Irvine, CA
$2,090$55,055$49,15657.8x
West Shore Community College
Scottville, MI
$1,527$57,908$36,11558.1x
Kirksville Area Technical Center
Kirksville, MO
$1,699$48,857$40,51758.6x
Cape Coral Technical College
Cape Coral, FL
$1,463$36,637$36,08060.7x
Gordon Cooper Technology Center
Shawnee, OK
$1,680$43,075$42,02161.5x
Joliet Junior College
Joliet, IL
$1,672$51,121$42,88963.1x
Macomb Community College
Warren, MI
$1,618$50,529$41,59663.3x
South Georgia Technical College
Americus, GA
$1,164$40,852$30,36464.2x
George C Wallace Community College-Dothan
Dothan, AL
$1,170$48,054$31,39966.1x
Trident Technical College
Charleston, SC
$1,406$58,783$38,25367.0x