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
St Petersburg College
St. Petersburg, FL
$1,471$54,088$42,55771.3x
College of the Mainland
Texas City, TX
$1,342$58,013$39,63972.8x
Piedmont Community College
Roxboro, NC
$1,095$37,251$33,27475.0x
Imperial Valley College
Imperial, CA
$1,115$41,236$34,48776.3x
Skyline College
San Bruno, CA
$1,738$59,341$55,70279.1x
Chipola College
Marianna, FL
$1,133$46,272$37,37881.5x
Green Country Technology Center
Okmulgee, OK
$1,062$37,261$51,375119.9x
Clark University
Worcester, MA
$41,033$63,965$62,381
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH
$8,877$72,188$54,810
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
$101,748$105,584
Lawrence University
Appleton, WI
$41,781$51,503$55,789
University of New Mexico
Albuquerque, NM
$15$15,983$15$59,818$44,792
Smith College
Northampton, MA
$57,618$64,027
Texas Tech University
Lubbock, TX
$66,144$62,454
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY
$14,706$67,853$53,899
University of Pittsburgh
Pittsburgh, PA
$17,157$73,701$66,125
University of California, Santa Cruz
Santa Cruz, CA
$67,085$68,396
Pacific School of Religion
Berkeley, CA
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$70,348$72,119$73,897
Yeshiva University
New York, NY
$39,331$93,796$71,353
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
$59,565$56,804$67,589
St. John Vianney College Seminary
Miami, FL
Merryfield Academy
Oakland Park, FL
$9,096$26,886
South Baylo University
Anaheim, CA
Selma University
Selma, AL
$21,666