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.

School	TuitionSticker out-of-state tuition. From the school's Common Data Set filing — only available for the ~333 schools with one on file.	Financial aidAverage need-based grant awarded. From the school's Common Data Set filing — only available for the ~333 schools with one on file.	Net priceReal cost after aid (or total cost of attendance where net price isn't available). Used as the cost input to the ROI calculation below.	Earnings (4yr)Median earnings of graduates 4 years after completing. From College Scorecard.	Earnings (10yr)Median earnings of students 10 years after entry. From College Scorecard. Used in the ROI calculation below.	ROI▼(10yr median earnings × 10 − 4 × net price) / (4 × net price) — the net financial benefit over 10 years as a multiple of 4 years' net price.
Empire Beauty School-Somersworth Somersworth, NH	—	—	$9,170	$32,919	—	—
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA	—	$63,485	—	$110,798	$104,736	—
Beth Medrash Govoha Lakewood, NJ	—	—	—	$53,524	$47,544	—
Trinity College of Nursing & Health Sciences Rock Island, IL	—	—	—	$72,915	$58,743	—
College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA	—	$45,696	—	$84,553	$90,543	—
Princeton Theological Seminary Princeton, NJ	—	—	—	$71,056	—	—
New Brunswick Theological Seminary New Brunswick, NJ	—	—	—	—	—	—
Albany Law School Albany, NY	—	—	—	$96,554	—	—
New Mexico State University-Grants Grants, NM	—	—	$68	$54,874	$39,067	—
Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range Virginia Virginia, MN	—	—	—	$54,100	$45,570	—
Beth Hamedrash Shaarei Yosher Institute Brooklyn, NY	—	—	$10,831	—	—	—
Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY	—	—	—	$113,372	$104,043	—
Baton Rouge General Medical Center School of Nursing & School of Radiologic Technology Baton Rouge, LA	—	—	—	$70,852	$75,071	—
Radford M Locklin Technical College Milton, FL	—	—	$987	$31,056	$35,997	—
Frontier Nursing University Versailles, KY	—	—	—	$123,147	—	—
Delta College West Lake Charles, LA	—	—	$18,360	$22,278	—	—
Walsh College Troy, MI	—	—	—	$83,054	$72,081	—
Henry Ford College Dearborn, MI	—	—	$660	$54,466	$34,795	—
Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts North Adams, MA	—	$9,642	—	$48,835	$48,102	—
Minnesota North College - Mesabi Range Eveleth Eveleth, MN	—	—	—	$54,100	$45,570	—
Saint Elizabeth College of Nursing Utica, NY	—	—	—	$81,862	$72,122	—
Rabbinical Seminary Mkor Chaim Lakewood, NJ	—	—	$9,494	—	—	—
Burlington County Institute of Technology-Adult Education Westampton, NJ	—	—	—	—	—	—
Upper Kutz Barber & Style College Greenville, MS	—	—	$26,734	—	—	—
Grady Health System Professional Schools Atlanta, GA	—	—	—	$78,476	$60,726	—