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.
Centra College Lynchburg, VA	—	—	—	$73,709	$60,122	—
PPG Technical College Caguas, PR	—	—	$4,154	$18,487	—	—
College of Biomedical Equipment Technology Schertz, TX	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jersey College - Ewing Ewing, NJ	—	—	—	$88,785	$66,087	—
Renaissance Beauty Academy Cape Girardeau, MO	—	—	$12,595	—	—	—
Yeshivas Sanz Klauzenburg Brooklyn, NY	—	—	$10,071	—	—	—
Champ's Barber School-Lebanon Lebanon, PA	—	—	$24,262	$31,496	—	—
San Ignacio University Doral, FL	—	—	$10,637	—	—	—
Antioch University-New England Keene, NH	—	—	—	$63,882	$51,541	—
Laredo CHI Academy Beauty School Laredo, TX	—	—	$9,684	$24,998	—	—
The University of Tennessee Health Science Center Memphis, TN	—	—	—	$78,597	$66,318	—
EDP University of Puerto Rico-Caguas Caguas, PR	—	—	—	$36,386	$22,844	—
Infinity College Lafayette, LA	—	—	$230	$33,217	—	—
Petra College Hammond, LA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Southwest University of Naprapathic Medicine Santa Fe, NM	—	—	—	—	—	—
Appalachian Beauty School Belfry, KY	—	—	$12,742	—	—	—
American Barber and Beauty Academy Reading, PA	—	—	—	$21,235	—	—
Brighton Barber Institute Hurst, TX	—	—	$30,320	—	—	—
Gould's Academy Memphis, TN	—	—	$11,001	$28,688	—	—
Teachers College of San Joaquin Stockton, CA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Precision Welding Academy Katy, TX	—	—	$28,843	—	—	—
South Post Oak Barber College Houston, TX	—	—	—	—	—	—
Diverse Media Institute St. Paul, MN	—	—	—	—	—	—
Porter and Chester Institute - Brockton Brockton, MA	—	—	—	$46,863	$41,588	—
High Alternative Education San Juan, PR	—	—	—	—	—	—