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.
Virginia University of Integrative Medicine - Georgia Duluth, GA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Urban Barber College - San Jose San Jose, CA	—	—	—	$20,826	—	—
High Desert Medical College - Temecula Temecula, CA	—	—	—	$35,943	—	—
Mystros Barber Academy - Missouri City Missouri City, TX	—	—	—	—	—	—
Indiana University Bloomington Bloomington, IN	—	$9,483	—	$74,511	$63,742	—
New Jersey Institute of Technology Newark, NJ	—	$16,885	—	$91,874	$84,276	—
Valley College - Fairlawn - School of Nursing Fairlawn, OH	—	—	—	$32,659	$24,900	—
Wilton Simpson Technical College Brooksville, FL	—	—	—	—	—	—
College of New Jersey Ewing, NJ	—	$13,722	—	$72,068	$73,323	—
College Unbound - Newport/Aquidneck Island Newport, RI	—	—	—	—	—	—
University of Delaware Newark, DE	—	$14,836	—	$77,675	$72,950	—
SAE Institute of Technology-New York New York, NY	—	—	—	$32,154	$39,544	—
SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry Syracuse, NY	—	$8,662	—	$57,774	$55,763	—
Georgia State University Atlanta, GA	—	—	—	$58,898	$47,384	—
University of Mississippi Oxford, MS	—	$13,590	—	$66,243	$50,994	—
University of Kentucky Lexington, KY	—	$9,506	—	$65,922	$59,025	—
Meridian University Petaluma, CA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Appalachian State University Boone, NC	—	$11,203	—	$54,010	$51,836	—
University of Iowa Iowa City, IA	—	$11,802	—	$69,866	$64,762	—
Illinois Institute of Technology Chicago, IL	—	$43,609	—	$91,312	$82,592	—
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY	—	$52,644	—	$70,017	$68,831	—
Aviator College of Aeronautical Science & Technology - Kissimmee Kissimmee, FL	—	—	—	—	$67,739	—
Seminary Bnos Chaim Lakewood, NJ	—	—	$22,151	$36,776	—	—
Texas Tech University Health Scienes Center El Paso El Paso, TX	—	—	—	—	—	—
Jersey College - Knoxville Knoxville, TN	—	—	—	$88,785	$66,087	—