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.
Clemson University Clemson, SC	—	—	—	$75,142	$71,513	—
Urban Barber College Concord, CA	—	—	$24,250	$20,826	—	—
American Institute of Healthcare & Technology Stratford, CT	—	—	$32,821	—	—	—
University of Tennessee-Knoxville Knoxville, TN	—	$13,396	—	$67,631	$60,249	—
Reed College Portland, OR	—	$55,303	—	$44,518	$62,927	—
Contra Costa Medical Career College Antioch, CA	—	—	—	$76,649	—	—
Sandusky Career Center Sandusky, OH	—	—	—	$59,812	$40,504	—
Southeastern Esthetics Institute Elgin, SC	—	—	$17,333	$26,331	—	—
Institute of Culinary Education Pasadena, CA	—	—	—	$47,145	$47,865	—
Global Medical & Technical Training Institute Miami, FL	—	—	$35,823	—	—	—
Relay Graduate School of Education - Newark Newark, NJ	—	—	—	$77,686	—	—
Oregon State University Corvallis, OR	—	$13,650	—	$71,799	$64,010	—
Albert Einstein College of Medicine Bronx, NY	—	—	—	$178,564	—	—
Temple University Philadelphia, PA	—	$15,475	—	$67,232	$63,727	—
The Salon Professional Academy-Georgetown Georgetown, TX	—	—	$16,667	—	—	—
Unitek College - Sacramento Sacramento, CA	—	—	—	$67,749	$79,550	—
George Mason University Fairfax, VA	—	$12,717	—	$78,425	$76,343	—
Providence College Providence, RI	—	$41,395	—	$83,143	$87,054	—
Princess Institute of Beauty Reedley, CA	—	—	$12,741	—	—	—
Jefferson Lewis BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Watertown, NY	—	—	—	$48,878	$47,886	—
Washington County Career Center-Adult Technical Training Marietta, OH	—	—	—	$38,613	$43,749	—
Gould's Academy Bartlett, TN	—	—	$19,261	$28,688	—	—
Yeshiva Gedolah of Woodlake Village Lakewood, NJ	—	—	$13,891	—	—	—
SANS Technology Institute North Bethesda, MD	—	—	—	—	—	—
Vogue International Academy Houston, TX	—	—	$17,286	—	—	—