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.
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital East Syracuse, NY	—	—	—	$83,428	$83,972	—
Excelsior University Albany, NY	—	—	—	$78,218	$78,493	—
Ohr Hameir Theological Seminary Peekskill, NY	—	—	—	—	—	—
Arizona School of Acupuncture and Oriental Medicine Tucson, AZ	—	—	—	—	—	—
Rabbinical College Beth Shraga Monsey, NY	—	—	—	—	—	—
SUNY College of Optometry New York, NY	—	—	—	—	—	—
Teachers College at Columbia University New York, NY	—	—	—	$90,489	$73,294	—
EHOVE Career Center Milan, OH	—	—	—	$50,326	$40,117	—
Vski Cosmetology School Charleston, SC	—	—	$10,578	—	—	—
Rabbinical Seminary of America Flushing, NY	—	—	$4,844	—	—	—
Sh'or Yoshuv Rabbinical College Lawrence, NY	—	—	—	—	—	—
Watts College of Nursing Durham, NC	—	—	—	$77,794	—	—
Apollo Career Center Lima, OH	—	—	—	$46,663	$43,101	—
Northeast Ohio Medical University Rootstown, OH	—	—	—	$116,338	—	—
Torah Temimah Talmudical Seminary Staten Island, NY	—	—	$24,475	—	—	—
Ponce Health Sciences University-St Louis St. Louis, MO	—	—	—	$64,974	—	—
Holistic Massage Training Institute Baltimore, MD	—	—	—	$27,516	—	—
Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary Wake Forest, NC	—	—	$13,090	$69,450	—	—
Nueta Hidatsa Sahnish College New Town, ND	—	—	$9,971	—	—	—
Butler Technology and Career Development Schools Monroe, OH	—	—	—	$59,443	$56,645	—
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion New York, NY	—	—	—	$94,681	—	—
Shepherds Theological Seminary Cary, NC	—	—	—	—	—	—
College of Athens Watkinsville, GA	—	—	—	—	—	—
Air Force Institute of Technology-Graduate School of Engineering & Management Wright-Patterson AFB, OH	—	—	—	—	—	—
Athenaeum of Ohio Cincinnati, OH	—	—	—	—	—	—