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.

Tuition
Financial aid
Net price
Earnings (4yr)
Earnings (10yr)
ROI
Virginia Peninsula Community College
Hampton, VA
$7,012$47,856$37,99612.5x
The University of Texas at El Paso
El Paso, TX
$9,403$58,771$50,92312.5x
University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus
Denver, CO
$11,900$74,059$64,27012.5x
Savannah Technical College
Savannah, GA
$6,114$44,293$33,01812.5x
Northern Virginia Community College
Annandale, VA
$9,919$57,487$53,55712.5x
Los Angeles Southwest College
Los Angeles, CA
$5,964$47,806$32,17212.5x
Pillar College
Newark, NJ
$8,470$44,376$45,57712.5x
University of California, Merced
Merced, CA
$11,983$65,410$64,36812.4x
Gaston College
Dallas, NC
$6,592$45,803$35,38612.4x
Alvin Community College
Alvin, TX
$8,525$66,597$45,76212.4x
Black Hawk College
Moline, IL
$6,944$49,173$37,25312.4x
Truckee Meadows Community College
Reno, NV
$8,312$55,261$44,57312.4x
New Castle School of Trades
New Castle, PA
$8,361$50,940$44,81412.4x
University of Connecticut-Avery Point
Groton, CT
$13,807$78,925$73,99712.4x
Western Area Career & Technology Center
Canonsburg, PA
$8,066$54,106$43,18912.4x
Hudson Valley Community College
Troy, NY
$8,501$54,719$45,46012.4x
Saint Xavier University
Chicago, IL
$10,970$66,961$58,65612.4x
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$19,066$134,794$101,81712.4x
Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute
Albuquerque, NM
$5,181$34,652$27,66012.3x
Lower Columbia College
Longview, WA
$7,630$52,301$40,69112.3x
Pratt Community College
Pratt, KS
$9,731$52,293$51,89212.3x
James Rumsey Technical Institute
Martinsburg, WV
$8,477$53,906$45,13312.3x
Chabot College
Hayward, CA
$9,053$66,589$48,14312.3x
Colby Community College
Colby, KS
$7,886$41,509$41,88912.3x
Erie Community College
Buffalo, NY
$7,765$48,895$41,22812.3x