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
CET-Salinas
Salinas, CA
$6,924$40,676$32,98610.9x
Passaic County Community College
Paterson, NJ
$7,761$47,350$36,97210.9x
Sauk Valley Community College
Dixon, IL
$8,493$54,209$40,45810.9x
Parkland College
Champaign, IL
$8,048$47,315$38,32010.9x
Genesee Community College
Batavia, NY
$8,334$48,414$39,67410.9x
Flathead Valley Community College
Kalispell, MT
$8,099$47,642$38,52010.9x
Jackson College
Jackson, MI
$7,761$53,223$36,89810.9x
University of Minnesota-Crookston
Crookston, MN
$12,212$62,786$58,05610.9x
Paris Junior College
Paris, TX
$7,690$45,220$36,51510.9x
Danville Community College
Danville, VA
$6,669$40,486$31,66410.9x
Mississippi Gulf Coast Community College
Perkinston, MS
$6,962$44,103$33,01710.9x
Forsyth Technical Community College
Winston-Salem, NC
$7,200$48,625$34,13910.9x
Saint Peter's University
Jersey City, NJ
$12,199$64,352$57,81510.8x
Holy Family University
Philadelphia, PA
$13,143$82,892$62,23510.8x
Southeast Community College Area
Lincoln, NE
$9,171$54,277$43,40510.8x
Texas Woman's University
Denton, TX
$11,963$64,179$56,54410.8x
Governors State University
University Park, IL
$12,329$56,405$58,16910.8x
Purdue University Global
West Lafayette, IN
$7,770$54,301$36,59610.8x
J. F. Drake State Community and Technical College
Huntsville, AL
$6,005$52,160$28,28110.8x
Windward Community College
Kaneohe, HI
$8,169$41,285$38,43910.8x
Hudson County Community College
Jersey City, NJ
$7,307$44,020$34,33310.7x
Adult and Continuing Education-BCTS
Hackensack, NJ
$10,588$47,365$49,73910.7x
Columbus State Community College
Columbus, OH
$8,400$52,681$39,43510.7x
Colby College
Waterville, ME
$17,180$77,429$80,49010.7x
Nicolet Area Technical College
Rhinelander, WI
$8,255$46,857$38,64310.7x