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
Holyoke Community College
Holyoke, MA
$8,068$46,724$37,27710.6x
Western Iowa Tech Community College
Sioux City, IA
$8,770$47,713$40,47310.5x
SUNY Buffalo State University
Buffalo, NY
$11,346$53,203$52,33410.5x
Clarendon College
Clarendon, TX
$8,390$36,818$38,69610.5x
South Arkansas College
El Dorado, AR
$7,486$48,099$34,52110.5x
Cal Poly Maritime Academy
Vallejo, CA
$20,555$108,757$94,78410.5x
Lehigh Carbon Community College
Schnecksville, PA
$9,203$50,125$42,43610.5x
Washington State University
Pullman, WA
$14,971$73,467$68,90510.5x
Oregon Institute of Technology
Klamath Falls, OR
$15,706$87,138$72,27310.5x
Caribbean University-Ponce
Ponce, PR
$4,964$26,954$22,84210.5x
Northwest Mississippi Community College
Senatobia, MS
$7,911$42,368$36,39610.5x
Kean University
Union, NJ
$12,447$59,472$57,23710.5x
Yavapai College
Prescott, AZ
$8,683$57,288$39,89010.5x
Unitek College
Hayward, CA
$19,130$64,415$87,87710.5x
Western New Mexico University
Silver City, NM
$8,522$54,074$39,09510.5x
Great Oaks Career Campuses
Cincinnati, OH
$12,037$52,299$55,16310.5x
Schenectady County Community College
Schenectady, NY
$8,947$44,040$40,90210.4x
Palm Beach State College
Lake Worth, FL
$9,182$48,635$41,92310.4x
Cecil College
North East, MD
$9,658$50,453$43,95210.4x
Austin Peay State University
Clarksville, TN
$9,735$52,456$44,30110.4x
SUNY Polytechnic Institute
Utica, NY
$14,164$73,730$64,35510.4x
Berkeley City College
Berkeley, CA
$9,096$53,830$41,21710.3x
Worcester State University
Worcester, MA
$13,381$63,801$60,62410.3x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jackson
Jackson, TN
$8,472$45,526$38,38310.3x
The University of Texas at Arlington
Arlington, TX
$13,951$79,176$63,19910.3x