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
Georgia Southwestern State University
Americus, GA
$12,019$62,132$48,7579.1x
University of Puerto Rico
Bayamon, PR
$8,484$35,322$34,4099.1x
Center for Advanced Legal Studies
Houston, TX
$13,959$43,171$56,5619.1x
Peru State College
Peru, NE
$11,632$53,258$47,0719.1x
Minnesota West Community and Technical College
Granite Falls, MN
$11,191$52,390$45,2859.1x
Gods Bible School and College
Cincinnati, OH
$9,329$32,729$37,7229.1x
Alaska Vocational Technical Center
Seward, AK
$12,635$49,766$51,0839.1x
Dakota College at Bottineau
Bottineau, ND
$10,039$57,933$40,5769.1x
University of Hawaii at Hilo
Hilo, HI
$11,856$49,763$47,8569.1x
Southern Arkansas University Tech
Camden, AR
$9,018$50,478$36,3769.1x
York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education
York, PA
$13,490$48,902$54,3229.1x
University of South Carolina-Lancaster
Lancaster, SC
$9,801$45,843$39,4269.1x
Cape Fear Community College
Wilmington, NC
$9,610$48,346$38,6549.1x
Warrensburg Area Career Center
Warrensburg, MO
$9,266$44,051$37,2429.0x
Chandler-Gilbert Community College
Chandler, AZ
$12,726$68,137$51,1119.0x
Southern Illinois University-Carbondale
Carbondale, IL
$13,297$61,484$53,3909.0x
University of Nebraska at Omaha
Omaha, NE
$13,441$60,448$53,9099.0x
Peninsula College
Port Angeles, WA
$9,246$44,056$37,0789.0x
Fox Valley Technical College
Appleton, WI
$11,407$55,857$45,6849.0x
University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton
Morrilton, AR
$8,725$43,385$34,9249.0x
North Dakota State University-Main Campus
Fargo, ND
$15,543$67,679$62,2039.0x
West Los Angeles College
Culver City, CA
$9,634$48,859$38,5379.0x
Central Texas College
Killeen, TX
$10,265$60,854$40,9959.0x
Western Kentucky University
Bowling Green, KY
$10,990$53,602$43,8899.0x
Crowder College
Neosho, MO
$9,023$40,780$35,9879.0x