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
Illinois Eastern Community Colleges
Olney, IL
$10,092$39,831$37,5338.3x
Universidad Ana G. Mendez-Gurabo Campus
Gurabo, PR
$7,051$33,439$26,2238.3x
Kent State University at Ashtabula
Ashtabula, OH
$12,205$56,839$45,3888.3x
McNeese State University
Lake Charles, LA
$12,493$53,563$46,4538.3x
Fairleigh Dickinson University-Metropolitan Campus
Teaneck, NJ
$15,404$68,049$57,2738.3x
Mississippi University for Women
Columbus, MS
$12,411$62,987$46,1288.3x
The Christ College of Nursing and Health Sciences
Cincinnati, OH
$18,378$74,804$68,3038.3x
Benjamin Franklin Cummings Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
$15,488$57,093$57,5568.3x
Western Carolina University
Cullowhee, NC
$13,315$54,667$49,4588.3x
Unitek College
South San Francisco, CA
$23,676$64,415$87,8778.3x
Monterey Peninsula College
Monterey, CA
$11,373$42,1768.3x
SABER College
Miami, FL
$11,009$36,937$40,8168.3x
Atlantic Technical College
Coconut Creek, FL
$10,414$40,638$38,5608.3x
Northeastern Illinois University
Chicago, IL
$14,109$60,607$52,2348.3x
Northland Pioneer College
Holbrook, AZ
$9,240$62,405$34,1998.3x
Central College of Cosmetology
Saint Robert, MO
$6,166$21,553$22,8218.3x
Glendale Community College
Glendale, AZ
$11,650$76,750$43,1088.3x
Mercy University
Dobbs Ferry, NY
$14,072$62,616$52,0558.2x
Towson University
Towson, MD
$17,413$65,610$64,3908.2x
Georgetown College
Georgetown, KY
$14,095$54,370$52,0748.2x
Clark College
Vancouver, WA
$11,465$49,337$42,3568.2x
University of Maine at Augusta
Augusta, ME
$10,924$51,475$40,3428.2x
Universidad Central Del Caribe
Bayamon, PR
$8,524$39,392$31,4688.2x
Radford University
Radford, VA
$14,578$57,832$53,7398.2x
University of Idaho
Moscow, ID
$14,831$60,330$54,6708.2x