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
Prairie View A & M University
Prairie View, TX
$13,570$60,602$45,4117.4x
New England Tractor Trailer Training School of Rhode Island
Pawtucket, RI
$15,866$61,966$53,0857.4x
Northern Michigan University
Marquette, MI
$14,085$52,624$47,1077.4x
Winona State University
Winona, MN
$17,503$60,533$58,5327.4x
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Wichita
Wichita, KS
$8,925$32,078$29,8397.4x
University of Akron Main Campus
Akron, OH
$13,946$62,809$46,6007.4x
University of Minnesota-Duluth
Duluth, MN
$18,743$66,056$62,6167.4x
Saint Paul College
Saint Paul, MN
$11,495$52,870$38,3997.4x
Nova College de Puerto Rico
Bayamon, PR
$6,063$18,382$20,2517.4x
Commonwealth University of Pennsylvania
Bloomsburg, PA
$15,699$58,676$52,4167.3x
Rogue Community College
Grants Pass, OR
$11,042$46,107$36,8457.3x
Central Washington University
Ellensburg, WA
$18,476$63,444$61,5807.3x
SUNY Brockport
Brockport, NY
$16,353$57,799$54,4967.3x
Cabarrus College of Health Sciences
Concord, NC
$17,618$62,531$58,7087.3x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State York
York, PA
$19,047$76,659$63,4357.3x
Madonna University
Livonia, MI
$17,755$61,516$59,0587.3x
University of New Mexico-Los Alamos Campus
Los Alamos, NM
$13,470$59,818$44,7927.3x
Trocaire College
Buffalo, NY
$16,636$69,860$55,3187.3x
City Vision University
Kansas City, MO
$6,353$37,055$21,1237.3x
Universidad Pentecostal Mizpa
Rio Piedras, PR
$6,440$18,744$21,4107.3x
University of Wisconsin-Stout
Menomonie, WI
$17,490$64,234$58,0847.3x
Angelo State University
San Angelo, TX
$15,091$54,923$50,1167.3x
University of Cincinnati-Blue Ash College
Blue Ash, OH
$16,508$72,188$54,8107.3x
Frostburg State University
Frostburg, MD
$16,715$58,511$55,4937.3x
Galen College of Nursing-Louisville
Louisville, KY
$18,540$79,047$61,4807.3x