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
Hillsborough College
Tampa, FL
$3,861$49,784$40,78225.4x
Clovis Community College
Clovis, NM
$3,230$59,171$34,02025.3x
Nash Community College
Rocky Mount, NC
$3,338$48,139$34,91225.1x
California State University-Bakersfield
Bakersfield, CA
$5,652$59,109$59,00925.1x
Vance-Granville Community College
Henderson, NC
$3,286$47,633$34,30425.1x
California State University-Stanislaus
Turlock, CA
$6,067$58,952$63,18825.0x
Craven Community College
New Bern, NC
$3,289$43,904$34,23125.0x
South Suburban College
South Holland, IL
$3,242$45,069$33,68025.0x
Richland Community College
Decatur, IL
$3,741$51,785$38,79324.9x
South Florida State College
Avon Park, FL
$3,877$48,619$39,99024.8x
The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley
Edinburg, TX
$4,831$53,888$49,62024.7x
Florida State College at Jacksonville
Jacksonville, FL
$4,128$53,224$42,24424.6x
Citrus College
Glendora, CA
$4,135$46,839$42,06524.4x
Fayette Institute of Technology
Oak Hill, WV
$4,132$47,919$41,88024.3x
Hazard Community and Technical College
Hazard, KY
$2,955$45,683$29,86824.3x
Triton College
River Grove, IL
$4,138$52,701$41,72824.2x
Indian River State College
Fort Pierce, FL
$3,815$47,615$38,31524.1x
Robeson Community College
Lumberton, NC
$2,892$46,135$29,03624.1x
Mission College
Santa Clara, CA
$5,080$55,281$50,93624.1x
Northern Marianas College
Saipan, MP
$2,789$27,551$27,83624.0x
White Earth Tribal and Community College
Mahnomen, MN
$1,811$18,04423.9x
CUNY Queensborough Community College
Bayside, NY
$4,458$45,408$44,21423.8x
Norco College
Norco, CA
$5,169$42,707$51,20623.8x
Tarrant County College District
Fort Worth, TX
$4,337$50,928$42,72723.6x
Lorain County Community College
Elyria, OH
$3,967$52,814$38,83723.5x