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
Western Oregon University
Monmouth, OR
$17,237$54,346$51,8156.5x
Bridgewater College
Bridgewater, VA
$17,800$55,722$53,4536.5x
Azusa Pacific University
Azusa, CA
$22,212$71,925$66,6776.5x
Chamberlain University-Louisiana
Jefferson, LA
$30,791$97,262$92,4056.5x
St Catherine University
Saint Paul, MN
$19,764$65,829$59,2826.5x
City Colleges of Chicago-Kennedy-King College
Chicago, IL
$9,494$43,247$28,4676.5x
Lake Superior College
Duluth, MN
$15,492$57,665$46,4496.5x
SUNY College of Technology at Delhi
Delhi, NY
$17,225$56,927$51,6296.5x
North Central Missouri College
Trenton, MO
$13,626$52,845$40,8376.5x
Southern University at Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
$11,049$45,588$33,0996.5x
Graham Hospital School of Nursing
Canton, IL
$21,228$63,5866.5x
Santa Ana Beauty Academy
Santa Ana, CA
$9,391$29,215$28,1076.5x
Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN
$25,672$72,829$76,7866.5x
Saint Elizabeth School of Nursing
Lafayette, IN
$21,827$75,586$65,2306.5x
Southeastern Community College
West Burlington, IA
$12,347$48,941$36,8826.5x
Davis College
Pottersville, NY
$12,875$35,984$38,4506.5x
Monmouth College
Monmouth, IL
$17,133$51,368$51,1106.5x
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Teterboro
Hasbrouck Heights, NJ
$24,800$72,682$73,9716.5x
Aquinas College
Grand Rapids, MI
$16,626$51,578$49,5846.5x
Houston Training Schools-Gessner
Houston, TX
$6,368$17,719$18,9916.5x
Plymouth State University
Plymouth, NH
$19,216$57,351$57,3046.5x
Los Angeles Mission College
Sylmar, CA
$13,380$44,147$39,8346.4x
Ranken Technical College
Saint Louis, MO
$18,795$65,096$55,9556.4x
Eureka College
Eureka, IL
$17,349$49,625$51,6416.4x
Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health
Omaha, NE
$21,863$74,574$65,0716.4x