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
Bluefield University
Bluefield, VA
$25,573$53,206$48,8963.8x
MCVSD
Freehold, NJ
$23,555$32,023$45,0623.8x
Palo Verde College
Blythe, CA
$18,993$36,3893.8x
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Norfolk
Norfolk, VA
$23,046$66,491$44,1733.8x
Hollins University
Roanoke, VA
$20,896$44,151$40,0753.8x
Cinta Aveda Institute
San Francisco, CA
$18,204$36,659$34,9373.8x
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GA
$26,265$48,802$50,4123.8x
Elite College of Cosmetology
Lexington, TN
$11,041$21,1973.8x
Educators of Beauty College of Cosmetology-Rockford
Rockford, IL
$11,174$23,398$21,4633.8x
Universal Technical Institute-Southern California
Long Beach, CA
$27,506$58,404$52,8733.8x
Northwestern College
Orange City, IA
$25,907$55,312$49,8023.8x
Career Center of Southern Illinois
Red Bud, IL
$25,204$57,561$48,4523.8x
Orleans Technical College
Philadelphia, PA
$20,113$48,804$38,6683.8x
Nazareth University
Rochester, NY
$29,357$57,472$56,4583.8x
Regis College
Weston, MA
$27,477$84,660$52,8733.8x
Paul Mitchell the School-Delaware
Newark, DE
$16,753$26,462$32,2423.8x
Ms Roberts Academy of Beauty Culture
Hillside, IL
$12,747$24,5353.8x
Rockland County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
West Nyack, NY
$35,609$69,080$68,6473.8x
Shenandoah University
Winchester, VA
$30,298$65,784$58,4333.8x
Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
University Park, PA
$32,875$76,659$63,4353.8x
Geneva College
Beaver Falls, PA
$25,890$53,795$50,0043.8x
Ohio Christian University
Circleville, OH
$20,607$49,508$39,8133.8x
Universal Technical Institute-Orlando
Orlando, FL
$25,003$50,463$48,3413.8x
Bryan University
Tempe, AZ
$20,834$39,159$40,2833.8x
WellSpring School of Allied Health-Springfield
Springfield, MO
$15,417$32,078$29,8393.8x