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
Hamline University
Saint Paul, MN
$20,744$61,017$61,1066.4x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hohenwald
Hohenwald, TN
$12,267$43,241$36,1066.4x
Lewis-Clark State College
Lewiston, ID
$15,635$58,274$46,0016.4x
Spartanburg Methodist College
Spartanburg, SC
$14,580$36,778$42,8956.4x
Anoka-Ramsey Community College
Coon Rapids, MN
$16,434$53,298$48,3426.4x
University of Northern Colorado
Greeley, CO
$17,760$56,930$52,2316.4x
Southern Oregon University
Ashland, OR
$16,732$52,911$49,1756.3x
Robert Morgan Educational Center and Technical College
Miami, FL
$12,776$37,299$37,5436.3x
College of Our Lady of the Elms
Chicopee, MA
$17,545$64,421$51,5406.3x
Trevecca Nazarene University
Nashville, TN
$16,813$64,175$49,3786.3x
Lycoming College
Williamsport, PA
$19,140$57,353$56,2106.3x
Bay de Noc Community College
Escanaba, MI
$11,949$51,595$35,0906.3x
College of Menominee Nation
Keshena, WI
$8,805$25,8536.3x
University of Toledo
Toledo, OH
$17,249$66,084$50,6326.3x
Mineral Area College
Park Hills, MO
$12,045$40,950$35,3526.3x
Flint Hills Technical College
Emporia, KS
$16,017$52,442$47,0076.3x
Concordia University-Chicago
River Forest, IL
$18,436$71,699$54,0896.3x
Black Hills State University
Spearfish, SD
$15,911$48,243$46,6746.3x
The King's University
Southlake, TX
$14,140$46,846$41,4716.3x
Presbyterian College
Clinton, SC
$20,528$57,042$60,1946.3x
Albright College
Reading, PA
$20,024$57,502$58,7006.3x
Blue Mountain Community College
Pendleton, OR
$13,095$49,347$38,3756.3x
CET-Soledad
Soledad, CA
$11,260$40,676$32,9866.3x
Chamberlain University-Ohio
Columbus, OH
$31,544$97,262$92,4056.3x
Emporia State University
Emporia, KS
$16,261$53,751$47,6016.3x