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
Colorado School of Trades
Lakewood, CO
$26,083$44,828$51,5913.9x
Asbury University
Wilmore, KY
$21,401$45,728$42,3683.9x
Arcadia University
Glenside, PA
$29,466$60,044$58,3363.9x
Tennessee School of Beauty of Knoxville Inc
Knoxville, TN
$10,052$28,056$19,9134.0x
Unity Environmental University
New Gloucester, ME
$19,104$45,016$37,8524.0x
Warren County Career Center
Lebanon, OH
$24,731$61,215$49,0164.0x
Hohokus School of Trade and Technical Sciences
Paterson, NJ
$22,148$41,843$43,9174.0x
Galen Health Institutes-Dallas
Richardson, TX
$30,998$79,047$61,4804.0x
Midland University
Fremont, NE
$26,267$58,061$52,1634.0x
Ottawa University-Ottawa
Ottawa, KS
$27,963$62,228$55,5524.0x
Union University
Jackson, TN
$27,171$60,152$53,9904.0x
Southwest Baptist University
Bolivar, MO
$21,677$54,286$43,1124.0x
Academia Serrant Inc
Ponce, PR
$9,254$20,853$18,4224.0x
Ave Maria University
Ave Maria, FL
$24,860$59,489$49,5204.0x
Dallas Baptist University
Dallas, TX
$28,516$59,308$56,8074.0x
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
$21,741$54,180$43,3264.0x
Merrimack College
North Andover, MA
$37,927$65,506$75,5844.0x
Nashua Community College
Nashua, NH
$23,154$54,792$46,1644.0x
Bowling Green State University-Main Campus
Bowling Green, OH
$24,022$54,998$47,8964.0x
Institucion Chaviano de Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR
$6,336$15,969$12,6354.0x
Criswell College
Dallas, TX
$21,630$66,210$43,1854.0x
Columbia College
Columbia, MO
$22,715$57,679$45,3784.0x
Paine College
Augusta, GA
$16,670$41,449$33,3384.0x
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology
Media, PA
$17,850$50,857$35,7034.0x
Great Lakes Christian College
Lansing, MI
$15,524$31,0534.0x