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
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Henry/Carroll
Paris, TN
$10,060$39,070$29,0746.2x
Coconino Community College
Flagstaff, AZ
$13,996$47,262$40,4206.2x
Bellarmine University
Louisville, KY
$21,499$64,564$62,0696.2x
Yeshivas Be'er Yitzchok
Elizabeth, NJ
$28,599$95,988$82,5606.2x
Illinois Central College
East Peoria, IL
$12,961$55,058$37,3666.2x
Lincoln University
Lincoln University, PA
$14,977$50,871$43,1676.2x
Finger Lakes Community College
Canandaigua, NY
$13,898$46,233$40,0546.2x
Perry Technical Institute
Yakima, WA
$20,047$63,923$57,7646.2x
Texas State Technical College
Waco, TX
$13,508$55,511$38,9166.2x
Salem College of Hairstyling
Rolla, MO
$6,345$18,2756.2x
Villa Maria College
Buffalo, NY
$13,494$41,151$38,8576.2x
Lassen Community College
Susanville, CA
$12,517$35,9946.2x
Virginia State University
Petersburg, VA
$15,840$51,739$45,5436.2x
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN
$24,336$68,626$69,9526.2x
Clearfield County Career and Technology Center
Clearfield, PA
$14,460$44,483$41,5596.2x
Universidad Adventista de las Antillas
Mayaguez, PR
$9,919$37,996$28,4656.2x
Chamberlain University-Texas
Houston, TX
$32,209$97,262$92,4056.2x
Polytechnic University of Puerto Rico-Orlando
Orlando, FL
$16,577$69,903$47,5406.2x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Jacksboro
Jacksboro, TN
$12,746$34,821$36,4496.1x
Los Angeles Trade Technical College
Los Angeles, CA
$12,323$46,673$35,2336.1x
Southeastern Technical College
Vidalia, GA
$10,612$44,621$30,3296.1x
North Central College
Naperville, IL
$21,044$61,656$60,1236.1x
University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR
$10,680$30,977$30,5126.1x
University of Puerto Rico at Ponce
Ponce, PR
$10,990$29,384$31,3946.1x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Altoona
Altoona, PA
$22,213$76,659$63,4356.1x