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
Anoka Technical College
Anoka, MN
$16,953$55,035$47,7466.0x
Le Moyne College
Syracuse, NY
$22,277$66,403$62,7316.0x
Salem University
Salem, WV
$12,303$62,274$34,6426.0x
Estelle Medical Academy
Skokie, IL
$8,628$28,267$24,2906.0x
Maryville University of Saint Louis
Saint Louis, MO
$22,066$84,871$62,1056.0x
Loras College
Dubuque, IA
$20,716$55,860$58,2896.0x
East Central College
Union, MO
$13,128$42,272$36,9166.0x
Lamar Institute of Technology
Beaumont, TX
$13,866$59,945$38,9916.0x
Georgia College
Milledgeville, GA
$20,686$62,852$58,1406.0x
University of Arkansas at Pine Bluff
Pine Bluff, AR
$12,653$46,380$35,5506.0x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
Media, PA
$22,585$76,659$63,4356.0x
Minnesota State University Moorhead
Moorhead, MN
$17,997$55,083$50,5276.0x
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University
Hayward, WI
$8,657$46,909$24,3026.0x
Glenville State University
Glenville, WV
$14,006$42,049$39,3156.0x
East Tennessee State University
Johnson City, TN
$15,983$53,033$44,8596.0x
Vanguard University of Southern California
Costa Mesa, CA
$21,241$65,874$59,5416.0x
Manhattanville University
Purchase, NY
$20,991$68,011$58,8326.0x
Hardin-Simmons University
Abilene, TX
$19,555$53,769$54,7716.0x
University of South Alabama
Mobile, AL
$17,648$62,459$49,3796.0x
North Carolina Central University
Durham, NC
$15,359$50,812$42,9686.0x
Bluefield State University
Bluefield, WV
$13,684$61,729$38,2176.0x
University of Phoenix-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$13,520$61,486$37,7526.0x
Stockton University
Galloway, NJ
$20,670$58,872$57,6026.0x
Eastern Iowa Community College District
Davenport, IA
$14,017$47,929$39,0606.0x
Cabrillo College
Aptos, CA
$15,843$54,586$44,1146.0x