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
Howard Payne University
Brownwood, TX
$23,627$50,567$48,3764.1x
Strayer University-Virginia
Arlington, VA
$19,578$68,449$40,0924.1x
CET-Coachella
Coachella, CA
$16,105$40,676$32,9864.1x
CET-San Jose
San Jose, CA
$16,101$40,676$32,9864.1x
Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Grand Forks
Grand Forks, ND
$13,657$33,735$27,9874.1x
Sterling College
Sterling, KS
$22,371$44,980$45,8464.1x
Dawn Career Institute LLC
Newark, DE
$14,839$32,884$30,4294.1x
Alturas Cosmetology of Arizona LLC
Chandler, AZ
$13,257$29,675$27,2014.1x
South College
Knoxville, TN
$17,858$52,540$36,6424.1x
Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology
Brookline, MA
$25,203$50,999$51,7244.1x
Conception Seminary College
Conception, MO
$24,558$50,4304.1x
Lackawanna College
Scranton, PA
$19,951$45,609$41,0004.1x
Franklin University
Columbus, OH
$25,243$68,805$51,8924.1x
West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown
Morgantown, WV
$15,520$36,699$31,9124.1x
Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc
Exton, PA
$24,883$57,080$51,2224.1x
Paul Mitchell the School-Missouri Columbia
Columbia, MO
$13,460$31,489$27,7154.1x
UPMC Mercy School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
$33,159$80,990$68,3374.2x
Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts
San Jose, CA
$32,427$70,292$66,8444.2x
New York Automotive and Diesel Institute
Jamaica, NY
$24,721$43,838$50,9634.2x
St. Thomas University
Miami Gardens, FL
$26,312$70,806$54,2724.2x
Galen Health Institutes-Wichita
Wichita, KS
$29,785$79,047$61,4804.2x
PITC Institute
Wyncote, PA
$28,276$69,218$58,3894.2x
Mount Aloysius College
Cresson, PA
$22,344$62,211$46,1654.2x
Lincoln University
Jefferson City, MO
$19,092$50,859$39,4634.2x
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS
$26,034$67,303$53,8484.2x