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
Evangel University-James River Assembly of God Church
Ozark, MO
$21,548$46,593$46,5734.4x
William Penn University
Oskaloosa, IA
$22,601$53,878$48,9364.4x
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez
Mayaguez, PR
$11,502$27,811$24,9084.4x
Mount Marty University
Yankton, SD
$22,227$57,208$48,1794.4x
Galen Health Institutes-Salt Lake City
Draper, UT
$28,324$79,047$61,4804.4x
Paramount Beauty Academy
Portsmouth, OH
$9,837$17,490$21,3614.4x
Rasmussen University-Minnesota
St. Cloud, MN
$17,962$59,996$39,0804.4x
Madison Adult Career Center
Mansfield, OH
$14,218$31,829$30,9414.4x
Huston-Tillotson University
Austin, TX
$19,719$42,9374.4x
MyrAngel Beauty Institute
San Lorenzo, PR
$7,695$12,809$16,7584.4x
Sutter County Career Training Center
Yuba City, CA
$16,000$36,445$34,8464.4x
Columbia College
Vienna, VA
$10,171$29,040$22,1604.4x
Laney College
Oakland, CA
$17,110$50,151$37,2824.4x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Memphis
Memphis, TN
$14,315$40,340$31,1924.4x
Galen College of Nursing-Tampa Bay
Saint Petersburg, FL
$28,197$79,047$61,4804.5x
Caldwell University
Caldwell, NJ
$24,691$64,716$53,8434.5x
Alice Lloyd College
Pippa Passes, KY
$18,600$42,268$40,5734.5x
Milligan University
Milligan, TN
$21,365$55,216$46,6414.5x
Kent State University at Kent
Kent, OH
$20,787$56,839$45,3884.5x
Bryant University
Smithfield, RI
$41,219$90,592$90,0084.5x
Texas Lutheran University
Seguin, TX
$24,654$56,629$53,8634.5x
American Educational College
Bayamon, PR
$7,859$12,082$17,1724.5x
John Carroll University
University Heights, OH
$28,746$67,580$62,8604.5x
Concordia University-Nebraska
Seward, NE
$23,965$53,848$52,4154.5x
Adrian College
Adrian, MI
$25,368$55,233$55,5044.5x