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
Oakton College
Des Plaines, IL
$5,183$53,388$47,85222.1x
Roane State Community College
Harriman, TN
$4,270$45,998$39,40722.1x
Kennebec Valley Community College
Fairfield, ME
$3,910$52,079$36,03522.0x
University of New Mexico-Gallup Campus
Gallup, NM
$4,868$59,818$44,79222.0x
Ohio University-Zanesville Campus
Zanesville, OH
$5,746$70,528$52,58121.9x
Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus
Chillicothe, OH
$5,755$70,528$52,58121.8x
Muskegon Community College
Muskegon, MI
$4,005$47,476$36,54921.8x
Monroe County Community College
Monroe, MI
$4,586$55,341$41,64621.7x
Hamrick School
Medina, OH
$4,956$52,393$44,79721.6x
Texas Beauty College
Haltom city, TX
$2,933$25,963$26,39221.5x
Amarillo College
Amarillo, TX
$4,600$50,015$41,30221.4x
Lincoln Land Community College
Springfield, IL
$4,299$52,163$38,47921.4x
St Philip's College
San Antonio, TX
$4,273$52,292$38,22421.4x
Golden West College
Huntington Beach, CA
$4,824$54,736$43,14521.4x
American Samoa Community College
Pago Pago, AS
$3,386$32,760$30,08721.2x
Fayetteville Technical Community College
Fayetteville, NC
$3,589$48,138$31,86121.2x
Ohio University-Southern Campus
Ironton, OH
$5,993$70,528$52,58120.9x
Paul D Camp Community College
Franklin, VA
$4,126$48,904$36,03120.8x
Utah Valley University
Orem, UT
$6,376$66,978$55,48620.8x
Northwest Florida State College
Niceville, FL
$4,571$52,556$39,66420.7x
Kishwaukee College
Malta, IL
$4,574$49,273$39,65720.7x
San Antonio College
San Antonio, TX
$4,585$47,341$39,71120.7x
Central Arizona College
Coolidge, AZ
$4,714$48,765$40,51320.5x
Chattahoochee Valley Community College
Phenix City, AL
$4,244$51,644$36,43820.5x
Kapiolani Community College
Honolulu, HI
$5,202$51,544$44,59920.4x