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
The College of Westchester
White Plains, NY
$16,296$46,791$42,2155.5x
Northern Tier Career Center
Towanda, PA
$14,960$52,914$38,7375.5x
Leston College
Bayamon, PR
$6,188$17,395$16,0025.5x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
Erie, PA
$24,558$76,659$63,4355.5x
University of Arkansas at Monticello
Monticello, AR
$14,287$48,735$36,9025.5x
Eastern Suffolk BOCES
Sayville, NY
$24,557$61,845$63,3945.5x
Bushnell University
Eugene, OR
$20,789$59,969$53,6235.4x
Hiram College
Hiram, OH
$21,058$52,304$54,3115.4x
Galen Health Institutes-Richmond
Richmond, VA
$23,843$79,047$61,4805.4x
Carroll College
Helena, MT
$23,960$59,396$61,7725.4x
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
$22,610$61,870$58,2855.4x
Ohio Dominican University
Columbus, OH
$20,079$61,640$51,7485.4x
King's College
Wilkes-Barre, PA
$23,093$67,122$59,4985.4x
College of Coastal Georgia
Brunswick, GA
$15,261$52,505$39,3185.4x
Morris County Vocational School District
Denville, NJ
$18,332$66,347$47,1745.4x
University of North Carolina School of the Arts
Winston Salem, NC
$14,906$42,023$38,3575.4x
Martin Luther College
New Ulm, MN
$18,463$49,182$47,4915.4x
Elmira College
Elmira, NY
$22,386$64,723$57,5505.4x
Angeles Institute
ARTESIA, CA
$23,817$59,775$61,1955.4x
Olivet Nazarene University
Bourbonnais, IL
$20,729$64,769$53,2135.4x
Randall University
Moore, OK
$16,383$44,913$42,0515.4x
Butler Beauty Academy-New Castle Beauty Academy
New Castle, PA
$8,962$26,227$23,0035.4x
Motlow State Community College
Tullahoma, TN
$15,742$45,149$40,3975.4x
Cottey College
Nevada, MO
$13,805$39,529$35,4225.4x
Rust College
Holly Springs, MS
$12,587$41,313$32,2755.4x