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
Trine University
Angola, IN
$25,355$67,814$57,1654.6x
Galen Health Institutes-Nashville Campus
Nashville, TN
$27,267$79,047$61,4804.6x
Lyon College
Batesville, AR
$19,616$44,2324.6x
Siena University
Loudonville, NY
$33,733$70,594$76,0794.6x
Kansas Wesleyan University
Salina, KS
$22,671$53,289$51,1524.6x
Northwest Educational Center
Houston, TX
$11,265$29,174$25,4424.6x
Guilford Technical Community College
Jamestown, NC
$15,002$44,924$33,9344.7x
Cornell College
Mount Vernon, IA
$23,634$48,353$53,4604.7x
Clarke University
Dubuque, IA
$24,479$59,490$55,3964.7x
White Mountains Community College
Berlin, NH
$15,474$60,674$35,0374.7x
Claflin University
Orangeburg, SC
$17,800$43,925$40,3044.7x
Galen Health Institutes-Miami Campus
Pembroke Pines, FL
$27,151$79,047$61,4804.7x
Pennco Tech-Bristol
Bristol, PA
$19,197$43,445$43,4934.7x
Cedarville University
Cedarville, OH
$24,468$60,679$55,4434.7x
Rabbinical College Bobover Yeshiva Bnei Zion
Brooklyn, NY
$9,136$26,701$20,7074.7x
Porter & Chester Institute
Bridgeport, CT
$18,348$46,863$41,5884.7x
Brighton Center's Center for Employment Training
Newport, KY
$10,813$31,157$24,5404.7x
Paul Mitchell the School-Federal Way
Federal Way, WA
$13,711$35,531$31,1234.7x
Rochester Christian University
Rochester Hills, MI
$21,456$50,000$48,7074.7x
Saint Leo University
Saint Leo, FL
$21,293$58,644$48,3644.7x
Joseph's College Cosmetology
Lincoln, NE
$10,125$26,838$23,0324.7x
Kentucky Mountain Bible College
Jackson, KY
$9,337$21,2564.7x
Houghton University
Houghton, NY
$20,519$41,835$46,7214.7x
Pace University
New York, NY
$30,892$80,804$70,3784.7x
Grace College and Theological Seminary
Winona Lake, IN
$19,932$49,126$45,4114.7x