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
Briar Cliff University
Sioux City, IA
$23,907$61,163$54,4754.7x
Suffolk University
Boston, MA
$29,618$74,456$67,5064.7x
Orange Ulster BOCES
Newburgh, NY
$25,337$56,194$57,7944.7x
Galen Health Institutes-Roanoke
Roanoke, VA
$26,945$79,047$61,4804.7x
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
$30,109$69,695$68,7124.7x
American International College
Springfield, MA
$23,274$71,565$53,1244.7x
Montessori Education Center of the Rockies
Denver, CO
$19,557$44,783$44,6434.7x
Dunwoody College of Technology
Minneapolis, MN
$26,939$69,987$61,5114.7x
Professional's Choice Hair Design Academy
Joliet, IL
$13,273$35,767$30,3414.7x
University of Mount Union
Alliance, OH
$23,280$57,955$53,2174.7x
Miles College
Fairfield, AL
$14,271$32,6274.7x
Wilkes University
Wilkes-Barre, PA
$27,743$69,197$63,4544.7x
Edgewood University
Madison, WI
$26,113$68,625$59,7284.7x
Bethany Lutheran College
Mankato, MN
$20,148$47,456$46,1104.7x
Tiffin Academy of Hair Design
Tiffin, OH
$10,936$27,089$25,0364.7x
Lee University
Cleveland, TN
$18,878$47,559$43,2224.7x
Meredith College
Raleigh, NC
$22,488$54,650$51,5394.7x
University of Scranton
Scranton, PA
$32,568$79,409$74,6524.7x
Saint Elizabeth University
Morristown, NJ
$23,125$66,386$53,0384.7x
United States Sports University
Daphne, AL
$24,076$69,925$55,2574.7x
Greene County Career and Technology Center
Waynesburg, PA
$14,909$50,920$34,2314.7x
Southern University at New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$14,810$47,240$34,0424.7x
Worsham College of Mortuary Science
Wheeling, IL
$26,781$61,608$61,5744.7x
Saint Edward's University
Austin, TX
$25,578$59,999$58,8264.7x
Herkimer County BOCES-Practical Nursing Program
Herkimer, NY
$18,150$51,627$41,7634.8x