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
Huntington School of Beauty Culture
Huntington, WV
$10,768$21,075$24,7944.8x
Shawnee Beauty College
Shawnee, OK
$8,089$15,690$18,6364.8x
Bryant & Stratton College-Buffalo
Buffalo, NY
$14,135$43,374$32,5684.8x
Paul Quinn College
Dallas, TX
$12,709$29,2884.8x
Chamberlain University-Arizona
Phoenix, AZ
$40,096$97,262$92,4054.8x
Professional Skills Institute
Maumee, OH
$20,721$46,919$47,7654.8x
Alabama A & M University
Normal, AL
$17,621$54,018$40,6284.8x
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR
$22,409$49,862$51,6734.8x
Gerbers Akron Beauty School
Akron, OH
$9,063$18,127$20,9074.8x
Whittier College
Whittier, CA
$25,757$57,988$59,4924.8x
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, OK
$20,958$49,999$48,4344.8x
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI
$24,212$66,716$55,9614.8x
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Des Moines, IA
$26,924$68,691$62,2344.8x
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies
Fort Wayne, IN
$20,473$61,150$47,3274.8x
Ameritas College
Huntington, WV
$9,422$28,491$21,7834.8x
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY
$28,945$70,456$66,9444.8x
Concordia University-Irvine
Irvine, CA
$28,115$83,064$65,0834.8x
Northwood University
Midland, MI
$27,232$67,409$63,0754.8x
Marymount University
Arlington, VA
$29,137$74,242$67,5164.8x
Boricua College
New York, NY
$15,245$50,662$35,3484.8x
Stellar Career College
Modesto, CA
$13,083$36,035$30,3374.8x
St John's University-New York
Queens, NY
$29,999$77,868$69,5714.8x
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA
$16,923$39,508$39,2574.8x
Union Adventist University
Lincoln, NE
$23,716$61,367$55,0454.8x
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
$26,979$63,570$62,6214.8x