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
Model College of Hair Design
Saint Cloud, MN
$10,946$34,501$25,4104.8x
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, AL
$15,258$42,622$35,4214.8x
Central College
Pella, IA
$23,377$55,693$54,3174.8x
Southwestern Adventist University
Keene, TX
$22,778$55,144$52,9464.8x
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Humacao, PR
$12,675$33,230$29,5214.8x
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
$22,204$53,942$51,7484.8x
Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids, MI
$20,301$53,010$47,3144.8x
Millikin University
Decatur, IL
$21,989$54,115$51,2624.8x
Warner University
Lake Wales, FL
$19,748$50,390$46,0864.8x
Mech-Tech College
Caguas, PR
$10,697$27,415$24,9674.8x
Malone University
Canton, OH
$20,948$51,485$48,9094.8x
Carl Albert State College
Poteau, OK
$14,607$41,241$34,1174.8x
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
$25,319$61,865$59,1594.8x
Buckeye Hills Career Center
Rio Grande, OH
$17,231$42,114$40,2644.8x
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH
$21,807$56,340$50,9684.8x
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA
$26,285$68,600$61,5044.8x
Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago
Chicago, IL
$12,419$29,043$29,0754.9x
Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD
$26,505$66,853$62,0794.9x
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
$29,374$79,778$68,8014.9x
Charles of Italy Beauty College
Lake Havasu City, AZ
$11,200$24,388$26,2694.9x
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
$26,598$66,236$62,3994.9x
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
$16,590$55,112$38,9244.9x
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
$35,558$112,516$83,4384.9x
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN
$25,292$69,406$59,3544.9x
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
$27,898$58,768$65,5184.9x