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
Schreiner University
Kerrville, TX
$21,507$58,631$52,2285.1x
Grand View University
Des Moines, IA
$21,774$57,521$52,8245.1x
John A Gupton College
Nashville, TN
$19,334$56,270$46,9025.1x
University of Arkansas-Pulaski Technical College
North Little Rock, AR
$14,327$41,807$34,7225.1x
Crowley's Ridge College
Paragould, AR
$16,315$48,062$39,5335.1x
Rosedale Technical College
Pittsburgh, PA
$19,760$55,157$47,8805.1x
Franklin College
Franklin, IN
$22,855$53,224$55,3765.1x
Wentworth Institute of Technology
Boston, MA
$34,170$95,027$82,7215.1x
Scioto County Career Technical Center
Lucasville, OH
$16,765$45,417$40,5845.1x
Dakota State University
Madison, SD
$21,057$63,160$50,9705.1x
University of Redlands
Redlands, CA
$30,031$75,863$72,6905.1x
Mount Mary University
Milwaukee, WI
$20,144$54,418$48,7455.0x
VanderCook College of Music
Chicago, IL
$19,780$55,437$47,8635.0x
Seminole State College
Seminole, OK
$14,628$41,118$35,3905.0x
Livingstone College
Salisbury, NC
$13,479$37,280$32,6005.0x
Huntington University
Huntington, IN
$19,310$52,242$46,6725.0x
Central Christian College of the Bible
Moberly, MO
$14,356$34,888$34,6755.0x
Applied Tech
Sunset Hills, MO
$23,405$59,950$56,5085.0x
Ursinus College
Collegeville, PA
$30,536$65,033$73,7215.0x
Roosevelt University
Chicago, IL
$20,194$58,796$48,7125.0x
Saint Ambrose University
Davenport, IA
$24,691$67,026$59,5315.0x
Berry College
Mount Berry, GA
$22,320$58,750$53,8005.0x
Rosemont College
Rosemont, PA
$20,150$59,674$48,5555.0x
SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill
Cobleskill, NY
$18,701$50,709$45,0305.0x
Ashland University
Ashland, OH
$21,988$59,855$52,9285.0x