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
Alverno College
Milwaukee, WI
$22,540$67,760$53,1454.9x
Heidelberg University
Tiffin, OH
$20,556$52,647$48,4664.9x
Stonehill College
Easton, MA
$33,016$73,137$77,7454.9x
Helene Fuld College of Nursing
New York, NY
$47,181$117,149$111,0274.9x
Abilene Christian University-Undergraduate Online
Addison, TX
$23,698$59,305$55,7364.9x
Wisconsin Lutheran College
Milwaukee, WI
$23,245$57,728$54,6644.9x
Capella University
Minneapolis, MN
$17,956$84,333$42,1894.9x
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
$27,898$58,768$65,5184.9x
Saint Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN
$25,292$69,406$59,3544.9x
Charles R Drew University of Medicine and Science
Los Angeles, CA
$35,558$112,516$83,4384.9x
Texas Southern University
Houston, TX
$16,590$55,112$38,9244.9x
Elizabethtown College
Elizabethtown, PA
$26,598$66,236$62,3994.9x
Charles of Italy Beauty College
Lake Havasu City, AZ
$11,200$24,388$26,2694.9x
UPMC Shadyside School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
$29,374$79,778$68,8014.9x
Stevenson University
Owings Mills, MD
$26,505$66,853$62,0794.9x
Cannella School of Hair Design-Chicago
Chicago, IL
$12,419$29,043$29,0754.9x
California Baptist University
Riverside, CA
$26,285$68,600$61,5044.8x
University of Northwestern Ohio
Lima, OH
$21,807$56,340$50,9684.8x
Buckeye Hills Career Center
Rio Grande, OH
$17,231$42,114$40,2644.8x
Hampton University
Hampton, VA
$25,319$61,865$59,1594.8x
Carl Albert State College
Poteau, OK
$14,607$41,241$34,1174.8x
Malone University
Canton, OH
$20,948$51,485$48,9094.8x
Mech-Tech College
Caguas, PR
$10,697$27,415$24,9674.8x
Warner University
Lake Wales, FL
$19,748$50,390$46,0864.8x
Millikin University
Decatur, IL
$21,989$54,115$51,2624.8x