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
Cornerstone University
Grand Rapids, MI
$20,301$53,010$47,3144.8x
Seton Hill University
Greensburg, PA
$22,204$53,942$51,7484.8x
University of Puerto Rico-Humacao
Humacao, PR
$12,675$33,230$29,5214.8x
Southwestern Adventist University
Keene, TX
$22,778$55,144$52,9464.8x
Central College
Pella, IA
$23,377$55,693$54,3174.8x
Stillman College
Tuscaloosa, AL
$15,258$42,622$35,4214.8x
Model College of Hair Design
Saint Cloud, MN
$10,946$34,501$25,4104.8x
Lebanon Valley College
Annville, PA
$26,979$63,570$62,6214.8x
Union Adventist University
Lincoln, NE
$23,716$61,367$55,0454.8x
Georgia Military College
Milledgeville, GA
$16,923$39,508$39,2574.8x
St John's University-New York
Queens, NY
$29,999$77,868$69,5714.8x
Stellar Career College
Modesto, CA
$13,083$36,035$30,3374.8x
Boricua College
New York, NY
$15,245$50,662$35,3484.8x
Marymount University
Arlington, VA
$29,137$74,242$67,5164.8x
Northwood University
Midland, MI
$27,232$67,409$63,0754.8x
Concordia University-Irvine
Irvine, CA
$28,115$83,064$65,0834.8x
St. John Fisher University
Rochester, NY
$28,945$70,456$66,9444.8x
Ameritas College
Huntington, WV
$9,422$28,491$21,7834.8x
Indiana Institute of Technology-College of Professional Studies
Fort Wayne, IN
$20,473$61,150$47,3274.8x
Mercy College of Health Sciences
Des Moines, IA
$26,924$68,691$62,2344.8x
Lakeland University
Plymouth, WI
$24,212$66,716$55,9614.8x
Oklahoma Baptist University
Shawnee, OK
$20,958$49,999$48,4344.8x
Whittier College
Whittier, CA
$25,757$57,988$59,4924.8x
Gerbers Akron Beauty School
Akron, OH
$9,063$18,127$20,9074.8x
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR
$22,409$49,862$51,6734.8x