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
LaGrange College
Lagrange, GA
$20,875$62,232$51,7455.2x
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Houston
Houston, TX
$23,529$65,631$58,3275.2x
Muskingum University
New Concord, OH
$19,532$50,429$48,4405.2x
College of the Desert
Palm Desert, CA
$15,728$44,605$39,0205.2x
University of Indianapolis
Indianapolis, IN
$21,602$63,673$53,6105.2x
Rocky Mountain College
Billings, MT
$19,751$60,523$49,0365.2x
Lancaster School of Cosmetology & Therapeutic Bodywork
Lancaster, PA
$11,971$34,264$29,7385.2x
Bluffton University
Bluffton, OH
$19,943$49,053$49,5475.2x
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI
$31,487$80,228$78,2575.2x
American Hair Academy
Mt. Pleasant, IA
$11,556$21,846$28,7245.2x
Emory & Henry University
Emory, VA
$19,061$47,079$47,3855.2x
Westchester School of Beauty Culture
Mount Vernon, NY
$12,932$32,1705.2x
The College of Idaho
Caldwell, ID
$19,481$52,628$48,4735.2x
Southern Nazarene University
Bethany, OK
$22,084$60,691$54,9515.2x
Eastwick College-Nutley
Nutley, NJ
$17,206$46,087$42,8275.2x
ETI Technical College of Niles
Niles, OH
$13,665$41,164$34,0175.2x
University of the Incarnate Word
San Antonio, TX
$22,775$63,004$56,7335.2x
McMurry University
Abilene, TX
$19,581$48,273$48,7795.2x
Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Dickson
Dickson, TN
$14,780$43,136$36,8295.2x
Word of Life Bible Institute
Pottersville, NY
$14,516$34,393$36,1735.2x
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
$41,704$96,145$103,9375.2x
Evangel University
Springfield, MO
$18,669$46,593$46,5735.2x
Strayer University-Florida
Tampa, FL
$16,064$68,449$40,0925.2x
Transylvania University
Lexington, KY
$21,913$50,923$54,7055.2x
Faith Baptist Bible College and Theological Seminary
Ankeny, IA
$16,282$35,449$40,6505.2x