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
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN
$24,739$63,007$55,5414.6x
Western Pennsylvania Hospital School of Nursing
Pittsburgh, PA
$25,163$80,024$56,4874.6x
Gemological Institute of America-New York
New York, NY
$18,977$41,390$42,5884.6x
Carnegie Institute
Troy, MI
$17,042$47,729$38,2444.6x
Eastern Center for Arts and Technology
Willow Grove, PA
$25,158$67,387$56,4464.6x
Central Texas Beauty College-Temple
Temple, TX
$10,403$28,691$23,3384.6x
Southern Oklahoma Technology Center
Ardmore, OK
$12,939$40,071$29,0124.6x
Pontifical Catholic University of Puerto Rico-Arecibo
Arecibo, PR
$11,117$27,811$24,9084.6x
Love Beauty School Inc
Manchester, TN
$8,061$23,211$18,0564.6x
Modern Technology School
Fountain Valley, CA
$22,620$51,098$50,6674.6x
The University of Olivet
Olivet, MI
$21,393$52,261$47,9074.6x
Pacific Islands University
Mangilao, GU
$9,334$20,9024.6x
Stewart School
Sioux Falls, SD
$14,221$35,397$31,8434.6x
Rabbinical College of America
Morristown, NJ
$15,628$34,9904.6x
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
$24,516$63,540$54,8864.6x
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA
$23,696$52,459$52,9274.6x
Regent University
Virginia Beach, VA
$19,923$56,558$44,4984.6x
Bethel University
Saint Paul, MN
$28,556$70,633$63,7644.6x
Seton Hall University
South Orange, NJ
$31,446$76,919$70,1964.6x
Eastern Mennonite University
Harrisonburg, VA
$24,588$60,150$54,8694.6x
Saint Norbert College
De Pere, WI
$26,172$58,944$58,3634.6x
Strayer University-South Carolina
Greenville, SC
$17,979$68,449$40,0924.6x
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
$29,053$64,044$64,7784.6x
Knox College
Galesburg, IL
$24,595$49,217$54,8204.6x
Center for Allied Health Education
Brooklyn, NY
$48,150$86,490$107,2494.6x