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
Arkansas Baptist College
Little Rock, AR
$10,627$39,577$28,4185.7x
Tabor College
Hillsboro, KS
$20,205$47,989$54,0585.7x
American Trade School
Saint Ann, MO
$17,618$57,813$47,1615.7x
Rowan University
Glassboro, NJ
$22,408$62,686$59,9885.7x
Park University
Parkville, MO
$21,032$63,456$56,3095.7x
Thomas Jefferson University
Philadelphia, PA
$28,928$87,195$77,4495.7x
King University
Bristol, TN
$22,347$61,394$59,8315.7x
Shorter University
Rome, GA
$16,646$54,008$44,6045.7x
Fort Lewis College
Durango, CO
$17,296$46,601$46,3495.7x
Eastern Connecticut State University
Willimantic, CT
$21,067$57,759$56,4695.7x
Montana State University Billings
Billings, MT
$16,524$55,549$44,2965.7x
Western New England University
Springfield, MA
$27,290$76,928$73,1575.7x
University of the Southwest
Hobbs, NM
$16,927$51,952$45,3895.7x
Puerto Rico Conservatory of Music
San Juan, PR
$7,260$29,023$19,4745.7x
Southeast Technical College
Sioux Falls, SD
$17,400$53,289$46,7095.7x
Blue Cliff College-Gulfport
Gulfport, MS
$8,252$26,644$22,1775.7x
Thomas University
Thomasville, GA
$18,499$63,556$49,7165.7x
Great Bay Community College
Portsmouth, NH
$15,768$54,407$42,3975.7x
St. Mary's University
San Antonio, TX
$21,145$58,545$56,9555.7x
State University of New York at Cortland
Cortland, NY
$22,345$58,555$60,2365.7x
Crestpoint University
Phoenix, AZ
$15,670$49,547$42,2695.7x
International Baptist College and Seminary
Chandler, AZ
$14,660$31,024$39,5565.7x
Robert Morris University
Moon Township, PA
$23,003$70,755$62,1055.7x
Jacksonville University
Jacksonville, FL
$25,180$77,058$68,0105.8x
Philander Smith University
Little Rock, AR
$14,224$42,151$38,4275.8x