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
Simpson College
Indianola, IA
$21,936$56,509$59,2745.8x
Minnesota State College Southeast
Winona, MN
$16,140$51,496$43,6135.8x
Compton College
Compton, CA
$12,647$34,1815.8x
Pfeiffer University
Misenheimer, NC
$19,076$57,619$51,5625.8x
Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
Slippery Rock, PA
$19,608$57,301$53,0325.8x
Tennessee State University
Nashville, TN
$15,796$53,808$42,7305.8x
Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach
Virginia Beach, VA
$12,038$43,374$32,5685.8x
Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico
Hato Rey, PR
$17,540$69,903$47,5405.8x
Houston Christian University
Houston, TX
$20,629$62,310$55,9335.8x
Marietta College
Marietta, OH
$21,083$64,527$57,1805.8x
Westminster College
New Wilmington, PA
$19,859$54,065$53,8615.8x
Lindenwood University
Saint Charles, MO
$19,638$58,207$53,2785.8x
South Coast College
Orange, CA
$16,534$44,8975.8x
Ripon College
Ripon, WI
$20,216$50,210$54,9025.8x
SUNY Morrisville
Morrisville, NY
$15,939$52,536$43,2955.8x
Washington & Jefferson College
Washington, PA
$25,002$66,045$67,9185.8x
NHTI-Concord's Community College
Concord, NH
$18,011$55,056$48,9435.8x
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, NC
$17,674$60,516$48,0395.8x
Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg
Middletown, PA
$23,330$76,659$63,4355.8x
Thomas More University
Crestview Hills, KY
$21,835$70,208$59,3845.8x
Gallaudet University
Washington, DC
$15,845$55,195$43,1015.8x
Coastline Community College
Fountain Valley, CA
$16,341$64,396$44,4835.8x
Universal Technical Institute-Canton
Canton, MI
$22,985$57,009$62,5755.8x
Dakota Wesleyan University
Mitchell, SD
$19,735$64,461$53,7285.8x
PC AGE-Metropark
Iselin, NJ
$19,952$56,520$54,3235.8x