Best ROI Colleges

Top 50 schools by return on investment. Based on 10-year median earnings vs total cost. See methodology.

Median ROI across all 2,000+ schools

4.5

Top 10 by ROI Score

#	School	State	Net Price	10yr Earnings	Debt	ROI Score
1	College of Biblical Studies-Houston	TX	$672	$39,260	$25,570	145.1
2	San Diego Christian College	CA	$992	$49,766	$24,941	124.4
3	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	$3,033	$75,971	$11,512	61.6
4	CUNY Hunter College	NY	$2,984	$63,163	$11,000	51.9
5	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	$3,103	$60,752	$11,000	48.0
6	CUNY Lehman College	NY	$3,148	$58,013	$10,950	45.1
7	Princeton University	NJ	$6,128	$110,066	$10,320	43.9
8	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	$3,203	$56,195	$11,000	42.9
9	CUNY City College	NY	$3,776	$66,039	$11,990	42.7
10	Trinity International University-Illinois	IL	$2,835	$46,989	$26,082	40.4
11	CUNY Queens College	NY	$4,195	$62,763	$10,298	36.4
12	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	$3,967	$59,211	$13,000	36.3
13	University of Florida-Online	FL	$4,815	$71,588	$15,000	36.2
14	United States Merchant Marine Academy	NY	$6,174	$90,610	$8,833	35.7
15	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	OH	$3,925	$52,581	$21,056	32.5
16	Texas A & M International University	TX	$3,637	$48,386	$15,000	32.3
17	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	$4,564	$59,977	$14,715	31.9
18	CUNY York College	NY	$4,456	$56,945	$11,000	30.9
19	Indiana University-Kokomo	IN	$3,968	$49,917	$16,961	30.4
20	Yeshiva Toras Chaim	NJ	$5,356	$62,526	N/A	28.2
21	University of Florida	FL	$6,541	$71,588	$15,000	26.4
22	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	$5,652	$59,009	$16,600	25.1
23	California State University-Stanislaus	CA	$6,067	$63,188	$13,540	25.0
24	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	$4,831	$49,620	$12,950	24.7
25	CUNY New York City College of Technology	NY	$5,127	$49,365	$10,533	23.1
26	California State University-Fullerton	CA	$6,555	$62,951	$13,750	23.0
27	College of Staten Island CUNY	NY	$5,579	$53,501	$14,350	23.0
28	Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary	NY	$3,822	$36,442	N/A	22.8
29	Ohio University-Zanesville Campus	OH	$5,746	$52,581	$21,056	21.9
30	Ohio University-Chillicothe Campus	OH	$5,755	$52,581	$21,056	21.8
31	Stanford University	CA	$13,807	$124,080	$12,000	21.5
32	California State University-Fresno	CA	$7,000	$61,244	$14,505	20.9
33	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	$12,116	$102,772	$21,672	20.2
34	Indiana University-Northwest	IN	$5,130	$43,361	$21,710	20.1
35	California State University-Northridge	CA	$7,021	$59,115	$13,872	20.1
36	CUNY Medgar Evers College	NY	$5,718	$46,498	$10,988	19.3
37	Dalton State College	GA	$5,012	$40,251	$12,937	19.1
38	California Institute of Technology	CA	$16,075	$128,566	N/A	19.0
39	Purdue University Northwest	IN	$6,079	$48,318	$21,229	18.9
40	Talmudical Seminary of Bobov	NY	$2,840	$22,432	N/A	18.8
41	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	NM	$4,904	$38,550	$16,500	18.6
42	New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology	NM	$9,873	$76,489	$19,085	18.4
43	University of Akron Wayne College	OH	$6,032	$46,600	$23,250	18.3
44	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	$10,163	$78,466	$14,615	18.3
45	Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel	NY	$4,156	$31,853	N/A	18.2
46	California State University-East Bay	CA	$9,320	$71,401	$16,544	18.1
47	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	$7,007	$53,230	$25,000	18.0
48	University of Arkansas Grantham	AR	$8,370	$63,496	$21,956	18.0
49	Mount Carmel College of Nursing	OH	$10,420	$75,103	$22,082	17.0
50	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	$20,111	$143,372	$14,768	16.8

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Rankings based solely on federal data, not surveys or reputation. Data: College Scorecard.