Best Value College in Every State

The highest ROI school in each state, based on federal data. See methodology.

State	Best ROI School	Net Price	10yr Earnings	ROI Score
Alabama	Columbia Southern University	$14,580	$63,534	9.9
Alaska	University of Alaska Fairbanks	$10,892	$48,866	10.2
Arizona	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	$14,967	$62,668	9.5
Arkansas	University of Arkansas Grantham	$8,370	$63,496	18.0
California	San Diego Christian College	$992	$49,766	124.4
Colorado	Colorado State University Pueblo	$10,051	$55,563	12.8
Connecticut	University of Connecticut-Waterbury Campus	$10,875	$73,997	16.0
Delaware	University of Delaware	$17,799	$72,950	9.3
District of Columbia	Trinity Washington University	$9,302	$53,804	13.5
Florida	University of Florida-Online	$4,815	$71,588	36.2
Georgia	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	$12,116	$102,772	20.2
GU	University of Guam	$8,598	$35,946	9.4
Hawaii	University of Hawaii-West Oahu	$10,327	$52,075	11.6
Idaho	Idaho State University	$12,193	$45,608	8.3
Illinois	Trinity International University-Illinois	$2,835	$46,989	40.4
Indiana	Indiana University-Kokomo	$3,968	$49,917	30.4
Iowa	Grinnell College	$17,648	$62,830	7.9
Kansas	Wichita State University	$13,194	$51,532	8.8
Kentucky	Berea College	$6,106	$43,150	16.7
Louisiana	Louisiana State University-Shreveport	$7,022	$47,477	15.9
Maine	University of Maine at Fort Kent	$7,482	$51,077	16.1
Maryland	University of Maryland-College Park	$15,678	$82,860	12.2
Massachusetts	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	$20,111	$143,372	16.8
Michigan	University of Michigan-Flint	$7,007	$53,230	18.0
Minnesota	University of Minnesota-Morris	$8,837	$50,919	13.4
Mississippi	University of Mississippi	$13,314	$50,994	8.6
Missouri	College of the Ozarks	$6,100	$41,592	16.1
Montana	Salish Kootenai College	$7,945	$32,725	9.3
Nebraska	Peru State College	$11,632	$47,071	9.1
Nevada	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	$10,359	$55,037	12.3
New Hampshire	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	$9,992	$66,479	15.6
New Jersey	Princeton University	$6,128	$110,066	43.9
New Mexico	Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus	$4,904	$38,550	18.6
New York	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	$3,033	$75,971	61.6
North Carolina	Elizabeth City State University	$6,364	$40,026	14.7
North Dakota	Valley City State University	$11,890	$52,725	10.1
Ohio	Ohio University-Eastern Campus	$3,925	$52,581	32.5
Oklahoma	University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	$6,624	$41,913	14.8
Oregon	Portland State University	$9,552	$57,906	14.2
Pennsylvania	Holy Family University	$13,143	$62,235	10.8
PR	Dewey University-Hato Rey	$3,577	$19,761	12.8
Rhode Island	Rhode Island College	$9,478	$56,318	13.8
South Carolina	University of South Carolina Aiken	$11,641	$45,603	8.8
South Dakota	South Dakota School of Mines and Technology	$20,183	$72,257	8.0
Tennessee	Baptist Health Sciences University	$11,212	$72,529	15.2
Texas	College of Biblical Studies-Houston	$672	$39,260	145.1
Utah	Brigham Young University	$15,564	$75,790	11.2
Vermont	University of Vermont	$19,343	$62,472	7.1
VI	University of the Virgin Islands	$7,469	$38,681	11.9
Virginia	University of Virginia's College at Wise	$9,210	$45,325	11.3
Washington	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	$10,163	$78,466	18.3
West Virginia	Marshall University	$7,502	$46,354	14.4
Wisconsin	University of Wisconsin-Parkside	$11,772	$51,129	9.9
Wyoming	University of Wyoming	$13,599	$56,880	9.5