Best large universities by ROI - College & Career Data

Method notes

Underlying institution file: EDsmart Data processed College Scorecard extract merged to IPEDS 2023 directory for HBCU and Carnegie fields.
ROI column matches the processed college_roi_rankings series in this site build; see College Scorecard ROI methodology.
School profile links use generated slugs; not every campus has a published profile page yet—use the Scorecard site as fallback.

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Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus	GA	Public	18,785	$417,020	Grad 94.0% · Net $12,116
2	University of California-Berkeley	CA	Public	33,068	$353,372	Grad 92.8% · Net $13,481
3	Cornell University	NY	Private nonprofit	15,995	$338,556	Grad 95.4% · Net $28,690
4	CUNY Bernard M Baruch College	NY	Public	16,154	$332,190	Grad 72.1% · Net $3,033
5	California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo	CA	Public	21,996	$327,034	Grad 86.4% · Net $16,665
6	University of Michigan-Ann Arbor	MI	Public	34,177	$326,971	Grad 93.2% · Net $13,138
7	University of California-San Diego	CA	Public	34,948	$319,354	Grad 86.1% · Net $12,470
8	University of Maryland-College Park	MD	Public	30,760	$298,522	Grad 88.6% · Net $15,678
9	University of California-Los Angeles	CA	Public	33,475	$295,349	Grad 92.6% · Net $12,548
10	University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign	IL	Public	36,258	$295,067	Grad 85.1% · Net $14,355
11	University of Virginia-Main Campus	VA	Public	17,597	$291,320	Grad 95.6% · Net $21,565
12	University of Florida	FL	Public	35,629	$289,958	Grad 91.1% · Net $6,541
13	San Jose State University	CA	Public	27,601	$284,194	Grad 69.2% · Net $13,760
14	University of Washington-Seattle Campus	WA	Public	31,942	$283,648	Grad 85.2% · Net $14,091
15	University of California-Davis	CA	Public	32,253	$277,662	Grad 85.7% · Net $14,741
16	Western Governors University	UT	Private nonprofit	155,088	$270,388	Grad 46.2% · Net $12,548
17	University of California-Irvine	CA	Public	30,197	$270,102	Grad 86.9% · Net $14,251
18	Northeastern University	MA	Private nonprofit	17,326	$267,478	Grad 90.5% · Net $30,915
19	CUNY Hunter College	NY	Public	16,289	$266,978	Grad 56.9% · Net $2,984
20	University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill	NC	Public	20,752	$266,778	Grad 91.2% · Net $11,655
21	University of Southern California	CA	Private nonprofit	20,443	$261,940	Grad 91.8% · Net $32,740
22	Purdue University-Main Campus	IN	Public	44,503	$260,795	Grad 83.1% · Net $14,600
23	California State Polytechnic University-Pomona	CA	Public	25,042	$259,913	Grad 68.4% · Net $11,531
24	Brigham Young University	UT	Private nonprofit	32,952	$255,650	Grad 81.0% · Net $15,564
25	University of Wisconsin-Madison	WI	Public	36,902	$255,566	Grad 89.5% · Net $17,354
26	University of California-Santa Barbara	CA	Public	23,113	$253,290	Grad 83.0% · Net $16,109
27	George Mason University	VA	Public	27,752	$251,850	Grad 67.8% · Net $17,915
28	University of Illinois Chicago	IL	Public	22,170	$251,625	Grad 61.6% · Net $10,974
29	Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University	VA	Public	30,923	$250,282	Grad 86.2% · Net $24,953
30	Boston University	MA	Private nonprofit	18,248	$248,652	Grad 88.7% · Net $24,402
31	California State University-Fullerton	CA	Public	38,546	$248,396	Grad 70.2% · Net $6,555
32	University of Delaware	DE	Public	19,071	$247,129	Grad 80.5% · Net $17,799
33	University of Georgia	GA	Public	32,137	$245,766	Grad 89.7% · Net $13,936
34	Stony Brook University	NY	Public	18,101	$245,567	Grad 75.6% · Net $18,784
35	California State University-Sacramento	CA	Public	28,350	$244,217	Grad 56.3% · Net $9,338
36	The University of Texas at Arlington	TX	Public	32,294	$242,396	Grad 54.0% · Net $13,951
37	The University of Texas at Austin	TX	Public	42,855	$241,848	Grad 88.9% · Net $19,857
38	San Francisco State University	CA	Public	18,639	$241,362	Grad 50.4% · Net $12,278
39	California State University-Los Angeles	CA	Public	19,562	$240,710	Grad 53.0% · Net $3,967
40	California State University-San Bernardino	CA	Public	15,023	$234,415	Grad 54.9% · Net $4,564
41	University of Minnesota-Twin Cities	MN	Public	31,855	$233,570	Grad 85.3% · Net $16,778
42	North Carolina State University at Raleigh	NC	Public	27,371	$233,282	Grad 84.8% · Net $17,303
43	California State University-Long Beach	CA	Public	35,924	$233,102	Grad 68.9% · Net $10,440
44	Washington State University	WA	Public	21,099	$232,562	Grad 60.5% · Net $14,971
45	California State University-Fresno	CA	Public	21,605	$226,732	Grad 57.0% · Net $7,000
46	The University of Texas at Dallas	TX	Public	21,751	$225,335	Grad 75.7% · Net $18,267
47	University of Utah	UT	Public	27,264	$225,018	Grad 65.0% · Net $16,200
48	Florida International University	FL	Public	39,508	$224,516	Grad 74.4% · Net $9,288
49	California State University-Northridge	CA	Public	32,691	$223,868	Grad 57.0% · Net $7,021
50	Texas A&M University-College Station	TX	Public	59,615	$222,804	Grad 83.9% · Net $21,315
51	Florida State University	FL	Public	32,212	$222,714	Grad 85.6% · Net $11,297
52	University of California-Riverside	CA	Public	22,593	$222,026	Grad 76.0% · Net $14,304
53	San Diego State University	CA	Public	35,377	$221,714	Grad 76.4% · Net $15,364
54	University of Massachusetts-Amherst	MA	Public	23,671	$219,860	Grad 83.3% · Net $22,383
55	University of Houston	TX	Public	38,380	$218,816	Grad 64.6% · Net $14,276
56	University of Connecticut	CT	Public	19,835	$218,504	Grad 83.3% · Net $25,097
57	University of South Florida	FL	Public	37,207	$218,380	Grad 76.8% · Net $9,812
58	Rutgers University-New Brunswick	NJ	Public	37,751	$216,913	Grad 83.6% · Net $24,406
59	Arizona State University Campus Immersion	AZ	Public	64,674	$215,990	Grad 68.0% · Net $14,967
60	Clemson University	SC	Public	23,300	$215,115	Grad 86.6% · Net $22,253
61	Florida Atlantic University	FL	Public	23,757	$213,482	Grad 62.6% · Net $8,752
62	Indiana University-Bloomington	IN	Public	37,806	$213,468	Grad 80.2% · Net $16,264
63	University of Central Florida	FL	Public	59,146	$211,954	Grad 78.0% · Net $10,411
64	University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus	OK	Public	22,734	$210,711	Grad 75.3% · Net $15,300
65	Michigan State University	MI	Public	40,922	$210,660	Grad 80.7% · Net $19,680
66	Towson University	MD	Public	16,136	$210,653	Grad 69.5% · Net $17,413
67	University at Buffalo	NY	Public	20,112	$208,019	Grad 75.2% · Net $20,995
68	University of California-Santa Cruz	CA	Public	17,940	$206,322	Grad 75.1% · Net $17,890
69	The University of Texas at San Antonio	TX	Public	30,580	$206,258	Grad 52.6% · Net $10,836
70	James Madison University	VA	Public	20,888	$202,618	Grad 79.7% · Net $23,322
71	Iowa State University	IA	Public	25,367	$200,986	Grad 75.3% · Net $18,589
72	Montclair State University	NJ	Public	18,376	$198,638	Grad 64.7% · Net $15,566
73	University of Kansas	KS	Public	21,217	$195,436	Grad 68.8% · Net $18,059
74	University of Maryland Global Campus	MD	Public	49,664	$195,026	Grad 33.3% · Net $22,063
75	University of Nevada-Reno	NV	Public	15,599	$194,851	Grad 61.2% · Net $15,927
76	University of Nevada-Las Vegas	NV	Public	24,622	$193,850	Grad 50.5% · Net $10,359
77	Ohio State University-Main Campus	OH	Public	45,638	$193,448	Grad 87.7% · Net $17,339
78	The University of Texas Rio Grande Valley	TX	Public	28,666	$192,905	Grad 50.9% · Net $4,831
79	Texas Tech University	TX	Public	32,394	$192,353	Grad 68.7% · Net $19,070
80	University of Arizona	AZ	Public	42,537	$190,028	Grad 67.5% · Net $16,674
81	University of Colorado Boulder	CO	Public	31,939	$189,536	Grad 74.2% · Net $25,346
82	University of Missouri-Columbia	MO	Public	23,929	$189,324	Grad 74.9% · Net $20,268
83	Oregon State University	OR	Public	30,743	$188,680	Grad 70.1% · Net $19,604
84	Kennesaw State University	GA	Public	41,254	$187,954	Grad 52.2% · Net $15,048
85	New York University	NY	Private nonprofit	28,663	$187,398	Grad 87.6% · Net $37,050
86	Illinois State University	IL	Public	19,057	$186,636	Grad 64.5% · Net $19,398
87	University of North Carolina at Charlotte	NC	Public	24,453	$186,392	Grad 69.0% · Net $15,435
88	University of North Georgia	GA	Public	16,146	$185,713	Grad 37.3% · Net $9,823
89	Wayne State University	MI	Public	15,587	$184,988	Grad 58.4% · Net $12,766
90	Northern Arizona University	AZ	Public	22,903	$184,290	Grad 61.3% · Net $14,158
91	University of Iowa	IA	Public	22,264	$184,174	Grad 74.6% · Net $22,531
92	Old Dominion University	VA	Public	17,514	$182,755	Grad 46.3% · Net $14,638
93	University of Hawaii at Manoa	HI	Public	15,029	$181,918	Grad 64.3% · Net $15,664
94	Auburn University	AL	Public	26,816	$181,146	Grad 82.0% · Net $24,323
95	University of North Texas	TX	Public	34,341	$180,506	Grad 60.7% · Net $15,649
96	University of Arkansas	AR	Public	28,677	$179,436	Grad 70.5% · Net $18,209
97	Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College	LA	Public	30,594	$179,190	Grad 68.8% · Net $19,151
98	West Virginia University	WV	Public	17,385	$178,622	Grad 64.7% · Net $15,634
99	Grand Valley State University	MI	Public	18,854	$177,776	Grad 67.0% · Net $16,317
100	University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee	WI	Public	16,758	$177,770	Grad 49.3% · Net $15,014