Liberal-arts-profile colleges by ROI

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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Leaderboard

Rank	Institution	State	Control	Enrollment	Primary metric	Also see
1	Harvey Mudd College	CA	Private nonprofit	921	$490,267	Grad 91.9% · Net $35,924
2	Claremont McKenna College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,388	$356,148	Grad 91.4% · Net $28,849
3	Washington and Lee University	VA	Private nonprofit	1,881	$317,628	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,781
4	Williams College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,076	$310,212	Grad 93.6% · Net $17,716
5	Bowdoin College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,873	$303,690	Grad 95.3% · Net $14,398
6	Virginia Military Institute	VA	Public	1,527	$282,064	Grad 76.2% · Net $17,113
7	Davidson College	NC	Private nonprofit	1,867	$272,444	Grad 91.1% · Net $17,379
8	Amherst College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,911	$266,312	Grad 93.9% · Net $23,367
9	Colby College	ME	Private nonprofit	2,407	$260,943	Grad 88.8% · Net $17,180
10	Lafayette College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,757	$254,775	Grad 87.6% · Net $34,433
11	Pomona College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,666	$248,288	Grad 93.2% · Net $19,285
12	University of New Hampshire at Manchester	NH	Public	443	$247,095	Grad 50.0% · Net $9,992
13	Wellesley College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,300	$243,098	Grad 91.5% · Net $25,496
14	Linfield University	OR	Private nonprofit	1,621	$238,342	Grad 70.5% · Net $26,536
15	Trinity College	CT	Private nonprofit	2,146	$235,264	Grad 83.8% · Net $34,832
16	Swarthmore College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,613	$234,737	Grad 92.3% · Net $23,149
17	Bucknell University	PA	Private nonprofit	3,876	$232,124	Grad 86.3% · Net $40,766
18	Colgate University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,180	$230,594	Grad 91.2% · Net $28,786
19	Barnard College	NY	Private nonprofit	3,264	$228,320	Grad 93.0% · Net $28,800
20	Charter Oak State College	CT	Public	1,821	$218,205	Grad 66.7% · Net $15,815
21	Union College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,046	$217,906	Grad 80.4% · Net $34,561
22	College of the Holy Cross	MA	Private nonprofit	3,106	$215,360	Grad 87.3% · Net $38,782
23	University of Pittsburgh-Greensburg	PA	Public	1,305	$214,468	Grad 39.7% · Net $17,945
24	Saint Johns University	MN	Private nonprofit	1,395	$212,924	Grad 75.4% · Net $25,672
25	Hamilton College	NY	Private nonprofit	2,030	$211,738	Grad 90.6% · Net $28,985
26	Wofford College	SC	Private nonprofit	1,816	$211,630	Grad 84.2% · Net $18,732
27	DePauw University	IN	Private nonprofit	1,905	$210,790	Grad 74.7% · Net $22,264
28	Carleton College	MN	Private nonprofit	2,086	$208,676	Grad 89.6% · Net $25,407
29	Haverford College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,430	$208,166	Grad 89.6% · Net $25,314
30	University of Richmond	VA	Private nonprofit	2,980	$207,508	Grad 85.2% · Net $31,309
31	Trinity University	TX	Private nonprofit	2,505	$205,908	Grad 84.0% · Net $23,464
32	Hampden-Sydney College	VA	Private nonprofit	946	$199,701	Grad 62.2% · Net $22,400
33	Albion College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,300	$199,068	Grad 61.6% · Net $14,301
34	Grinnell College	IA	Private nonprofit	1,729	$196,635	Grad 88.1% · Net $17,648
35	University of Minnesota-Morris	MN	Public	936	$193,204	Grad 62.5% · Net $8,837
36	Wesleyan University	CT	Private nonprofit	3,067	$191,818	Grad 92.6% · Net $30,177
37	St. Mary's College of Maryland	MD	Public	1,603	$190,769	Grad 70.0% · Net $18,441
38	Centre College	KY	Private nonprofit	1,400	$189,012	Grad 80.7% · Net $20,781
39	Stonehill College	MA	Private nonprofit	2,528	$187,505	Grad 76.0% · Net $33,016
40	Middlebury College	VT	Private nonprofit	2,738	$186,900	Grad 91.4% · Net $31,483
41	Bates College	ME	Private nonprofit	1,760	$186,053	Grad 89.7% · Net $29,351
42	Kalamazoo College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,149	$184,726	Grad 76.0% · Net $19,072
43	Scripps College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,113	$184,119	Grad 82.5% · Net $36,294
44	Washington & Jefferson College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,295	$180,506	Grad 69.5% · Net $25,002
45	CUNY Medgar Evers College	NY	Public	3,233	$178,896	Grad 19.8% · Net $5,718
46	Wabash College	IN	Private nonprofit	866	$177,278	Grad 77.0% · Net $24,336
47	Gustavus Adolphus College	MN	Private nonprofit	1,878	$175,642	Grad 76.6% · Net $22,900
48	University of Mary Washington	VA	Public	3,566	$171,673	Grad 66.4% · Net $20,667
49	Hobart William Smith Colleges	NY	Private nonprofit	1,786	$170,234	Grad 77.2% · Net $31,563
50	Saint Anselm College	NH	Private nonprofit	2,087	$170,188	Grad 80.0% · Net $34,779
51	Augustana College	IL	Private nonprofit	2,490	$169,314	Grad 72.9% · Net $22,736
52	New College of Florida	FL	Public	843	$169,122	Grad 66.7% · Net $7,195
53	Gettysburg College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,099	$168,592	Grad 82.5% · Net $31,490
54	Muhlenberg College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,727	$168,299	Grad 82.2% · Net $28,905
55	Saint Mary's College	IN	Private nonprofit	1,458	$167,366	Grad 69.3% · Net $25,292
56	Berea College	KY	Private nonprofit	1,513	$166,627	Grad 58.2% · Net $6,106
57	Coe College	IA	Private nonprofit	1,164	$165,390	Grad 65.9% · Net $18,745
58	Albright College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,217	$165,328	Grad 50.7% · Net $20,024
59	St Olaf College	MN	Private nonprofit	3,093	$165,098	Grad 84.0% · Net $23,874
60	Emmanuel College	MA	Private nonprofit	1,854	$164,878	Grad 67.5% · Net $26,706
61	University of Virginia's College at Wise	VA	Public	1,101	$164,551	Grad 47.1% · Net $9,210
62	Presbyterian College	SC	Private nonprofit	852	$163,688	Grad 51.5% · Net $20,528
63	College of Saint Benedict	MN	Private nonprofit	1,370	$163,590	Grad 77.1% · Net $26,640
64	Pillar College	NJ	Private nonprofit	498	$161,879	Grad 38.5% · Net $8,470
65	Bryn Mawr College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,359	$161,320	Grad 81.8% · Net $31,759
66	Ursinus College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,491	$160,748	Grad 73.3% · Net $30,536
67	Bridgewater College	VA	Private nonprofit	1,400	$160,088	Grad 53.0% · Net $17,800
68	Rhodes College	TN	Private nonprofit	1,836	$159,868	Grad 84.5% · Net $28,585
69	Allegheny College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,156	$159,490	Grad 72.5% · Net $22,940
70	Austin College	TX	Private nonprofit	1,165	$159,052	Grad 67.0% · Net $21,107
71	University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma	OK	Public	941	$158,594	Grad 44.1% · Net $6,624
72	St Lawrence University	NY	Private nonprofit	1,918	$158,022	Grad 79.1% · Net $28,651
73	Georgetown College	KY	Private nonprofit	1,097	$157,582	Grad 48.9% · Net $14,095
74	Lycoming College	PA	Private nonprofit	996	$156,094	Grad 59.6% · Net $19,140
75	Wittenberg University	OH	Private nonprofit	1,215	$154,491	Grad 52.7% · Net $18,649
76	Franklin and Marshall College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,799	$154,013	Grad 83.8% · Net $36,425
77	Luther College	IA	Private nonprofit	1,379	$153,016	Grad 71.1% · Net $23,097
78	Wheaton College	IL	Private nonprofit	2,121	$152,380	Grad 84.8% · Net $26,975
79	Soka University of America	CA	Private nonprofit	484	$151,660	Grad 91.8% · Net $18,260
80	Juniata College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,191	$151,486	Grad 73.5% · Net $23,988
81	Washington College	MD	Private nonprofit	891	$150,702	Grad 65.4% · Net $27,898
82	Westmont College	CA	Private nonprofit	1,302	$150,112	Grad 70.3% · Net $29,053
83	Oglethorpe University	GA	Private nonprofit	1,352	$150,014	Grad 54.1% · Net $19,509
84	Drew University	NJ	Private nonprofit	1,533	$149,960	Grad 70.5% · Net $24,280
85	Saint Vincent College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,259	$149,564	Grad 68.6% · Net $23,510
86	The University of the South	TN	Private nonprofit	1,607	$148,510	Grad 79.8% · Net $27,872
87	Connecticut College	CT	Private nonprofit	1,937	$148,040	Grad 82.0% · Net $36,175
88	Westminster College	PA	Private nonprofit	1,041	$147,812	Grad 64.5% · Net $19,859
89	Monmouth College	IL	Private nonprofit	702	$147,565	Grad 64.6% · Net $17,133
90	Randolph College	VA	Private nonprofit	658	$146,668	Grad 46.4% · Net $15,921
91	Wheaton College (Massachusetts)	MA	Private nonprofit	1,773	$145,868	Grad 72.8% · Net $29,822
92	Illinois College	IL	Private nonprofit	930	$144,674	Grad 63.8% · Net $18,298
93	Aquinas College	MI	Private nonprofit	1,083	$144,516	Grad 65.4% · Net $16,626
94	Concordia College at Moorhead	MN	Private nonprofit	1,829	$144,373	Grad 61.1% · Net $24,902
95	Lake Forest College	IL	Private nonprofit	1,813	$143,578	Grad 77.8% · Net $28,673
96	University of North Carolina Asheville	NC	Public	2,910	$142,726	Grad 54.5% · Net $12,250
97	Ripon College	WI	Private nonprofit	688	$142,374	Grad 63.3% · Net $20,216
98	The College of Wooster	OH	Private nonprofit	1,730	$142,274	Grad 73.9% · Net $23,458
99	Furman University	SC	Private nonprofit	2,379	$142,182	Grad 78.8% · Net $30,308
100	Dickinson College	PA	Private nonprofit	2,273	$141,398	Grad 79.8% · Net $37,607