Best mid-sized colleges 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	Massachusetts Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	4,535	$582,508	Grad 96.4% · Net $20,111
2	Stanford University	CA	Private nonprofit	7,554	$491,118	Grad 91.9% · Net $13,807
3	Princeton University	NJ	Private nonprofit	5,709	$490,486	Grad 97.6% · Net $6,128
4	Harvard University	MA	Private nonprofit	7,601	$408,944	Grad 97.6% · Net $19,066
5	Carnegie Mellon University	PA	Private nonprofit	7,304	$381,661	Grad 94.1% · Net $31,944
6	Columbia University in the City of New York	NY	Private nonprofit	8,973	$375,459	Grad 96.1% · Net $21,590
7	University of Pennsylvania	PA	Private nonprofit	10,650	$359,630	Grad 96.5% · Net $28,699
8	University of Chicago	IL	Private nonprofit	7,569	$359,160	Grad 95.9% · Net $14,860
9	Johns Hopkins University	MD	Private nonprofit	5,693	$355,394	Grad 93.8% · Net $18,809
10	Rice University	TX	Private nonprofit	4,776	$344,734	Grad 94.6% · Net $13,370
11	Yale University	CT	Private nonprofit	6,758	$344,204	Grad 95.7% · Net $23,777
12	Vanderbilt University	TN	Private nonprofit	7,208	$338,065	Grad 93.5% · Net $15,846
13	University of Notre Dame	IN	Private nonprofit	8,818	$335,073	Grad 95.2% · Net $26,780
14	West Coast University-Anaheim-Orange County	CA	Private for-profit	3,192	$330,076	Grad 60.0% · Net $32,879
15	Bentley University	MA	Private nonprofit	4,474	$327,521	Grad 86.8% · Net $37,930
16	Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences	MA	Private nonprofit	3,451	$323,327	Grad 62.0% · Net $39,545
17	Duke University	NC	Private nonprofit	6,442	$319,092	Grad 96.8% · Net $29,612
18	Dartmouth College	NH	Private nonprofit	4,541	$318,178	Grad 95.5% · Net $29,519
19	Colorado School of Mines	CO	Public	6,155	$308,532	Grad 81.7% · Net $28,690
20	New Jersey Institute of Technology	NJ	Public	9,019	$303,564	Grad 72.8% · Net $16,504
21	University of Washington-Tacoma Campus	WA	Public	4,185	$303,288	Grad 63.2% · Net $10,163
22	Lehigh University	PA	Private nonprofit	5,898	$302,398	Grad 87.9% · Net $36,931
23	Michigan Technological University	MI	Public	5,955	$302,153	Grad 68.1% · Net $14,182
24	Brown University	RI	Private nonprofit	7,226	$301,423	Grad 95.7% · Net $25,184
25	Washington University in St Louis	MO	Private nonprofit	7,857	$300,146	Grad 94.3% · Net $21,786
26	University of Florida-Online	FL	Public	4,627	$298,588	Grad 84.7% · Net $4,815
27	Missouri University of Science and Technology	MO	Public	5,521	$297,370	Grad 64.4% · Net $16,298
28	Stevens Institute of Technology	NJ	Private nonprofit	4,222	$293,815	Grad 86.9% · Net $41,346
29	University of Washington-Bothell Campus	WA	Public	5,457	$292,508	Grad 65.3% · Net $12,319
30	Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	NY	Private nonprofit	5,714	$287,256	Grad 83.6% · Net $36,228
31	Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Worldwide	FL	Private nonprofit	9,139	$283,106	Grad 20.5% · Net $18,725
32	Chamberlain University-Illinois	IL	Private for-profit	14,027	$282,944	Grad 41.7% · Net $31,837
33	Emory University	GA	Private nonprofit	7,298	$280,290	Grad 91.1% · Net $22,585
34	Colorado State University Global	CO	Public	6,563	$278,006	Grad — · Net $16,510
35	California State University-East Bay	CA	Public	9,809	$273,134	Grad 47.9% · Net $9,320
36	Northwestern University	IL	Private nonprofit	9,201	$270,450	Grad 95.1% · Net $29,167
37	Worcester Polytechnic Institute	MA	Private nonprofit	5,447	$268,513	Grad 89.7% · Net $43,071
38	Molloy University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,162	$265,652	Grad 69.9% · Net $24,347
39	Farmingdale State College	NY	Public	9,552	$260,348	Grad 52.8% · Net $10,867
40	CUNY City College	NY	Public	12,505	$260,197	Grad 56.8% · Net $3,776
41	CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice	NY	Public	11,590	$257,069	Grad 55.8% · Net $3,203
42	CUNY Queens College	NY	Public	12,550	$257,028	Grad 53.2% · Net $4,195
43	CUNY Lehman College	NY	Public	10,696	$257,022	Grad 51.3% · Net $3,148
44	Boston College	MA	Private nonprofit	10,085	$255,201	Grad 90.8% · Net $41,704
45	Georgetown University	DC	Private nonprofit	7,569	$253,531	Grad 94.8% · Net $40,815
46	Binghamton University	NY	Public	14,655	$252,030	Grad 81.6% · Net $21,620
47	CUNY Brooklyn College	NY	Public	10,543	$251,864	Grad 53.9% · Net $3,103
48	Santa Clara University	CA	Private nonprofit	6,552	$249,348	Grad 87.9% · Net $50,062
49	Villanova University	PA	Private nonprofit	6,938	$248,360	Grad 91.9% · Net $43,756
50	California State University-Stanislaus	CA	Public	8,385	$246,046	Grad 53.4% · Net $6,067
51	Rutgers University-Camden	NJ	Public	3,753	$245,218	Grad 66.7% · Net $18,745
52	William & Mary	VA	Public	7,055	$244,636	Grad 89.4% · Net $19,096
53	Rutgers University-Newark	NJ	Public	7,709	$240,428	Grad 63.7% · Net $19,703
54	University of the Pacific	CA	Private nonprofit	3,204	$238,558	Grad 69.0% · Net $25,447
55	CUNY York College	NY	Public	4,345	$237,312	Grad 32.2% · Net $4,456
56	Wake Forest University	NC	Private nonprofit	5,485	$236,251	Grad 89.1% · Net $28,719
57	Sonoma State University	CA	Public	5,166	$235,096	Grad 57.6% · Net $12,885
58	University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus	CO	Public	10,519	$234,926	Grad 46.2% · Net $11,900
59	Saint Joseph's University – Philadelphia	PA	Private nonprofit	4,948	$234,800	Grad 78.8% · Net $29,689
60	University of Michigan-Dearborn	MI	Public	5,952	$233,291	Grad 58.0% · Net $9,492
61	University of Massachusetts-Lowell	MA	Public	11,434	$233,086	Grad 64.8% · Net $17,163
62	University of Maryland-Baltimore County	MD	Public	10,701	$232,626	Grad 70.0% · Net $16,467
63	Bucknell University	PA	Private nonprofit	3,876	$232,124	Grad 86.3% · Net $40,766
64	University of San Diego	CA	Private nonprofit	5,671	$230,938	Grad 83.7% · Net $30,365
65	Colgate University	NY	Private nonprofit	3,180	$230,594	Grad 91.2% · Net $28,786
66	California State University-San Marcos	CA	Public	14,877	$230,306	Grad 54.6% · Net $10,229
67	California State University-Bakersfield	CA	Public	8,577	$229,018	Grad 49.8% · Net $5,652
68	Barnard College	NY	Private nonprofit	3,264	$228,320	Grad 93.0% · Net $28,800
69	Columbia Southern University	AL	Private for-profit	12,176	$225,357	Grad 33.3% · Net $14,580
70	University of Rochester	NY	Private nonprofit	6,331	$225,108	Grad 85.4% · Net $29,278
71	California State University-Channel Islands	CA	Public	5,013	$224,972	Grad 51.3% · Net $9,849
72	Oakland University	MI	Public	12,351	$222,628	Grad 57.6% · Net $9,120
73	Wentworth Institute of Technology	MA	Private nonprofit	3,747	$222,052	Grad 68.2% · Net $34,170
74	University of California-Merced	CA	Public	8,372	$221,764	Grad 68.7% · Net $11,983
75	Saint Xavier University	IL	Private nonprofit	3,096	$221,660	Grad 56.6% · Net $10,970
76	California State University-Dominguez Hills	CA	Public	12,538	$220,484	Grad 42.8% · Net $8,615
77	University of Massachusetts-Boston	MA	Public	11,512	$220,388	Grad 49.4% · Net $17,707
78	Lewis University	IL	Private nonprofit	4,015	$220,279	Grad 66.6% · Net $17,028
79	Loyola University Maryland	MD	Private nonprofit	3,869	$219,550	Grad 79.2% · Net $30,574
80	George Washington University	DC	Private nonprofit	11,182	$218,738	Grad 84.0% · Net $36,586
81	University of Michigan-Flint	MI	Public	4,411	$216,868	Grad 40.3% · Net $7,007
82	California State University-Chico	CA	Public	13,631	$216,858	Grad 62.8% · Net $14,480
83	College of the Holy Cross	MA	Private nonprofit	3,106	$215,360	Grad 87.3% · Net $38,782
84	Portland State University	OR	Public	13,182	$215,358	Grad 52.7% · Net $9,552
85	National University	CA	Private nonprofit	10,794	$214,978	Grad 42.9% · Net $22,878
86	Metropolitan State University	MN	Public	5,616	$214,656	Grad 43.6% · Net $16,863
87	Ferris State University	MI	Public	8,106	$214,421	Grad 46.9% · Net $8,624
88	University of Rhode Island	RI	Public	13,381	$214,230	Grad 73.3% · Net $21,440
89	University at Albany	NY	Public	12,564	$213,874	Grad 61.5% · Net $17,167
90	Purdue University Northwest	IN	Public	5,671	$213,476	Grad 42.9% · Net $6,079
91	North Dakota State University-Main Campus	ND	Public	9,471	$212,616	Grad 63.9% · Net $15,543
92	Ramapo College of New Jersey	NJ	Public	4,898	$211,128	Grad 69.8% · Net $18,173
93	University of Wisconsin-Platteville	WI	Public	5,837	$210,720	Grad 55.8% · Net $16,032
94	Galen College of Nursing-Louisville	KY	Private for-profit	4,801	$209,288	Grad 61.5% · Net $18,540
95	Bellevue University	NE	Private nonprofit	10,220	$209,018	Grad 33.0% · Net $17,550
96	SUNY College at Geneseo	NY	Public	3,869	$207,928	Grad 71.5% · Net $18,211
97	Saint Louis University	MO	Private nonprofit	7,267	$207,890	Grad 79.5% · Net $24,398
98	SUNY Old Westbury	NY	Public	4,162	$207,352	Grad 44.6% · Net $11,282
99	Worcester State University	MA	Public	3,930	$206,882	Grad 61.5% · Net $13,381
100	University of La Verne	CA	Private nonprofit	3,050	$206,636	Grad 63.1% · Net $20,161