College ROI Lab
Understanding college cost and return
Model cost, aid, debt, and starting salary without pretending a human education can be reduced to one return percentage. Educational estimates only.
Opportunity cost
What would you do, earn, or learn if you chose the next-best alternative?
Uncertainty
Starting salaries are estimates. Major, geography, internships, economic cycles, and individual choices matter.
Non-financial return
Education can create knowledge, networks, independence, and options that are hard to convert into one dollar figure.