Best ROI 2-Year Colleges in Texas

These are the best ROI 2-year colleges in texas, ranked by earnings-to-cost ratio (ROI). The ranking includes 50 institutions, with College of the Mainland leading at 14.8x.

Rank	Institution	State	ROI
1	College of the Mainland	TX	14.8x
2	South Texas College	TX	10.5x
3	Victoria College	TX	7.0x
4	Texas Southmost College	TX	6.8x
5	Lamar State College-Port Arthur	TX	6.5x
6	Dallas College	TX	6.5x
7	Western Texas College	TX	6.0x
8	Del Mar College	TX	5.7x
9	El Paso Community College	TX	5.5x
10	Tarrant County College District	TX	4.9x
11	Brazosport College	TX	4.8x
12	Wharton County Junior College	TX	4.8x
13	Northwest Vista College	TX	4.7x
14	Amarillo College	TX	4.5x
15	San Antonio College	TX	4.3x
16	Palo Alto College	TX	4.2x
17	Coastal Bend College	TX	4.1x
18	McLennan Community College	TX	3.9x
19	Kilgore College	TX	3.5x
20	North Central Texas College	TX	3.5x
21	Houston Community College	TX	3.4x
22	Austin Community College District	TX	3.4x
23	Odessa College	TX	3.3x
24	Vernon College	TX	3.2x
25	Howard College	TX	3.1x
26	South Plains College	TX	3.0x
27	Laredo College	TX	2.9x
28	Ranger College	TX	2.9x
29	Northeast Texas Community College	TX	2.8x
30	Collin County Community College District	TX	2.7x
31	Alvin Community College	TX	2.7x
32	Hill College	TX	2.6x
33	Southwest Texas College	TX	2.4x
34	Blinn College District	TX	2.1x
35	Weatherford College	TX	2.1x
36	Cisco College	TX	2.0x
37	Central Texas College	TX	2.0x
38	Lone Star College System	TX	1.9x
39	Tyler Junior College	TX	1.9x
40	Temple College	TX	1.8x
41	San Jacinto Community College	TX	1.8x
42	Lamar Institute of Technology	TX	1.4x
43	Navarro College	TX	1.3x
44	Universal Technical Institute of Texas Inc.	TX	1.1x
45	Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio	TX	1.1x
46	Galen Health Institutes-Houston	TX	1.0x
47	Galen Health Institutes-Austin Campus	TX	1.0x
48	Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth	TX	1.0x
49	Universal Technical Institute-West Texas	TX	1.0x
50	Southwest University at El Paso	TX	0.9x

Methodology

2-Year institutions in Texas ranked by ROI. Minimum enrollment: 500 students. Data from the U.S. Department of Education College Scorecard.