Free Tool · College ROI Calculator

Model a degree-cost scenario and its estimated payback period.

Pick a school to compare a four-year cost estimate with a modeled two-year dual-credit scenario.

The model assumes 60 dual-credit hours at $80 per credit and two years enrolled at the selected college. Transfer, degree applicability, residency, course availability, aid, and individual timelines vary. These assumptions appear here before the email form so you can decide whether the estimate is useful.

College Scorecard net price is an average for federal-aid recipients, not your family’s personalized aid offer. The early-earnings and total-advantage figures add two years of College Scorecard median post-enrollment earnings; they are not an individual wage forecast.