Alabama's Four Year Colleges

     There's a new report about that purports to grade the state's Colleges and Universities by their ROI--return on investment.
     While that's interesting, the graduation rates that are used in part to arrive at the rankings are eye-opening too. Just to compare...here is the Alabama school with the highest grad rate and the one with the lowest.
  
SCHOOL                      GRADUATION RATE         COST               ROI

SAMFORD                   71%                                    $153,800          4.2%

Alabama State
University                     26%                                    $76,970            3.6%

You can find all of the Alabama schools here, and the page to search for schools anywhere here.