Education is one of the biggest financial decisions a person will ever make. RoEDU™ helps you understand what that decision is really worth.
RoEDU™ (Return on Education) measures the financial return of an educational path by comparing what it costs with what it’s likely to earn, so students can choose schools, majors, and paths with clarity instead of guesswork.
Every year, millions of students commit to colleges, majors, and locations that will shape their financial lives for decades.
Yet most decisions are made using:
What’s missing is the one thing that matters most:
Return.
Two students can pay the same tuition and experience dramatically different outcomes. RoEDU™ exists to make those differences visible before the decision is made.
RoEDU™ (Return on Education) is a data-driven framework that estimates how your education decisions perform as an investment over time.
At its core, RoEDU™ answers a simple question:
If I invest in this education, what do I get back and how long does it take?
RoEDU™ goes beyond average salaries or tuition lists. It looks at the relationship between cost, earnings, and time, producing a single score you can compare across schools, majors, and paths.
Every educational path receives a RoEDU™ Score between 100 and 999.
The higher the score, the stronger the estimated return.
This score allows students to:
Just like a credit score or a Zestimate®, RoEDU™ is designed to be:
RoEDU™ is built using multiple first- and third-party data sources to estimate both cost and outcome.
What you put in:
What you get out:
How long it takes and how certain it is:
These components are combined into a single RoEDU™ Score that reflects not just earnings, but efficiency, risk, and payoff.
Average outcomes hide real differences between students.
RoEDU™ uses modifiers and index components to reflect factors that materially change results, including:
Today, these are applied using broad, data-backed assumptions. Over time, RoEDU™ will become increasingly personalized as students contribute more information.
900–999 | Exceptional Return Top-tier outcomes relative to cost. Fast breakeven and strong long-term earnings.
800–899 | Strong Return High earnings potential with efficient costs and solid outcomes.
700–799 | Above-Average Return Good value paths with reasonable cost-to-earnings balance.
600–699 | Moderate Return Acceptable outcomes, but longer breakeven or higher risk.
500–599 | Marginal Return Higher cost relative to earnings; outcomes vary widely.
Below 500 | High Risk Long breakeven timelines or outcomes that may struggle to justify cost.
RoEDU™ is an estimate, not a guarantee—but it’s far better than guessing.
RoEDU™ is designed to be something you can bounce decisions against.
With RoEDU™, you can:
It turns complex data into a reference point you can use across your entire education journey.
Understanding RoEDU™ is only the beginning.
The real power of return comes from seeing how it changes across schools, majors, degree paths, and accelerants. Small differences can lead to dramatically different outcomes.
That’s where exploration begins.
Explore RoEDU™
Compare education choices using the same return framework, so every decision speaks the same language.
RoEDU™ isn’t a standalone feature, it’s the foundation of Tuition Covered.
You’ll see RoEDU™ embedded across:
It’s the lens through which we evaluate education.
Today, RoEDU™ uses broad, population-level data to estimate outcomes.
In the future:
Every student deserves a clear view of the value of their education.
RoEDU™ brings transparency to one of the most important decisions of your life.
Because tuition is a cost.
Education is an investment.
And return matters.