Let's Talk R.O.E.: No, Not Fish Eggs

Leading a Revolution - Return on Education

Down to the numbers, to the nitty gritty, to the nuts and bolts of it all... What will I get in return for four years at Gustavus?  Gustavus not only interested in helping you determine your ROI, but further revolutionize it and help you determine your R.O.E.!  Here's some insight from the institution itself:

What is COLLEGE R.O.E. (Return On Education)?

College R.O.E. is a multi-year intercollegiate, interdisciplinary, and intergenerational initiative being led by Gustavus to do what’s never been done before: quantify the holistic return on a college investment.

Why are we leading COLLEGE R.O.E.?

To help you make the best decision on where to invest your hard-earned college education dollars.

How are we leading COLLEGE R.O.E.?

We think an effort this bold will take the requisite amount of time and collaboration to deliver a truly effective measurement tool, with the work organized over three phases

1

Phase One

Phase one will define a set of investment dimensions and develop algorithms to
measure return on those dimensions.

2

Phase Two

Phase two will beta test the dimensions and algorithms with a co-hort of college alumni,
including but not limited to Gustavus.

3

Phase Three

Phase three will fine tune the model and establish a new standard for measuring the
return on your college investment, at Gustavus or anywhere else.

Rather than the traditional ROI, which is measured in some charts below, the R.O.E. will give you a new insight into what you are really getting in return for four years at Gustavus.

Retention and Graduation Rate

* 5 year data not available

Post-Graduation Status

Class of 2013

Class of 2012

Conventional return-on-investment (ROI) measures can be found throughout this site
—and we have many to share, like those listed here in regards to our outstanding 
graduation and retention rates and our post-graduation placement rates. In addition, 
you will be able to see the outstanding companies where our graduates are finding 
employment, the range of salaries our graduates are reporting they are making, 
and the elite caliber of graduate schools they are attending.

Gustavus graduates are well prepared to go out and “Make Their Lives Count” and 
statistics show that they are receiving a strong return on their investment. But, we 
are also aware that the true return on an investment like Gustavus is impossible 
to capture in financial terms alone, and therefore marginalized by rankings and polls 
that measure only those terms.

Gustavus ROE website