6,273 schools
ROI = (10yr median earnings × 10 − 4 × net price) / (4 × net price), shown as a multiple of 4 years' net price. Sourced from Common Data Set filings and College Scorecard. 1,941 schools are missing the cost or earnings data needed to calculate ROI and appear at the bottom, unranked.
| Coastal Bend College Beeville, TX | — | — | $4,237 | — | $35,086 | 19.7x |
| North Georgia Technical College Clarkesville, GA | — | — | $4,005 | $47,265 | $32,932 | 19.6x |
| Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC | — | — | $4,127 | $48,050 | $33,866 | 19.5x |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ | — | — | $5,279 | — | $43,264 | 19.5x |
| Morton College Cicero, IL | — | — | $5,191 | $46,999 | $42,406 | 19.4x |
| Aiken Technical College Graniteville, SC | — | — | $4,807 | $54,588 | $39,225 | 19.4x |
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City, FL | — | — | $4,709 | $52,051 | $38,359 | 19.4x |
| North Central State College Mansfield, OH | — | — | $4,687 | $53,401 | $38,158 | 19.4x |
| CUNY Medgar Evers College Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $5,718 | $58,886 | $46,498 | 19.3x |
| Patrick & Henry Community College Martinsville, VA | — | — | $4,102 | $44,016 | $33,323 | 19.3x |
| Cincinnati State Technical and Community College Cincinnati, OH | — | — | $4,968 | $59,235 | $40,137 | 19.2x |
| New River Community and Technical College Beaver, WV | — | — | $3,599 | $39,109 | $29,073 | 19.2x |
| Isabella Graham Hart School of Practical Nursing Rochester, NY | — | — | $5,969 | $51,508 | $48,143 | 19.2x |
| Oklahoma City Community College Oklahoma City, OK | — | — | $4,739 | $51,737 | $38,146 | 19.1x |
| Moreno Valley College Moreno Valley, CA | — | — | $6,483 | $53,204 | $52,133 | 19.1x |
| Dalton State College Dalton, GA | — | — | $5,012 | $52,160 | $40,251 | 19.1x |
| Copiah-Lincoln Community College Wesson, MS | — | — | $3,894 | $36,902 | $31,241 | 19.1x |
| Humacao Community College Humacao, PR | — | — | $2,508 | $22,381 | $20,064 | 19.0x |
| BridgeValley Community & Technical College South Charleston, WV | — | — | $4,565 | $57,464 | $36,432 | 19.0x |
| Central New Mexico Community College Albuquerque, NM | — | — | $4,621 | $48,652 | $36,869 | 18.9x |
| Bates Technical College Tacoma, WA | — | — | $6,292 | — | $50,051 | 18.9x |
| Allan Hancock College Santa Maria, CA | — | — | $5,383 | $55,202 | $42,786 | 18.9x |
| Purdue University Northwest Hammond, IN | — | — | $6,079 | $73,337 | $48,318 | 18.9x |
| Valley Forge Military College Wayne, PA | — | — | $6,398 | $52,620 | $50,798 | 18.8x |
| HCA Florida Mercy Hospital School of Practical Nursing Miami, FL | — | — | $9,109 | $68,857 | $72,275 | 18.8x |