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.
| Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead, MS | — | — | $3,715 | $37,960 | $28,421 | 18.1x |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA | — | — | $5,168 | $54,140 | $39,529 | 18.1x |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY | — | — | $5,297 | $45,126 | $40,485 | 18.1x |
| York County Community College Wells, ME | — | — | $5,875 | $46,153 | $44,873 | 18.1x |
| Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, NC | — | — | $4,157 | $43,952 | $31,656 | 18.0x |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $5,606 | $43,394 | $42,621 | 18.0x |
| University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI | — | — | $7,007 | $65,600 | $53,230 | 18.0x |
| Grossmont College El Cajon, CA | — | — | $5,311 | $59,215 | $40,309 | 18.0x |
| Gogebic Community College Ironwood, MI | — | — | $5,397 | $51,213 | $40,950 | 18.0x |
| University of Arkansas Grantham LIttle Rock, AR | — | — | $8,370 | $62,191 | $63,496 | 18.0x |
| Hinds Community College Raymond, MS | — | — | $4,060 | $40,042 | $30,774 | 17.9x |
| Chaffey College Rancho Cucamonga, CA | — | — | $5,672 | $46,799 | $42,975 | 17.9x |
| Butte College Oroville, CA | — | — | $5,520 | $51,432 | $41,810 | 17.9x |
| Warren County Community College Washington, NJ | — | — | $5,726 | $43,525 | $43,359 | 17.9x |
| Elgin Community College Elgin, IL | — | — | $6,026 | $54,220 | $45,516 | 17.9x |
| Brightpoint Community College Chester, VA | — | — | $5,490 | $50,344 | $41,223 | 17.8x |
| Merced College Merced, CA | — | — | $5,040 | $51,136 | $37,815 | 17.8x |
| Rock Valley College Rockford, IL | — | — | $5,242 | $50,028 | $39,158 | 17.7x |
| Santa Rosa Junior College Santa Rosa, CA | — | — | $6,331 | $64,933 | $47,224 | 17.6x |
| Foothill College Los Altos Hills, CA | — | — | $7,653 | $68,070 | $57,072 | 17.6x |
| Miami Dade College Miami, FL | — | — | $5,463 | $49,323 | $40,654 | 17.6x |
| Lake Washington Institute of Technology Kirkland, WA | — | — | $6,817 | $55,891 | $50,669 | 17.6x |
| Wytheville Community College Wytheville, VA | — | — | $4,622 | $41,816 | $34,303 | 17.6x |
| Williston State College Williston, ND | — | — | $5,932 | $54,746 | $44,017 | 17.6x |
| South Seattle College Seattle, WA | — | — | $6,004 | $50,142 | $44,486 | 17.5x |