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.
| Catawba Valley Community College Hickory, NC | — | — | $10,528 | $44,829 | $36,977 | 7.8x |
| SUNY College at Potsdam Potsdam, NY | — | — | $13,624 | $49,169 | $47,866 | 7.8x |
| Helena College University of Montana Helena, MT | — | — | $11,593 | $50,913 | $40,738 | 7.8x |
| Otero College La Junta, CO | — | — | $11,103 | $38,328 | $39,018 | 7.8x |
| North Park University Chicago, IL | — | — | $16,948 | $65,399 | $59,572 | 7.8x |
| Salem Community College Carneys Point, NJ | — | — | $10,816 | $50,664 | $38,020 | 7.8x |
| Augusta University Augusta, GA | — | — | $13,787 | $62,546 | $48,472 | 7.8x |
| College of the Siskiyous Weed, CA | — | — | $11,120 | $57,487 | $39,098 | 7.8x |
| River Parishes Community College Gonzales, LA | — | — | $10,756 | $62,593 | $37,848 | 7.8x |
| Ursuline College Pepper Pike, OH | — | — | $16,164 | $73,605 | $56,878 | 7.8x |
| University of Missouri-St Louis Saint Louis, MO | — | — | $15,071 | $62,350 | $53,037 | 7.8x |
| Bemidji State University Bemidji, MN | — | — | $15,261 | $60,307 | $53,755 | 7.8x |
| Front Range Community College Westminster, CO | — | — | $13,031 | $50,353 | $45,910 | 7.8x |
| Arnot Ogden Medical Center Elmira, NY | — | — | $20,068 | $76,943 | $70,775 | 7.8x |
| Los Angeles City College Los Angeles, CA | — | — | $10,261 | $52,028 | $36,190 | 7.8x |
| First Coast Technical College Saint Augustine, FL | — | — | $9,577 | $43,471 | $33,784 | 7.8x |
| Cleveland State University Cleveland, OH | — | — | $14,764 | $61,322 | $52,131 | 7.8x |
| Feather River Community College District Quincy, CA | — | — | $10,800 | $39,865 | $38,142 | 7.8x |
| Kauai Community College Lihue, HI | — | — | $10,436 | $49,286 | $36,868 | 7.8x |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-McMinnville McMinnville, TN | — | — | $11,413 | $49,364 | $40,322 | 7.8x |
| Southeastern Louisiana University Hammond, LA | — | — | $13,154 | $50,215 | $46,482 | 7.8x |
| South Texas Training Center Pharr, TX | — | — | $8,314 | $26,439 | $29,384 | 7.8x |
| Southwestern Illinois College Belleville, IL | — | — | $10,427 | $51,516 | $36,884 | 7.8x |
| University of Wisconsin-Eau Claire Eau Claire, WI | — | — | $16,550 | $60,838 | $58,561 | 7.8x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Scranton Dunmore, PA | — | — | $17,910 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 7.9x |