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.
| Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely, CO | — | — | $12,131 | $61,341 | $43,526 | 8.0x |
| Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, WA | — | — | $12,210 | $48,868 | $43,814 | 8.0x |
| Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT | — | — | $11,513 | $50,130 | $41,344 | 8.0x |
| Coalinga College Coalinga, CA | — | — | $10,477 | $46,286 | $37,633 | 8.0x |
| Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ | — | — | $13,336 | $53,858 | $47,905 | 8.0x |
| Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH | — | — | $10,369 | $55,401 | $37,275 | 8.0x |
| Dickinson State University Dickinson, ND | — | — | $14,092 | $59,571 | $50,720 | 8.0x |
| Fond du Lac Tribal and Community College Cloquet, MN | — | — | $12,677 | $53,919 | $45,665 | 8.0x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Hazleton Hazleton, PA | — | — | $17,597 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 8.0x |
| University of Puerto Rico-Aguadilla Aguadilla, PR | — | — | $7,765 | $29,117 | $27,997 | 8.0x |
| Alexandria Technical & Community College Alexandria, MN | — | — | $13,691 | $59,377 | $49,393 | 8.0x |
| California State Polytechnic University-Humboldt Arcata, CA | — | — | $13,171 | $51,571 | $47,626 | 8.0x |
| Utah State University Logan, UT | — | — | $14,936 | $63,484 | $54,022 | 8.0x |
| Kent State University at Tuscarawas New Philadelphia, OH | — | — | $12,542 | $56,839 | $45,388 | 8.0x |
| Orange Technical College-South Campus Orlando, FL | — | — | $9,215 | — | $33,350 | 8.0x |
| Estrella Mountain Community College Avondale, AZ | — | — | $12,254 | $50,342 | $44,356 | 8.0x |
| Trine University-Regional/Non-Traditional Campuses Angola, IN | — | — | $15,788 | $67,814 | $57,165 | 8.1x |
| Temple College Temple, TX | — | — | $10,682 | $54,976 | $38,678 | 8.1x |
| National Louis University Chicago, IL | — | — | $12,641 | $63,065 | $45,799 | 8.1x |
| Cornell University Ithaca, NY | — | — | $28,690 | $113,372 | $104,043 | 8.1x |
| Erie 1 BOCES West Seneca, NY | — | — | $12,987 | $45,417 | $47,114 | 8.1x |
| North Central Michigan College Petoskey, MI | — | — | $10,083 | $44,584 | $36,594 | 8.1x |
| Mesa Community College Mesa, AZ | — | — | $12,132 | $68,596 | $44,034 | 8.1x |
| Minnesota State Community and Technical College Fergus Falls, MN | — | — | $12,556 | $54,581 | $45,591 | 8.1x |
| College of Micronesia-FSM Pohnpei, FM | — | — | $6,789 | $33,981 | $24,651 | 8.1x |