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.
| Mitchell Technical College Mitchell, SD | — | — | $13,460 | $54,865 | $50,743 | 8.4x |
| Connors State College Warner, OK | — | — | $10,199 | $48,055 | $38,469 | 8.4x |
| Lone Star College System The Woodlands, TX | — | — | $11,252 | $52,634 | $42,466 | 8.4x |
| Fitchburg State University Fitchburg, MA | — | — | $14,262 | $63,994 | $53,874 | 8.4x |
| Nevada State University Henderson, NV | — | — | $14,068 | $73,626 | $53,166 | 8.4x |
| Rutgers University-Newark Newark, NJ | — | — | $19,703 | $77,933 | $74,479 | 8.5x |
| United Talmudical Seminary Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $6,640 | $18,950 | $25,113 | 8.5x |
| Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Edwardsville, IL | — | — | $14,889 | $65,199 | $56,346 | 8.5x |
| Fort Hays Tech North Central Beloit, KS | — | — | $12,393 | $52,536 | $46,928 | 8.5x |
| Missouri State University-West Plains West Plains, MO | — | — | $9,750 | $40,257 | $36,922 | 8.5x |
| Indian Hills Community College Ottumwa, IA | — | — | $10,693 | $50,322 | $40,507 | 8.5x |
| North Idaho College Coeur d'Alene, ID | — | — | $10,575 | $50,312 | $40,081 | 8.5x |
| University of Houston-Clear Lake Houston, TX | — | — | $15,563 | $59,865 | $59,004 | 8.5x |
| Mid-Del Technology Center Midwest City, OK | — | — | $8,763 | $32,475 | $33,238 | 8.5x |
| Cuesta College San Luis Obispo, CA | — | — | $12,124 | $57,231 | $46,047 | 8.5x |
| Wayne County Community College District Detroit, MI | — | — | $7,656 | $44,333 | $29,079 | 8.5x |
| Clear Creek Baptist Bible College Pineville, KY | — | — | $10,949 | $44,416 | $41,623 | 8.5x |
| M J Murphy Beauty College of Mount Pleasant Mount Pleasant, MI | — | — | $5,446 | $17,566 | $20,720 | 8.5x |
| Central Baptist College Conway, AR | — | — | $12,287 | $46,683 | $46,789 | 8.5x |
| Massachusetts Maritime Academy Buzzards Bay, MA | — | — | $21,582 | $103,680 | $82,392 | 8.5x |
| Carroll University Waukesha, WI | — | — | $15,193 | $66,639 | $58,009 | 8.5x |
| Three Rivers College Poplar Bluff, MO | — | — | $8,496 | $42,322 | $32,442 | 8.5x |
| Be'er Yaakov Talmudic Seminary Spring Valley, NY | — | — | $4,543 | $19,100 | $17,360 | 8.6x |
| Kennesaw State University Kennesaw, GA | — | — | $15,048 | $68,306 | $57,552 | 8.6x |
| Lake Superior State University Sault Ste Marie, MI | — | — | $12,822 | $56,687 | $49,045 | 8.6x |