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.
| Eastern West Virginia Community and Technical College Moorefield, WV | — | — | $8,095 | $40,526 | $31,636 | 8.8x |
| University of Memphis Memphis, TN | — | — | $12,397 | $57,507 | $48,458 | 8.8x |
| Montana State University-Northern Havre, MT | — | — | $12,664 | $60,505 | $49,505 | 8.8x |
| University of Wisconsin-Whitewater Whitewater, WI | — | — | $14,158 | $58,704 | $55,356 | 8.8x |
| Berkshire Community College Pittsfield, MA | — | — | $9,921 | $47,666 | $38,832 | 8.8x |
| Waubonsee Community College Sugar Grove, IL | — | — | $11,442 | $51,678 | $44,788 | 8.8x |
| University of South Carolina Aiken Aiken, SC | — | — | $11,641 | $53,299 | $45,603 | 8.8x |
| Regis University Denver, CO | — | — | $18,397 | $81,785 | $72,105 | 8.8x |
| University of Alaska Southeast Juneau, AK | — | — | $12,357 | $61,954 | $48,475 | 8.8x |
| Wor-Wic Community College Salisbury, MD | — | — | $9,360 | $55,384 | $36,748 | 8.8x |
| University of Wisconsin-Green Bay Green Bay, WI | — | — | $13,369 | $54,344 | $52,528 | 8.8x |
| Texarkana College Texarkana, TX | — | — | $8,812 | $41,406 | $34,647 | 8.8x |
| Atlantic University Guaynabo, PR | — | — | $6,425 | $22,917 | $25,272 | 8.8x |
| Central Ohio Technical College Newark, OH | — | — | $9,948 | $59,751 | $39,168 | 8.8x |
| Laurel Technical Institute Uniontown, PA | — | — | $7,825 | $34,469 | $30,819 | 8.8x |
| Louisiana Christian University Pineville, LA | — | — | $13,113 | $53,861 | $51,700 | 8.9x |
| University of Arkansas-East Arkansas Community College Forrest City, AR | — | — | $7,220 | $42,176 | $28,471 | 8.9x |
| Caribbean University-Carolina Carolina, PR | — | — | $5,791 | $26,954 | $22,842 | 8.9x |
| Montclair State University Montclair, NJ | — | — | $15,566 | $61,351 | $61,415 | 8.9x |
| Highland Community College Highland, KS | — | — | $10,454 | $43,261 | $41,291 | 8.9x |
| Brookdale Community College Lincroft, NJ | — | — | $11,231 | $50,402 | $44,379 | 8.9x |
| Louisiana Delta Community College Monroe, LA | — | — | $7,702 | $37,409 | $30,438 | 8.9x |
| Rowan College of South Jersey-Cumberland Campus Vineland, NJ | — | — | $10,562 | $48,576 | $41,751 | 8.9x |
| Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, MO | — | — | $21,786 | $95,899 | $86,182 | 8.9x |
| University at Albany Albany, NY | — | — | $17,167 | $66,256 | $67,979 | 8.9x |