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.
| Ocean County College Toms River, NJ | — | — | $11,411 | $49,336 | $45,210 | 8.9x |
| St Paul's School of Nursing-Queens Rego Park, NY | — | — | $26,315 | $94,468 | $104,403 | 8.9x |
| University of Cincinnati-Clermont College Batavia, OH | — | — | $13,803 | $72,188 | $54,810 | 8.9x |
| CUNY Bernard M Baruch College New York, NY | $18,600 | $9,405 | $19,131 | $82,748 | $75,971 | 8.9x |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology Northwest Newbern, TN | — | — | $9,698 | $44,302 | $38,514 | 8.9x |
| SUNY Adirondack Queensbury, NY | — | — | $10,389 | $44,935 | $41,267 | 8.9x |
| Rutgers University-Camden Camden, NJ | — | — | $18,745 | $77,933 | $74,479 | 8.9x |
| Crowder College Neosho, MO | — | — | $9,023 | $40,780 | $35,987 | 9.0x |
| Western Kentucky University Bowling Green, KY | — | — | $10,990 | $53,602 | $43,889 | 9.0x |
| Central Texas College Killeen, TX | — | — | $10,265 | $60,854 | $40,995 | 9.0x |
| West Los Angeles College Culver City, CA | — | — | $9,634 | $48,859 | $38,537 | 9.0x |
| North Dakota State University-Main Campus Fargo, ND | — | — | $15,543 | $67,679 | $62,203 | 9.0x |
| University of Arkansas Community College-Morrilton Morrilton, AR | — | — | $8,725 | $43,385 | $34,924 | 9.0x |
| Fox Valley Technical College Appleton, WI | — | — | $11,407 | $55,857 | $45,684 | 9.0x |
| Peninsula College Port Angeles, WA | — | — | $9,246 | $44,056 | $37,078 | 9.0x |
| University of Nebraska at Omaha Omaha, NE | — | — | $13,441 | $60,448 | $53,909 | 9.0x |
| Southern Illinois University-Carbondale Carbondale, IL | — | — | $13,297 | $61,484 | $53,390 | 9.0x |
| Chandler-Gilbert Community College Chandler, AZ | — | — | $12,726 | $68,137 | $51,111 | 9.0x |
| Warrensburg Area Career Center Warrensburg, MO | — | — | $9,266 | $44,051 | $37,242 | 9.0x |
| Cape Fear Community College Wilmington, NC | — | — | $9,610 | $48,346 | $38,654 | 9.1x |
| University of South Carolina-Lancaster Lancaster, SC | — | — | $9,801 | $45,843 | $39,426 | 9.1x |
| York County School of Technology-Adult & Continuing Education York, PA | — | — | $13,490 | $48,902 | $54,322 | 9.1x |
| Southern Arkansas University Tech Camden, AR | — | — | $9,018 | $50,478 | $36,376 | 9.1x |
| University of Hawaii at Hilo Hilo, HI | — | — | $11,856 | $49,763 | $47,856 | 9.1x |
| Dakota College at Bottineau Bottineau, ND | — | — | $10,039 | $57,933 | $40,576 | 9.1x |