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.
| Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN | — | — | $5,283 | $48,364 | $37,598 | 16.8x |
| Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, KS | — | — | $4,957 | $42,873 | $35,246 | 16.8x |
| Chesapeake College Wye Mills, MD | — | — | $5,106 | $52,363 | $36,301 | 16.8x |
| Humphreys University Stockton, CA | — | — | $5,524 | $56,489 | $39,248 | 16.8x |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ | — | — | $6,778 | $57,072 | $48,145 | 16.8x |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA | — | — | $5,981 | $51,711 | $42,446 | 16.7x |
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA | — | — | $6,046 | $52,743 | $42,862 | 16.7x |
| United Tribes Technical College Bismarck, ND | — | — | $3,569 | $34,923 | $25,292 | 16.7x |
| Kilgore College Kilgore, TX | — | — | $5,364 | $46,347 | $37,975 | 16.7x |
| Western Nebraska Community College Scottsbluff, NE | — | — | $5,474 | $50,624 | $38,729 | 16.7x |
| Fullerton College Fullerton, CA | — | — | $6,134 | $52,754 | $43,366 | 16.7x |
| Berea College Berea, KY | — | — | $6,106 | $42,924 | $43,150 | 16.7x |
| Florida Gateway College Lake City, FL | — | — | $5,364 | $49,676 | $37,894 | 16.7x |
| Luna Community College Las Vegas, NM | — | — | $4,595 | $38,111 | $32,461 | 16.7x |
| Mountain Gateway Community College Clifton Forge, VA | — | — | $4,861 | $44,085 | $34,293 | 16.6x |
| Elizabethtown Community and Technical College Elizabethtown, KY | — | — | $5,143 | $43,584 | $36,143 | 16.6x |
| Somerset Community College Somerset, KY | — | — | $4,398 | $43,252 | $30,787 | 16.5x |
| Allegheny Wesleyan College Salem, OH | — | — | $5,355 | — | $37,453 | 16.5x |
| Maysville Community and Technical College Maysville, KY | — | — | $4,605 | $42,970 | $32,194 | 16.5x |
| George T Baker Aviation Technical College Miami, FL | — | — | $7,489 | — | $52,312 | 16.5x |
| Bristol Community College Fall River, MA | — | — | $5,547 | $48,840 | $38,663 | 16.4x |
| El Camino Community College District Torrance, CA | — | — | $5,968 | $60,046 | $41,589 | 16.4x |
| North Central Texas College Gainesville, TX | — | — | $6,587 | $52,437 | $45,809 | 16.4x |
| Grayson College Denison, TX | — | — | $5,880 | $54,877 | $40,873 | 16.4x |
| California State University-Sacramento Sacramento, CA | — | — | $9,338 | $64,511 | $64,876 | 16.4x |