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.
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | — | — | $10,836 | $60,333 | $57,131 | 12.2x |
| Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN | — | — | $7,802 | $47,655 | $41,150 | 12.2x |
| Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND | — | — | $10,270 | $65,276 | $54,277 | 12.2x |
| Central Virginia Community College Lynchburg, VA | — | — | $6,928 | $45,157 | $36,627 | 12.2x |
| Lamar University Beaumont, TX | — | — | $9,366 | $66,816 | $49,652 | 12.3x |
| New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Alamogordo, NM | — | — | $7,369 | $54,874 | $39,067 | 12.3x |
| Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC | — | — | $6,448 | $41,714 | $34,195 | 12.3x |
| Erie Community College Buffalo, NY | — | — | $7,765 | $48,895 | $41,228 | 12.3x |
| Colby Community College Colby, KS | — | — | $7,886 | $41,509 | $41,889 | 12.3x |
| Chabot College Hayward, CA | — | — | $9,053 | $66,589 | $48,143 | 12.3x |
| James Rumsey Technical Institute Martinsburg, WV | — | — | $8,477 | $53,906 | $45,133 | 12.3x |
| Pratt Community College Pratt, KS | — | — | $9,731 | $52,293 | $51,892 | 12.3x |
| Lower Columbia College Longview, WA | — | — | $7,630 | $52,301 | $40,691 | 12.3x |
| Southwestern Indian Polytechnic Institute Albuquerque, NM | — | — | $5,181 | $34,652 | $27,660 | 12.3x |
| Harvard University Cambridge, MA | — | — | $19,066 | $134,794 | $101,817 | 12.4x |
| Saint Xavier University Chicago, IL | — | — | $10,970 | $66,961 | $58,656 | 12.4x |
| Hudson Valley Community College Troy, NY | — | — | $8,501 | $54,719 | $45,460 | 12.4x |
| Western Area Career & Technology Center Canonsburg, PA | — | — | $8,066 | $54,106 | $43,189 | 12.4x |
| University of Connecticut-Avery Point Groton, CT | — | — | $13,807 | $78,925 | $73,997 | 12.4x |
| New Castle School of Trades New Castle, PA | — | — | $8,361 | $50,940 | $44,814 | 12.4x |
| Truckee Meadows Community College Reno, NV | — | — | $8,312 | $55,261 | $44,573 | 12.4x |
| Black Hawk College Moline, IL | — | — | $6,944 | $49,173 | $37,253 | 12.4x |
| Alvin Community College Alvin, TX | — | — | $8,525 | $66,597 | $45,762 | 12.4x |
| Gaston College Dallas, NC | — | — | $6,592 | $45,803 | $35,386 | 12.4x |
| University of California, Merced Merced, CA | — | — | $11,983 | $65,410 | $64,368 | 12.4x |