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.
| Pillar College Newark, NJ | — | — | $8,470 | $44,376 | $45,577 | 12.5x |
| Los Angeles Southwest College Los Angeles, CA | — | — | $5,964 | $47,806 | $32,172 | 12.5x |
| Northern Virginia Community College Annandale, VA | — | — | $9,919 | $57,487 | $53,557 | 12.5x |
| Savannah Technical College Savannah, GA | — | — | $6,114 | $44,293 | $33,018 | 12.5x |
| University of Colorado Denver/Anschutz Medical Campus Denver, CO | — | — | $11,900 | $74,059 | $64,270 | 12.5x |
| The University of Texas at El Paso El Paso, TX | — | — | $9,403 | $58,771 | $50,923 | 12.5x |
| Virginia Peninsula Community College Hampton, VA | — | — | $7,012 | $47,856 | $37,996 | 12.5x |
| Collin County Community College District McKinney, TX | — | — | $8,969 | $55,094 | $48,701 | 12.6x |
| Massasoit Community College Brockton, MA | — | — | $8,460 | $54,288 | $46,111 | 12.6x |
| Clackamas Community College Oregon City, OR | — | — | $7,855 | $54,462 | $42,886 | 12.6x |
| Lindsey Hopkins Technical College Miami, FL | — | — | $6,243 | $40,251 | $34,107 | 12.7x |
| John Wood Community College Quincy, IL | — | — | $7,050 | $43,414 | $38,631 | 12.7x |
| Prince George's Community College Largo, MD | — | — | $8,672 | $62,100 | $47,548 | 12.7x |
| Buckeye Joint Vocational School New Philadelphia, OH | — | — | $6,545 | $33,784 | $35,889 | 12.7x |
| Weber State University Ogden, UT | — | — | $10,258 | $69,883 | $56,287 | 12.7x |
| University of South Carolina-Sumter Sumter, SC | — | — | $7,712 | $36,240 | $42,437 | 12.8x |
| Moberly Area Community College Moberly, MO | — | — | $6,810 | $44,572 | $37,537 | 12.8x |
| Jones County Junior College Ellisville, MS | — | — | $6,048 | $36,340 | $33,377 | 12.8x |
| Dewey University-Hato Rey Hato Rey, PR | — | — | $3,577 | $24,524 | $19,761 | 12.8x |
| Jefferson College Hillsboro, MO | — | — | $7,378 | $50,937 | $40,782 | 12.8x |
| Colorado State University Pueblo Pueblo, CO | — | — | $10,051 | $55,898 | $55,563 | 12.8x |
| Bishop State Community College Mobile, AL | — | — | $5,397 | $43,359 | $29,916 | 12.9x |
| San Francisco State University San Francisco, CA | — | — | $12,278 | $67,804 | $68,077 | 12.9x |
| University of North Florida Jacksonville, FL | — | — | $10,154 | $59,418 | $56,343 | 12.9x |
| Stone Child College Box Elder, MT | — | — | $4,424 | $45,263 | $24,555 | 12.9x |