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.
| Antilles School of Technical Careers San Juan, PR | — | — | $3,912 | $20,095 | $21,766 | 12.9x |
| South Piedmont Community College Polkton, NC | — | — | $6,675 | $46,657 | $37,308 | 13.0x |
| Marion Technical College Marion, OH | — | — | $7,417 | $50,593 | $41,495 | 13.0x |
| Eastern Suffolk BOCES Oakdale, NY | — | — | $11,330 | $61,845 | $63,394 | 13.0x |
| Alamance Community College Graham, NC | — | — | $6,109 | $41,411 | $34,241 | 13.0x |
| Pomona Unified School District Adult and Career Education Pomona, CA | — | — | $6,217 | $28,773 | $34,849 | 13.0x |
| Southeastern Oklahoma State University Durant, OK | — | — | $8,039 | $56,329 | $45,079 | 13.0x |
| Columbia Basin College Pasco, WA | — | — | $8,317 | $67,608 | $46,680 | 13.0x |
| Central Community College Grand Island, NE | — | — | $7,024 | $48,675 | $39,429 | 13.0x |
| Leons Beauty School Inc Greensboro, NC | — | — | $4,799 | $27,403 | $26,958 | 13.0x |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Hartsville Hartsville, TN | — | — | $7,194 | $51,479 | $40,469 | 13.1x |
| Mt San Jacinto Community College District San Jacinto, CA | — | — | $6,806 | $43,983 | $38,319 | 13.1x |
| Tacoma Community College Tacoma, WA | — | — | $8,376 | $55,189 | $47,168 | 13.1x |
| Northeast Texas Community College Mount Pleasant, TX | — | — | $6,706 | $43,940 | $37,870 | 13.1x |
| Colorado Mountain College Glenwood Springs, CO | — | — | $7,813 | $55,406 | $44,127 | 13.1x |
| County College of Morris Randolph, NJ | — | — | $8,895 | $52,838 | $50,243 | 13.1x |
| Jackson State Community College Jackson, TN | — | — | $6,236 | $48,313 | $35,224 | 13.1x |
| Reedley College Reedley, CA | — | — | $6,814 | $42,644 | $38,493 | 13.1x |
| West Virginia Northern Community College Wheeling, WV | — | — | $5,329 | $39,901 | $30,162 | 13.1x |
| Sussex County Community College Newton, NJ | — | — | $7,859 | $41,662 | $44,664 | 13.2x |
| Nashville State Community College Nashville, TN | — | — | $6,777 | $48,592 | $38,519 | 13.2x |
| Southwest Virginia Community College Cedar Bluff, VA | — | — | $6,005 | $43,371 | $34,221 | 13.2x |
| Los Medanos College Pittsburg, CA | — | — | $7,443 | $59,523 | $42,454 | 13.3x |
| College of Lake County Grayslake, IL | — | — | $7,607 | $52,821 | $43,424 | 13.3x |
| Mott Community College Flint, MI | — | — | $5,687 | $52,696 | $32,538 | 13.3x |