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.
| Elizabeth City State University Elizabeth City, NC | — | — | $6,364 | $50,194 | $40,026 | 14.7x |
| California State University-Channel Islands Camarillo, CA | — | — | $9,849 | $59,304 | $62,152 | 14.8x |
| Blue Ridge Community College Flat Rock, NC | — | — | $5,756 | $40,879 | $36,324 | 14.8x |
| Gateway Community and Technical College Florence, KY | — | — | $5,725 | $47,990 | $36,147 | 14.8x |
| Jacksonville College-Main Campus Jacksonville, TX | — | — | $6,157 | $37,414 | $38,885 | 14.8x |
| Automeca Technical College-Bayamon Bayamon, PR | — | — | $3,900 | $23,349 | $24,632 | 14.8x |
| Vernon College Vernon, TX | — | — | $6,404 | $53,885 | $40,464 | 14.8x |
| Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art New York, NY | — | — | $13,269 | $75,729 | $83,847 | 14.8x |
| Tulsa Community College Tulsa, OK | — | — | $6,288 | $50,755 | $39,746 | 14.8x |
| Monroe Community College Rochester, NY | — | — | $6,353 | $47,430 | $40,174 | 14.8x |
| Atlanta Metropolitan State College Atlanta, GA | — | — | $5,258 | $40,965 | $33,252 | 14.8x |
| University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma Chickasha, OK | — | — | $6,624 | $42,786 | $41,913 | 14.8x |
| San Juan College Farmington, NM | — | — | $5,769 | $46,786 | $36,513 | 14.8x |
| College of DuPage Glen Ellyn, IL | — | — | $7,401 | $55,984 | $46,909 | 14.8x |
| CET-Watsonville Watsonville, CA | — | — | $5,198 | $40,676 | $32,986 | 14.9x |
| Ferris State University Big Rapids, MI | — | — | $8,624 | $64,721 | $54,735 | 14.9x |
| Keweenaw Bay Ojibwa Community College LAnse, MI | — | — | $3,513 | — | $22,340 | 14.9x |
| Labette Community College Parsons, KS | — | — | $5,939 | $53,187 | $37,818 | 14.9x |
| University of Washington-Bothell Campus Bothell, WA | — | — | $12,319 | $82,515 | $78,466 | 14.9x |
| New River Community College Dublin, VA | — | — | $6,279 | $49,197 | $40,025 | 14.9x |
| Southern Crescent Technical College Griffin, GA | — | — | $5,661 | $47,009 | $36,104 | 14.9x |
| Sacramento City College Sacramento, CA | — | — | $6,614 | $52,366 | $42,214 | 15.0x |
| McHenry County College Crystal Lake, IL | — | — | $7,042 | $47,580 | $45,143 | 15.0x |
| Stanly Community College Albemarle, NC | — | — | $5,721 | $44,892 | $36,686 | 15.0x |
| Farmingdale State College Farmingdale, NY | — | — | $10,867 | $65,444 | $69,781 | 15.1x |