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.
| Northern Essex Community College Haverhill, MA | — | — | $6,046 | $52,743 | $42,862 | 16.7x |
| Cosumnes River College Sacramento, CA | — | — | $5,981 | $51,711 | $42,446 | 16.7x |
| Raritan Valley Community College Branchburg, NJ | — | — | $6,778 | $57,072 | $48,145 | 16.8x |
| Humphreys University Stockton, CA | — | — | $5,524 | $56,489 | $39,248 | 16.8x |
| Chesapeake College Wye Mills, MD | — | — | $5,106 | $52,363 | $36,301 | 16.8x |
| Coffeyville Community College Coffeyville, KS | — | — | $4,957 | $42,873 | $35,246 | 16.8x |
| Chattanooga State Community College Chattanooga, TN | — | — | $5,283 | $48,364 | $37,598 | 16.8x |
| Folsom Lake College Folsom, CA | — | — | $5,975 | $58,876 | $42,568 | 16.8x |
| Itawamba Community College Fulton, MS | — | — | $4,616 | $41,849 | $32,912 | 16.8x |
| Mt San Antonio College Walnut, CA | — | — | $6,490 | $51,460 | $46,283 | 16.8x |
| Eastern Oklahoma County Technology Center Choctaw, OK | — | — | $6,904 | $56,311 | $49,311 | 16.9x |
| Germanna Community College Locust Grove, VA | — | — | $5,541 | $51,929 | $39,644 | 16.9x |
| Southwest Tennessee Community College Memphis, TN | — | — | $4,754 | $44,124 | $34,071 | 16.9x |
| Skagit Valley College Mount Vernon, WA | — | — | $6,064 | $48,533 | $43,505 | 16.9x |
| Cloyd's Barber School 2 Inc Monroe, LA | — | — | $3,224 | — | $23,220 | 17.0x |
| Mount Carmel College of Nursing Columbus, OH | — | — | $10,420 | $79,807 | $75,103 | 17.0x |
| Gavilan College Gilroy, CA | — | — | $6,542 | $56,285 | $47,169 | 17.0x |
| Lansing Community College Lansing, MI | — | — | $5,437 | $56,314 | $39,206 | 17.0x |
| St Clair County Community College Port Huron, MI | — | — | $5,571 | $53,867 | $40,177 | 17.0x |
| Schuylkill Technology Center Frackville, PA | — | — | $6,797 | $53,477 | $49,148 | 17.1x |
| Westmoreland County Community College Youngwood, PA | — | — | $5,167 | $49,187 | $37,439 | 17.1x |
| Surry Community College Dobson, NC | — | — | $4,961 | $43,856 | $36,012 | 17.1x |
| St Charles Community College Cottleville, MO | — | — | $5,837 | $48,369 | $42,422 | 17.2x |
| Trinity Health System School of Nursing Steubenville, OH | — | — | $9,825 | $76,763 | $71,660 | 17.2x |
| Danville Area Community College Danville, IL | — | — | $4,777 | $47,299 | $34,867 | 17.2x |