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.
| University of Michigan-Flint Flint, MI | — | — | $7,007 | $65,600 | $53,230 | 18.0x |
| CUNY Kingsborough Community College Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $5,606 | $43,394 | $42,621 | 18.0x |
| Sandhills Community College Pinehurst, NC | — | — | $4,157 | $43,952 | $31,656 | 18.0x |
| York County Community College Wells, ME | — | — | $5,875 | $46,153 | $44,873 | 18.1x |
| CUNY Hostos Community College Bronx, NY | — | — | $5,297 | $45,126 | $40,485 | 18.1x |
| J Sargeant Reynolds Community College Richmond, VA | — | — | $5,168 | $54,140 | $39,529 | 18.1x |
| Mississippi Delta Community College Moorhead, MS | — | — | $3,715 | $37,960 | $28,421 | 18.1x |
| Mid-Plains Community College North Platte, NE | — | — | $5,235 | $47,858 | $40,059 | 18.1x |
| California State University-East Bay Hayward, CA | — | — | $9,320 | $72,596 | $71,401 | 18.2x |
| Uta Mesivta of Kiryas Joel Monroe, NY | — | — | $4,156 | $27,957 | $31,853 | 18.2x |
| Pasco-Hernando State College New Port Richey, FL | — | — | $5,203 | $51,981 | $39,903 | 18.2x |
| Spokane Community College Spokane, WA | — | — | $5,473 | $52,567 | $41,984 | 18.2x |
| Cossatot Community College of the University of Arkansas De Queen, AR | — | — | $4,385 | $39,838 | $33,775 | 18.3x |
| Pellissippi State Community College Knoxville, TN | — | — | $4,983 | $45,692 | $38,440 | 18.3x |
| University of Washington-Tacoma Campus Tacoma, WA | — | — | $10,163 | $82,515 | $78,466 | 18.3x |
| University of Akron Wayne College Orrville, OH | — | — | $6,032 | $62,809 | $46,600 | 18.3x |
| Prairie State College Chicago Heights, IL | — | — | $4,738 | $50,647 | $36,696 | 18.4x |
| New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology Socorro, NM | — | — | $9,873 | $85,232 | $76,489 | 18.4x |
| McLennan Community College Waco, TX | — | — | $5,051 | $47,348 | $39,163 | 18.4x |
| San Diego Mesa College San Diego, CA | — | — | $5,814 | $50,709 | $45,120 | 18.4x |
| Leeward Community College Pearl City, HI | — | — | $5,137 | $43,818 | $39,899 | 18.4x |
| Metropolitan Community College Area Omaha, NE | — | — | $4,982 | $53,376 | $38,773 | 18.5x |
| Eastern Wyoming College Torrington, WY | — | — | $4,764 | $38,259 | $37,121 | 18.5x |
| Virginia Western Community College Roanoke, VA | — | — | $4,966 | $48,004 | $38,787 | 18.5x |
| Dyersburg State Community College Dyersburg, TN | — | — | $4,612 | $59,696 | $36,132 | 18.6x |