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.
| Gulf Coast State College Panama City, FL | — | — | $4,709 | $52,051 | $38,359 | 19.4x |
| Aiken Technical College Graniteville, SC | — | — | $4,807 | $54,588 | $39,225 | 19.4x |
| Morton College Cicero, IL | — | — | $5,191 | $46,999 | $42,406 | 19.4x |
| Mercer County Community College West Windsor, NJ | — | — | $5,279 | — | $43,264 | 19.5x |
| Lenoir Community College Kinston, NC | — | — | $4,127 | $48,050 | $33,866 | 19.5x |
| North Georgia Technical College Clarkesville, GA | — | — | $4,005 | $47,265 | $32,932 | 19.6x |
| Coastal Bend College Beeville, TX | — | — | $4,237 | — | $35,086 | 19.7x |
| Bellingham Technical College Bellingham, WA | — | — | $5,997 | — | $49,748 | 19.7x |
| Delta College University Center, MI | — | — | $4,547 | $52,169 | $37,781 | 19.8x |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL | — | — | $4,665 | $50,343 | $38,767 | 19.8x |
| Rappahannock Community College Glenns, VA | — | — | $4,343 | $47,349 | $36,121 | 19.8x |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY | — | — | $5,035 | $50,370 | $41,896 | 19.8x |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Suffern, NY | — | — | $10,753 | $86,861 | $89,548 | 19.8x |
| Midlands Technical College West Columbia, SC | — | — | $4,647 | $46,832 | $38,701 | 19.8x |
| Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH | — | — | $4,266 | $49,698 | $35,654 | 19.9x |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel, NJ | — | — | $5,344 | $51,060 | $44,745 | 19.9x |
| Lex La-Ray Technical Center Lexington, MO | — | — | $6,219 | $59,627 | $52,142 | 20.0x |
| Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX | — | — | $4,463 | $38,443 | $37,448 | 20.0x |
| Essex County College Newark, NJ | — | — | $4,436 | $48,042 | $37,230 | 20.0x |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | — | — | $7,021 | $59,664 | $59,115 | 20.0x |
| Henderson Community College Henderson, KY | — | — | $4,232 | $50,202 | $35,714 | 20.1x |
| Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN | — | — | $5,130 | $59,535 | $43,361 | 20.1x |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg, WV | — | — | $4,641 | $45,612 | $39,293 | 20.2x |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY | — | — | $4,976 | $46,157 | $42,306 | 20.3x |
| Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN | — | — | $4,734 | $46,284 | $40,256 | 20.3x |