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.
| Craven Community College New Bern, NC | — | — | $3,289 | $43,904 | $34,231 | 25.0x |
| California State University-Stanislaus Turlock, CA | — | — | $6,067 | $58,952 | $63,188 | 25.0x |
| Vance-Granville Community College Henderson, NC | — | — | $3,286 | $47,633 | $34,304 | 25.1x |
| California State University-Bakersfield Bakersfield, CA | — | — | $5,652 | $59,109 | $59,009 | 25.1x |
| Nash Community College Rocky Mount, NC | — | — | $3,338 | $48,139 | $34,912 | 25.1x |
| Clovis Community College Clovis, NM | — | — | $3,230 | $59,171 | $34,020 | 25.3x |
| Hillsborough College Tampa, FL | — | — | $3,861 | $49,784 | $40,782 | 25.4x |
| Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell Campus Roswell, NM | — | — | $3,645 | $54,827 | $38,550 | 25.4x |
| Sisseton Wahpeton College Sisseton, SD | — | — | $2,977 | — | $31,546 | 25.5x |
| Independence Community College Independence, KS | — | — | $3,265 | $34,293 | $34,941 | 25.8x |
| Palau Community College Koror, PW | — | — | $2,787 | — | $29,898 | 25.8x |
| Sampson Community College Clinton, NC | — | — | $3,108 | $43,410 | $33,409 | 25.9x |
| Wilson Community College Wilson, NC | — | — | $3,064 | $48,262 | $32,973 | 25.9x |
| Ogden-Weber Technical College Ogden, UT | — | — | $3,229 | $47,224 | $35,032 | 26.1x |
| Career School of NY Staten Island, NY | — | — | $3,283 | $21,415 | $35,778 | 26.2x |
| Chattahoochee Technical College Marietta, GA | — | — | $3,407 | $45,209 | $37,138 | 26.3x |
| Alpena Community College Alpena, MI | — | — | $3,320 | $44,378 | $36,442 | 26.4x |
| El Paso Community College El Paso, TX | — | — | $3,206 | $39,712 | $35,212 | 26.5x |
| Snead State Community College Boaz, AL | — | — | $3,249 | $43,544 | $35,735 | 26.5x |
| Hacienda La Puente Adult Education La Puente, CA | — | — | $3,536 | $31,434 | $39,271 | 26.8x |
| Dodge City Community College Dodge City, KS | — | — | $4,068 | $48,311 | $45,427 | 26.9x |
| Ben Franklin Career Center Dunbar, WV | — | — | $3,382 | $38,243 | $37,962 | 27.1x |
| Spoon River College Canton, IL | — | — | $3,415 | $35,368 | $38,386 | 27.1x |
| Lewis and Clark Community College Godfrey, IL | — | — | $3,349 | $47,508 | $37,724 | 27.2x |
| Northwest Indian College Bellingham, WA | — | — | $3,136 | $49,696 | $35,447 | 27.3x |