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.
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL | — | — | $1,471 | $54,088 | $42,557 | 71.3x |
| College of the Mainland Texas City, TX | — | — | $1,342 | $58,013 | $39,639 | 72.8x |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro, NC | — | — | $1,095 | $37,251 | $33,274 | 75.0x |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA | — | — | $1,115 | $41,236 | $34,487 | 76.3x |
| Skyline College San Bruno, CA | — | — | $1,738 | $59,341 | $55,702 | 79.1x |
| Chipola College Marianna, FL | — | — | $1,133 | $46,272 | $37,378 | 81.5x |
| Green Country Technology Center Okmulgee, OK | — | — | $1,062 | $37,261 | $51,375 | 119.9x |
| Clark University Worcester, MA | — | $41,033 | — | $63,965 | $62,381 | — |
| University of Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | — | $8,877 | — | $72,188 | $54,810 | — |
| Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA | — | — | — | $101,748 | $105,584 | — |
| Lawrence University Appleton, WI | — | $41,781 | — | $51,503 | $55,789 | — |
| University of New Mexico Albuquerque, NM | $15 | $15,983 | $15 | $59,818 | $44,792 | — |
| Smith College Northampton, MA | — | — | — | $57,618 | $64,027 | — |
| Texas Tech University Lubbock, TX | — | — | — | $66,144 | $62,454 | — |
| University of Louisville Louisville, KY | — | $14,706 | — | $67,853 | $53,899 | — |
| University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh, PA | — | $17,157 | — | $73,701 | $66,125 | — |
| University of California, Santa Cruz Santa Cruz, CA | — | — | — | $67,085 | $68,396 | — |
| Pacific School of Religion Berkeley, CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Wesleyan University Middletown, CT | — | $70,348 | — | $72,119 | $73,897 | — |
| Yeshiva University New York, NY | — | $39,331 | — | $93,796 | $71,353 | — |
| Whitman College Walla Walla, WA | — | $59,565 | — | $56,804 | $67,589 | — |
| St. John Vianney College Seminary Miami, FL | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Merryfield Academy Oakland Park, FL | — | — | $9,096 | $26,886 | — | — |
| South Baylo University Anaheim, CA | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Selma University Selma, AL | — | — | — | $21,666 | — | — |