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.
| South Texas College McAllen, TX | — | — | $1,751 | $40,768 | $36,788 | 51.5x |
| Johnston Community College Smithfield, NC | — | — | $1,776 | $48,144 | $37,310 | 51.5x |
| Middlesex College Edison, NJ | — | — | $2,288 | $55,906 | $46,861 | 50.2x |
| Fred W Eberle Technical Center Buckhannon, WV | — | — | $2,129 | $37,621 | $43,364 | 49.9x |
| North Florida Technical College Starke, FL | — | — | $1,590 | — | $31,683 | 48.8x |
| CUNY Brooklyn College Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $3,103 | $62,833 | $60,752 | 47.9x |
| West Virginia University at Parkersburg Parkersburg, WV | — | — | $1,807 | $47,106 | $35,171 | 47.7x |
| Middlesex Community College Bedford, MA | — | — | $2,624 | $56,301 | $50,651 | 47.3x |
| Schoolcraft Community College District Livonia, MI | — | — | $2,260 | $48,981 | $42,722 | 46.3x |
| Eastern New Mexico University Ruidoso Branch Community College Ruidoso, NM | — | — | $2,042 | $54,827 | $38,550 | 46.2x |
| Victor Valley College Victorville, CA | — | — | $1,947 | $44,779 | $36,119 | 45.4x |
| CUNY Lehman College Bronx, NY | — | — | $3,148 | $63,353 | $58,013 | 45.1x |
| Putnam Career and Technical Center Eleanor, WV | — | — | $1,975 | $41,118 | $36,203 | 44.8x |
| Illinois Valley Community College Oglesby, IL | — | — | $2,232 | $48,989 | $40,810 | 44.7x |
| Wood County Technical Center-Practical Nursing Parkersburg, WV | — | — | $2,248 | $40,368 | $40,547 | 44.1x |
| San Joaquin Delta College Stockton, CA | — | — | $2,407 | $49,494 | $43,212 | 43.9x |
| Colegio de Cinematografia Artes y Television Bayamon, PR | — | — | $1,460 | $18,142 | $25,707 | 43.0x |
| CUNY John Jay College of Criminal Justice New York, NY | — | — | $3,203 | $60,020 | $56,195 | 42.9x |
| CUNY City College New York, NY | — | — | $3,776 | $67,740 | $66,039 | 42.7x |
| Lake Land College Mattoon, IL | — | — | $2,254 | $48,594 | $38,877 | 42.1x |
| Cerritos College Norwalk, CA | — | — | $2,424 | $54,818 | $41,156 | 41.4x |
| Reid State Technical College Evergreen, AL | — | — | $1,739 | $53,929 | $28,982 | 40.7x |
| Trinity International University-Illinois Deerfield, IL | — | — | $2,835 | $51,985 | $46,989 | 40.4x |
| Bridgerland Technical College Logan, UT | — | — | $2,338 | $42,070 | $38,347 | 40.0x |
| Florence-Darlington Technical College Florence, SC | — | — | $2,004 | $44,978 | $32,748 | 39.9x |