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.
| Bluegrass Community and Technical College Lexington, KY | — | — | $6,113 | $48,181 | $36,343 | 13.9x |
| Great Plains Technology Center Lawton, OK | — | — | $7,128 | $44,322 | $42,376 | 13.9x |
| Rhode Island College Providence, RI | — | — | $9,478 | $59,430 | $56,318 | 13.9x |
| Pickens Technical College Aurora, CO | — | — | $6,600 | $44,693 | $39,210 | 13.9x |
| University of Pittsburgh-Titusville Titusville, PA | — | — | $11,150 | $73,701 | $66,125 | 13.8x |
| Mayland Community College Spruce Pine, NC | — | — | $5,861 | $43,484 | $34,663 | 13.8x |
| Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Guayama Guayama, PR | — | — | $4,450 | — | $26,293 | 13.8x |
| Richmond Community College Hamlet, NC | — | — | $5,071 | $42,771 | $29,951 | 13.8x |
| Fulton-Montgomery Community College Johnstown, NY | — | — | $6,696 | $45,309 | $39,535 | 13.8x |
| Clayton State University Morrow, GA | — | — | $8,365 | $54,430 | $49,179 | 13.7x |
| Arkansas State University Mid-South West Memphis, AR | — | — | $5,427 | $42,850 | $31,857 | 13.7x |
| Ilisagvik College Barrow, AK | — | — | $6,743 | — | $39,541 | 13.7x |
| Laredo College Laredo, TX | — | — | $5,798 | $40,362 | $33,934 | 13.6x |
| Central Carolina Technical College Sumter, SC | — | — | $5,571 | $45,876 | $32,603 | 13.6x |
| Holmes Community College Goodman, MS | — | — | $5,643 | $39,984 | $32,922 | 13.6x |
| Oklahoma State University-Oklahoma City Oklahoma City, OK | — | — | $7,081 | $55,147 | $41,307 | 13.6x |
| Christian Brothers University Memphis, TN | — | — | $9,854 | $68,058 | $57,478 | 13.6x |
| University of Maine at Presque Isle Presque Isle, ME | — | — | $7,035 | $48,577 | $40,956 | 13.6x |
| University of Illinois Springfield Springfield, IL | — | — | $9,833 | $63,235 | $57,103 | 13.5x |
| Indiana University-East Richmond, IN | — | — | $8,134 | $58,030 | $47,156 | 13.5x |
| Edison State Community College Piqua, OH | — | — | $7,142 | $53,413 | $41,360 | 13.5x |
| Stark State College North Canton, OH | — | — | $5,986 | $49,440 | $34,661 | 13.5x |
| Trinity Washington University Washington, DC | — | — | $9,302 | $64,019 | $53,804 | 13.5x |
| Washburn Institute of Technology Topeka, KS | — | — | $8,607 | $56,774 | $49,774 | 13.5x |
| Orangeburg Calhoun Technical College Orangeburg, SC | — | — | $6,186 | $53,084 | $35,761 | 13.5x |