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.
| Western Piedmont Community College Morganton, NC | — | — | $6,448 | $41,714 | $34,195 | 12.3x |
| New Mexico State University-Alamogordo Alamogordo, NM | — | — | $7,369 | $54,874 | $39,067 | 12.3x |
| Lamar University Beaumont, TX | — | — | $9,366 | $66,816 | $49,652 | 12.3x |
| Central Virginia Community College Lynchburg, VA | — | — | $6,928 | $45,157 | $36,627 | 12.2x |
| Bismarck State College Bismarck, ND | — | — | $10,270 | $65,276 | $54,277 | 12.2x |
| Volunteer State Community College Gallatin, TN | — | — | $7,802 | $47,655 | $41,150 | 12.2x |
| The University of Texas at San Antonio San Antonio, TX | — | — | $10,836 | $60,333 | $57,131 | 12.2x |
| SUNY Corning Community College Corning, NY | — | — | $7,373 | $45,809 | $38,817 | 12.2x |
| Roanoke-Chowan Community College Ahoskie, NC | — | — | $5,570 | — | $29,324 | 12.2x |
| Cape Cod Community College West Barnstable, MA | — | — | $8,296 | $54,922 | $43,670 | 12.2x |
| Western Oklahoma State College Altus, OK | — | — | $7,267 | $48,797 | $38,248 | 12.2x |
| Ohio State University-Marion Campus Marion, OH | — | — | $11,488 | $70,682 | $60,409 | 12.1x |
| Mt Hood Community College Gresham, OR | — | — | $7,821 | $52,184 | $41,125 | 12.1x |
| Spokane Falls Community College Spokane, WA | — | — | $7,409 | $44,489 | $38,955 | 12.1x |
| Cowley County Community College Arkansas City, KS | — | — | $7,175 | $42,324 | $37,723 | 12.1x |
| Ozarks Technical Community College Springfield, MO | — | — | $6,936 | $42,628 | $36,455 | 12.1x |
| College of the Redwoods Eureka, CA | — | — | $6,904 | $37,636 | $36,243 | 12.1x |
| University of West Florida Pensacola, FL | — | — | $9,364 | $67,723 | $49,137 | 12.1x |
| New Mexico Junior College Hobbs, NM | — | — | $6,524 | $60,987 | $34,233 | 12.1x |
| Northern New Mexico College Espanola, NM | — | — | $7,276 | $61,774 | $38,112 | 12.1x |
| Brescia University Owensboro, KY | — | — | $8,709 | $51,492 | $45,500 | 12.1x |
| Hill College Hillsboro, TX | — | — | $7,577 | $43,521 | $39,572 | 12.1x |
| Charlie's Guard-Detective Bureau and Academy Inc Aguadilla, PR | — | — | $4,074 | $17,389 | $21,241 | 12.0x |
| Huertas College Caguas, PR | — | — | $4,401 | $28,857 | $22,927 | 12.0x |
| Lakeland Community College Kirtland, OH | — | — | $7,606 | $52,591 | $39,612 | 12.0x |