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.
| Rowan-Cabarrus Community College Salisbury, NC | — | — | $7,981 | $43,916 | $34,936 | 9.9x |
| Centralia College Centralia, WA | — | — | $9,862 | $52,981 | $43,140 | 9.9x |
| Central Georgia Technical College Warner Robins, GA | — | — | $7,052 | $42,979 | $30,848 | 9.9x |
| Edmonds College Lynnwood, WA | — | — | $11,010 | $52,875 | $48,144 | 9.9x |
| Minnesota North College Hibbing, MN | — | — | $10,432 | $54,100 | $45,570 | 9.9x |
| Dutchess Community College Poughkeepsie, NY | — | — | $10,065 | $44,694 | $43,929 | 9.9x |
| Caribbean University-Vega Baja Vega Baja, PR | — | — | $5,235 | $26,954 | $22,842 | 9.9x |
| Allegany College of Maryland Cumberland, MD | — | — | $8,819 | $47,031 | $38,476 | 9.9x |
| Ridgewater College Willmar, MN | — | — | $10,046 | $49,859 | $43,827 | 9.9x |
| Northcentral Technical College Wausau, WI | — | — | $10,303 | $50,869 | $44,925 | 9.9x |
| Columbia Southern University Orange Beach, AL | — | — | $14,580 | $80,589 | $63,534 | 9.9x |
| Avalon School of Cosmetology Worthington, MN | — | — | $6,507 | — | $28,336 | 9.9x |
| Ocean County Vocational-Technical School Toms River, NJ | — | — | $10,828 | $42,510 | $47,122 | 9.9x |
| High Plains Technology Center Woodward, OK | — | — | $7,761 | $41,154 | $33,734 | 9.9x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Fayette- Eberly Lemont Furnace, PA | — | — | $14,596 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 9.9x |
| Shepherd University Shepherdstown, WV | — | — | $11,363 | $55,251 | $49,358 | 9.9x |
| University of Wisconsin-Parkside Kenosha, WI | — | — | $11,772 | $55,184 | $51,129 | 9.9x |
| Zane State College Zanesville, OH | — | — | $8,062 | $41,949 | $35,006 | 9.9x |
| North Iowa Area Community College Mason City, IA | — | — | $10,010 | $47,068 | $43,462 | 9.9x |
| California State University-Monterey Bay Seaside, CA | — | — | $13,663 | $62,324 | $59,247 | 9.8x |
| Northern Wyoming Community College District Sheridan, WY | — | — | $9,346 | $51,958 | $40,477 | 9.8x |
| Fresno Pacific University Fresno, CA | — | — | $13,630 | $63,285 | $58,896 | 9.8x |
| Faust Institute of Cosmetology-Spirit Lake Spirit Lake, IA | — | — | $5,508 | — | $23,784 | 9.8x |
| Northern Illinois University Dekalb, IL | — | — | $13,391 | $64,583 | $57,808 | 9.8x |
| Polk State College Winter Haven, FL | — | — | $9,427 | $53,180 | $40,624 | 9.8x |