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.
| Salish Kootenai College Pablo, MT | — | — | $7,945 | $52,164 | $32,725 | 9.3x |
| Western Technical College La Crosse, WI | — | — | $11,008 | $53,114 | $45,303 | 9.3x |
| Albion College Albion, MI | — | — | $14,301 | $55,297 | $58,799 | 9.3x |
| Arizona Western College Yuma, AZ | — | — | $8,983 | $48,286 | $36,857 | 9.3x |
| Advantage Technical College San Juan, PR | — | — | $6,558 | $28,189 | $26,905 | 9.3x |
| North Carolina A & T State University Greensboro, NC | — | — | $10,846 | $56,996 | $44,440 | 9.2x |
| University of Tulsa Tulsa, OK | — | — | $15,000 | $79,396 | $61,408 | 9.2x |
| Tennessee College of Applied Technology-Elizabethton Elizabethton, TN | — | — | $8,568 | $40,444 | $35,069 | 9.2x |
| Ohio State University-Newark Campus Newark, OH | — | — | $14,767 | $70,682 | $60,409 | 9.2x |
| Marion Technical College Ocala, FL | — | — | $8,831 | $38,674 | $36,095 | 9.2x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Greater Allegheny McKeesport, PA | — | — | $15,521 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 9.2x |
| Northeast Mississippi Community College Booneville, MS | — | — | $8,343 | $43,163 | $34,081 | 9.2x |
| Barton County Community College Great Bend, KS | — | — | $9,905 | $48,242 | $40,428 | 9.2x |
| Atlantic Cape Community College Mays Landing, NJ | — | — | $8,392 | $47,694 | $34,241 | 9.2x |
| Kent State University at Trumbull Warren, OH | — | — | $11,135 | $56,839 | $45,388 | 9.2x |
| Minot State University Minot, ND | — | — | $12,703 | $56,408 | $51,759 | 9.2x |
| South Georgia State College Douglas, GA | — | — | $8,767 | $44,925 | $35,697 | 9.2x |
| Brunswick Community College Bolivia, NC | — | — | $9,009 | $47,006 | $36,668 | 9.2x |
| Eastern Illinois University Charleston, IL | — | — | $12,786 | $53,620 | $51,989 | 9.2x |
| Southwestern Community College Creston, IA | — | — | $9,871 | $51,650 | $40,129 | 9.2x |
| Automotive Training Center-Exton Exton, PA | — | — | $12,578 | $50,826 | $51,112 | 9.2x |
| Cisco College Cisco, TX | — | — | $9,624 | $46,191 | $39,092 | 9.2x |
| Charter Oak State College New Britain, CT | — | — | $15,815 | $62,128 | $64,209 | 9.2x |
| University of Wisconsin-Superior Superior, WI | — | — | $12,220 | $50,018 | $49,606 | 9.1x |
| Erie 2 Chautauqua Cattaraugus BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Angola, NY | — | — | $11,651 | $45,379 | $47,270 | 9.1x |