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.
| Bay Path University Longmeadow, MA | — | — | $14,271 | $62,912 | $55,383 | 8.7x |
| University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $28,699 | $124,586 | $111,371 | 8.7x |
| University of West Georgia Carrollton, GA | — | — | $12,786 | $58,022 | $49,587 | 8.7x |
| Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology Lancaster, PA | — | — | $14,104 | $57,788 | $54,681 | 8.7x |
| University of Wisconsin-River Falls River Falls, WI | — | — | $14,054 | $54,923 | $54,458 | 8.7x |
| Paradise Valley Community College Phoenix, AZ | — | — | $12,180 | $64,729 | $47,196 | 8.7x |
| East Los Angeles College Monterey Park, CA | — | — | $10,852 | $49,823 | $42,006 | 8.7x |
| Aaniiih Nakoda College Harlem, MT | — | — | $7,887 | $35,626 | $30,528 | 8.7x |
| Normandale Community College Bloomington, MN | — | — | $12,972 | $54,750 | $50,207 | 8.7x |
| Arkansas State University-Mountain Home Mountain Home, AR | — | — | $8,847 | $39,326 | $34,238 | 8.7x |
| Signature Healthcare Brockton Hospital School of Nursing Brockton, MA | — | — | $22,761 | $81,314 | $88,084 | 8.7x |
| H Councill Trenholm State Community College Montgomery, AL | — | — | $8,325 | $34,122 | $32,183 | 8.7x |
| University of New Orleans New Orleans, LA | — | — | $12,384 | $56,037 | $47,872 | 8.7x |
| East Georgia State College Swainsboro, GA | — | — | $9,626 | $41,835 | $37,174 | 8.7x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Wilkes-Barre Dallas, PA | — | — | $16,448 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 8.6x |
| Francis Marion University Florence, SC | — | — | $11,386 | $52,141 | $43,888 | 8.6x |
| Ventura Adult and Continuing Education Ventura, CA | — | — | $9,924 | $42,327 | $38,232 | 8.6x |
| University of Wisconsin-Platteville Platteville, WI | — | — | $16,032 | $70,899 | $61,760 | 8.6x |
| Coastal Carolina Community College Jacksonville, NC | — | — | $9,461 | $44,018 | $36,444 | 8.6x |
| Drury University-College of Continuing Professional Studies Springfield, MO | — | — | $10,566 | $47,568 | $40,694 | 8.6x |
| Goldey-Beacom College Wilmington, DE | — | — | $15,554 | $52,348 | $59,892 | 8.6x |
| William & Mary Williamsburg, VA | — | — | $19,096 | $80,445 | $73,490 | 8.6x |
| Capitol Technology University Laurel, MD | — | — | $22,102 | $104,028 | $85,035 | 8.6x |
| Northern Career Institute Eastlake, OH | — | — | $12,759 | $51,386 | $49,073 | 8.6x |
| Escuela de Artes Plasticas y Diseno de Puerto Rico San Juan, PR | — | — | $5,669 | $23,081 | $21,790 | 8.6x |