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.
| Dickinson State University Dickinson, ND | — | — | $14,092 | $59,571 | $50,720 | 8.0x |
| Owens Community College Perrysburg, OH | — | — | $10,369 | $55,401 | $37,275 | 8.0x |
| Scottsdale Community College Scottsdale, AZ | — | — | $13,336 | $53,858 | $47,905 | 8.0x |
| Coalinga College Coalinga, CA | — | — | $10,477 | $46,286 | $37,633 | 8.0x |
| Connecticut State Community College New Britain, CT | — | — | $11,513 | $50,130 | $41,344 | 8.0x |
| Big Bend Community College Moses Lake, WA | — | — | $12,210 | $48,868 | $43,814 | 8.0x |
| Colorado Northwestern Community College Rangely, CO | — | — | $12,131 | $61,341 | $43,526 | 8.0x |
| The University of Tennessee-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | — | — | $14,265 | $57,377 | $51,151 | 8.0x |
| Goshen College Goshen, IN | — | — | $14,493 | $55,539 | $51,943 | 8.0x |
| University of South Carolina-Upstate Spartanburg, SC | — | — | $13,557 | $55,994 | $48,587 | 8.0x |
| Mountwest Community and Technical College Huntington, WV | — | — | $8,083 | $45,495 | $28,951 | 8.0x |
| Manor College Jenkintown, PA | — | — | $13,078 | $50,232 | $46,825 | 8.0x |
| Linn-Benton Community College Albany, OR | — | — | $11,553 | $48,548 | $41,363 | 8.0x |
| South Dakota School of Mines and Technology Rapid City, SD | — | — | $20,183 | $87,878 | $72,257 | 8.0x |
| Delaware Technical Community College-Terry Dover, DE | — | — | $11,578 | $55,102 | $41,448 | 7.9x |
| DeVry College of New York New York, NY | — | — | $12,855 | $63,172 | $45,987 | 7.9x |
| University of Maryland Eastern Shore Princess Anne, MD | — | — | $13,338 | $55,733 | $47,697 | 7.9x |
| University of Wisconsin-Stevens Point Stevens Point, WI | — | — | $14,559 | $51,548 | $52,021 | 7.9x |
| Northeastern State University Tahlequah, OK | — | — | $12,710 | $50,752 | $45,379 | 7.9x |
| Eastern Oklahoma State College Wilburton, OK | — | — | $10,830 | $42,926 | $38,658 | 7.9x |
| Bayamon Community College Bayamon, PR | — | — | $5,217 | $20,403 | $18,580 | 7.9x |
| Dewey University-Juana Diaz Juana Diaz, PR | — | — | $5,554 | $24,524 | $19,761 | 7.9x |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-National & Global Marion, IN | — | — | $16,898 | $68,838 | $59,986 | 7.9x |
| Missouri Southern State University Joplin, MO | — | — | $12,007 | $52,419 | $42,620 | 7.9x |
| Fort Valley State University Fort Valley, GA | — | — | $10,338 | $44,844 | $36,666 | 7.9x |