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 Mills Community College Brimley, MI | — | — | $3,073 | $44,527 | $30,048 | 23.4x |
| Midland College Midland, TX | — | — | $4,512 | $54,255 | $43,958 | 23.4x |
| Martin Community College Williamston, NC | — | — | $2,676 | $41,361 | $26,016 | 23.3x |
| Brazosport College Lake Jackson, TX | — | — | $4,732 | $62,740 | $45,910 | 23.3x |
| Southcentral Kentucky Community and Technical College Bowling Green, KY | — | — | $3,537 | $41,507 | $34,242 | 23.2x |
| Wharton County Junior College Wharton, TX | — | — | $4,666 | $54,510 | $44,960 | 23.1x |
| Carl Sandburg College Galesburg, IL | — | — | $3,662 | $45,741 | $35,274 | 23.1x |
| CUNY New York City College of Technology Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $5,127 | $64,145 | $49,365 | 23.1x |
| College of Staten Island CUNY Staten Island, NY | — | — | $5,579 | $65,495 | $53,501 | 23.0x |
| Kehilath Yakov Rabbinical Seminary Ossining, NY | — | — | $3,822 | $19,057 | $36,442 | 22.8x |
| Las Positas College Livermore, CA | — | — | $5,377 | $52,625 | $51,088 | 22.8x |
| Suffolk County Community College Selden, NY | — | — | $5,258 | $50,418 | $49,907 | 22.7x |
| Antelope Valley Community College District Lancaster, CA | — | — | $3,860 | $46,723 | $36,526 | 22.7x |
| Solano Community College Fairfield, CA | — | — | $4,669 | $59,829 | $44,170 | 22.7x |
| Cypress College Cypress, CA | — | — | $4,606 | $57,854 | $43,533 | 22.6x |
| Trinity Valley Community College Athens, TX | — | — | $4,092 | $44,266 | $38,567 | 22.6x |
| Northwest Vista College San Antonio, TX | — | — | $4,525 | $46,909 | $42,490 | 22.5x |
| Gadsden State Community College Gadsden, AL | — | — | $3,515 | $46,678 | $32,937 | 22.4x |
| Turtle Mountain College Belcourt, ND | — | — | $3,428 | — | $32,079 | 22.4x |
| Ohio University-Lancaster Campus Lancaster, OH | — | — | $5,650 | $70,528 | $52,581 | 22.3x |
| Cabell County Career Technology Center Huntington, WV | — | — | $3,657 | $50,961 | $33,975 | 22.2x |
| Pensacola State College Pensacola, FL | — | — | $3,957 | $45,937 | $36,739 | 22.2x |
| Tohono O'odham Community College Sells, AZ | — | — | $4,233 | — | $39,229 | 22.2x |
| CUNY Bronx Community College Bronx, NY | — | — | $4,462 | $44,993 | $41,307 | 22.1x |
| Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de Manati Manati, PR | — | — | $2,846 | — | $26,293 | 22.1x |