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.
| Georgia Institute of Technology Atlanta, GA | $33,596 | $16,851 | $49,088 | $119,180 | $102,772 | 4.2x |
| The University of Findlay Findlay, OH | — | — | $27,221 | $60,876 | $56,996 | 4.2x |
| California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo San Luis Obispo, CA | $14,130 | $21,140 | $43,350 | $90,662 | $90,768 | 4.2x |
| San Bernardino Valley College San Bernardino, CA | — | — | $18,943 | $55,935 | $39,676 | 4.2x |
| Gordon College Wenham, MA | — | — | $24,883 | $57,638 | $52,119 | 4.2x |
| Central Alabama Community College Alexander City, AL | — | — | $15,996 | $50,615 | $33,506 | 4.2x |
| Culver-Stockton College Canton, MO | — | — | $21,983 | $48,225 | $46,092 | 4.2x |
| Randolph-Macon College Ashland, VA | — | — | $27,866 | $61,824 | $58,448 | 4.2x |
| Hastings College Hastings, NE | — | — | $24,452 | $52,539 | $51,303 | 4.2x |
| The Hair Academy Bismarck, ND | — | — | $14,950 | $34,894 | $31,370 | 4.2x |
| Taylor University Upland, IN | — | — | $24,865 | $51,779 | $52,198 | 4.2x |
| Tusculum University Greeneville, TN | — | — | $21,131 | $51,271 | $44,367 | 4.2x |
| Lawrence Technological University Southfield, MI | — | — | $32,918 | $90,760 | $69,151 | 4.3x |
| Truett McConnell University Cleveland, GA | — | — | $22,227 | $47,336 | $46,700 | 4.3x |
| Texas County Technical College Houston, MO | — | — | $19,429 | $61,845 | $40,843 | 4.3x |
| Capitol Beauty School Omaha, NE | — | — | $14,886 | $28,970 | $31,349 | 4.3x |
| York University York, NE | — | — | $20,951 | $47,078 | $44,130 | 4.3x |
| Concorde Career College-North Hollywood North Hollywood, CA | — | — | $23,984 | $52,837 | $50,552 | 4.3x |
| Saint Anselm College Manchester, NH | — | — | $34,779 | $76,334 | $73,371 | 4.3x |
| Oklahoma Wesleyan University Bartlesville, OK | — | — | $28,358 | $62,310 | $59,841 | 4.3x |
| Terra State Community College Fremont, OH | — | — | $17,345 | $48,710 | $36,612 | 4.3x |
| Galen College of Nursing-San Antonio San Antonio, TX | — | — | $29,104 | $79,047 | $61,480 | 4.3x |
| St Bonaventure University Saint Bonaventure, NY | — | — | $27,074 | $62,639 | $57,214 | 4.3x |
| Emory University-Oxford College Oxford, GA | — | — | $37,920 | $90,139 | $80,137 | 4.3x |
| South Carolina State University Orangeburg, SC | — | — | $18,097 | $46,691 | $38,262 | 4.3x |