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.
| Butler Community College El Dorado, KS | — | — | $15,724 | $46,569 | $41,206 | 5.6x |
| Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ | — | — | $20,503 | $63,207 | $53,726 | 5.6x |
| Lawrenceburg Technical College Lawrenceburg, TN | — | — | $9,581 | — | $25,089 | 5.5x |
| Viterbo University La Crosse, WI | — | — | $21,260 | $69,675 | $55,660 | 5.5x |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany, NY | — | — | $12,443 | $43,374 | $32,568 | 5.5x |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | — | — | $19,858 | $62,334 | $51,926 | 5.5x |
| Cheeks Beauty Academy Loveland, CO | — | — | $9,739 | $29,957 | $25,459 | 5.5x |
| Cankdeska Cikana Community College Fort Totten, ND | — | — | $6,507 | — | $17,008 | 5.5x |
| Navarro College Corsicana, TX | — | — | $14,820 | $46,253 | $38,716 | 5.5x |
| The University of Montana-Western Dillon, MT | — | — | $16,558 | $44,338 | $43,229 | 5.5x |
| Gannon University Erie, PA | — | — | $22,553 | $65,497 | $58,845 | 5.5x |
| Buena Vista University Storm Lake, IA | — | — | $18,846 | $50,318 | $49,156 | 5.5x |
| The Salon Professional Academy-St Charles St. Charles, MO | — | — | $13,388 | $36,894 | $34,900 | 5.5x |
| Florida Academy of Health & Beauty Oakland Park, FL | — | — | $6,953 | $18,876 | $18,116 | 5.5x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Berks Reading, PA | — | — | $24,356 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 5.5x |
| Greensboro College Greensboro, NC | — | — | $17,882 | $51,898 | $46,566 | 5.5x |
| Venango County Area Vocational Technical School Oil City, PA | — | — | $14,655 | $40,955 | $38,161 | 5.5x |
| West Texas A & M University Canyon, TX | — | — | $19,487 | $55,166 | $50,741 | 5.5x |
| Universidad Teologica del Caribe Trujillo Alto, PR | — | — | $9,045 | — | $23,536 | 5.5x |
| Somerset County Technology Center Somerset, PA | — | — | $14,444 | $46,805 | $37,558 | 5.5x |
| Waldorf University Forest City, IA | — | — | $19,693 | $67,834 | $51,165 | 5.5x |
| Northwest Technical Institute Springdale, AR | — | — | $15,992 | $47,275 | $41,513 | 5.5x |
| Rockhurst University Kansas City, MO | — | — | $25,884 | $76,125 | $67,102 | 5.5x |
| Luther College Decorah, IA | — | — | $23,097 | $55,033 | $59,850 | 5.5x |
| Pennsylvania Western University California, PA | — | — | $18,256 | $54,553 | $47,295 | 5.5x |