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.
| Cheeks Beauty Academy Cheyenne, WY | — | — | $10,603 | $29,957 | $25,459 | 5.0x |
| Suncoast Technical College Sarasota, FL | — | — | $16,917 | $40,433 | $40,621 | 5.0x |
| Boston Architectural College Boston, MA | — | — | $25,865 | $79,953 | $62,123 | 5.0x |
| Chamberlain University-North Carolina Charlotte, NC | — | — | $38,436 | $97,262 | $92,405 | 5.0x |
| Lake Erie College Painesville, OH | — | — | $20,961 | $57,903 | $50,417 | 5.0x |
| Shelton State Community College Tuscaloosa, AL | — | — | $14,557 | $50,082 | $35,014 | 5.0x |
| Oconee Fall Line Technical College Sandersville, GA | — | — | $12,844 | $37,265 | $30,899 | 5.0x |
| Ashland University Ashland, OH | — | — | $21,988 | $59,855 | $52,928 | 5.0x |
| SUNY College of Agriculture and Technology at Cobleskill Cobleskill, NY | — | — | $18,701 | $50,709 | $45,030 | 5.0x |
| Rosemont College Rosemont, PA | — | — | $20,150 | $59,674 | $48,555 | 5.0x |
| Berry College Mount Berry, GA | — | — | $22,320 | $58,750 | $53,800 | 5.0x |
| Saint Ambrose University Davenport, IA | — | — | $24,691 | $67,026 | $59,531 | 5.0x |
| Roosevelt University Chicago, IL | — | — | $20,194 | $58,796 | $48,712 | 5.0x |
| Ursinus College Collegeville, PA | — | — | $30,536 | $65,033 | $73,721 | 5.0x |
| Applied Tech Sunset Hills, MO | — | — | $23,405 | $59,950 | $56,508 | 5.0x |
| Central Christian College of the Bible Moberly, MO | — | — | $14,356 | $34,888 | $34,675 | 5.0x |
| Huntington University Huntington, IN | — | — | $19,310 | $52,242 | $46,672 | 5.0x |
| Livingstone College Salisbury, NC | — | — | $13,479 | $37,280 | $32,600 | 5.0x |
| Seminole State College Seminole, OK | — | — | $14,628 | $41,118 | $35,390 | 5.0x |
| VanderCook College of Music Chicago, IL | — | — | $19,780 | $55,437 | $47,863 | 5.0x |
| Mount Mary University Milwaukee, WI | — | — | $20,144 | $54,418 | $48,745 | 5.0x |
| University of Redlands Redlands, CA | — | — | $30,031 | $75,863 | $72,690 | 5.1x |
| Dakota State University Madison, SD | — | — | $21,057 | $63,160 | $50,970 | 5.1x |
| Scioto County Career Technical Center Lucasville, OH | — | — | $16,765 | $45,417 | $40,584 | 5.1x |
| Wentworth Institute of Technology Boston, MA | — | — | $34,170 | $95,027 | $82,721 | 5.1x |