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.
| Columbus Technical College Columbus, GA | — | — | $4,001 | $43,818 | $34,238 | 20.4x |
| Emma's Beauty Academy-Juana Diaz Juana Diaz, PR | — | — | $1,993 | $16,074 | $17,034 | 20.4x |
| Grays Harbor College Aberdeen, WA | — | — | $4,783 | $46,936 | $40,865 | 20.4x |
| Horry-Georgetown Technical College Conway, SC | — | — | $4,159 | $46,000 | $35,507 | 20.3x |
| De Anza College Cupertino, CA | — | — | $6,642 | $60,322 | $56,596 | 20.3x |
| Metro Technology Centers Oklahoma City, OK | — | — | $4,561 | $47,829 | $38,830 | 20.3x |
| Big Sandy Community and Technical College Prestonsburg, KY | — | — | $3,873 | $39,692 | $32,954 | 20.3x |
| Columbia State Community College Columbia, TN | — | — | $4,734 | $46,284 | $40,256 | 20.3x |
| CUNY Borough of Manhattan Community College New York, NY | — | — | $4,976 | $46,157 | $42,306 | 20.3x |
| Blue Ridge Community and Technical College Martinsburg, WV | — | — | $4,641 | $45,612 | $39,293 | 20.2x |
| Indiana University-Northwest Gary, IN | — | — | $5,130 | $59,535 | $43,361 | 20.1x |
| Henderson Community College Henderson, KY | — | — | $4,232 | $50,202 | $35,714 | 20.1x |
| California State University-Northridge Northridge, CA | — | — | $7,021 | $59,664 | $59,115 | 20.0x |
| Essex County College Newark, NJ | — | — | $4,436 | $48,042 | $37,230 | 20.0x |
| Palo Alto College San Antonio, TX | — | — | $4,463 | $38,443 | $37,448 | 20.0x |
| Lex La-Ray Technical Center Lexington, MO | — | — | $6,219 | $59,627 | $52,142 | 20.0x |
| Rowan College at Burlington County Mount Laurel, NJ | — | — | $5,344 | $51,060 | $44,745 | 19.9x |
| Cuyahoga Community College District Cleveland, OH | — | — | $4,266 | $49,698 | $35,654 | 19.9x |
| Midlands Technical College West Columbia, SC | — | — | $4,647 | $46,832 | $38,701 | 19.8x |
| Yeshiva Shaarei Torah of Rockland Suffern, NY | — | — | $10,753 | $86,861 | $89,548 | 19.8x |
| Ulster County Community College Stone Ridge, NY | — | — | $5,035 | $50,370 | $41,896 | 19.8x |
| Rappahannock Community College Glenns, VA | — | — | $4,343 | $47,349 | $36,121 | 19.8x |
| Kankakee Community College Kankakee, IL | — | — | $4,665 | $50,343 | $38,767 | 19.8x |
| Delta College University Center, MI | — | — | $4,547 | $52,169 | $37,781 | 19.8x |
| Bellingham Technical College Bellingham, WA | — | — | $5,997 | — | $49,748 | 19.7x |