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.
| Simpson College Indianola, IA | — | — | $21,936 | $56,509 | $59,274 | 5.8x |
| Minnesota State College Southeast Winona, MN | — | — | $16,140 | $51,496 | $43,613 | 5.8x |
| Compton College Compton, CA | — | — | $12,647 | — | $34,181 | 5.8x |
| Pfeiffer University Misenheimer, NC | — | — | $19,076 | $57,619 | $51,562 | 5.8x |
| Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania Slippery Rock, PA | — | — | $19,608 | $57,301 | $53,032 | 5.8x |
| Tennessee State University Nashville, TN | — | — | $15,796 | $53,808 | $42,730 | 5.8x |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, VA | — | — | $12,038 | $43,374 | $32,568 | 5.8x |
| Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico Hato Rey, PR | — | — | $17,540 | $69,903 | $47,540 | 5.8x |
| Houston Christian University Houston, TX | — | — | $20,629 | $62,310 | $55,933 | 5.8x |
| Marietta College Marietta, OH | — | — | $21,083 | $64,527 | $57,180 | 5.8x |
| Westminster College New Wilmington, PA | — | — | $19,859 | $54,065 | $53,861 | 5.8x |
| Lindenwood University Saint Charles, MO | — | — | $19,638 | $58,207 | $53,278 | 5.8x |
| South Coast College Orange, CA | — | — | $16,534 | — | $44,897 | 5.8x |
| Ripon College Ripon, WI | — | — | $20,216 | $50,210 | $54,902 | 5.8x |
| SUNY Morrisville Morrisville, NY | — | — | $15,939 | $52,536 | $43,295 | 5.8x |
| Washington & Jefferson College Washington, PA | — | — | $25,002 | $66,045 | $67,918 | 5.8x |
| NHTI-Concord's Community College Concord, NH | — | — | $18,011 | $55,056 | $48,943 | 5.8x |
| Gardner-Webb University Boiling Springs, NC | — | — | $17,674 | $60,516 | $48,039 | 5.8x |
| Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Harrisburg Middletown, PA | — | — | $23,330 | $76,659 | $63,435 | 5.8x |
| Thomas More University Crestview Hills, KY | — | — | $21,835 | $70,208 | $59,384 | 5.8x |
| Gallaudet University Washington, DC | — | — | $15,845 | $55,195 | $43,101 | 5.8x |
| Coastline Community College Fountain Valley, CA | — | — | $16,341 | $64,396 | $44,483 | 5.8x |
| Universal Technical Institute-Canton Canton, MI | — | — | $22,985 | $57,009 | $62,575 | 5.8x |
| Dakota Wesleyan University Mitchell, SD | — | — | $19,735 | $64,461 | $53,728 | 5.8x |
| PC AGE-Metropark Iselin, NJ | — | — | $19,952 | $56,520 | $54,323 | 5.8x |