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.
| Green Country Technology Center Okmulgee, OK | — | — | $1,062 | $37,261 | $51,375 | 119.9x |
| Chipola College Marianna, FL | — | — | $1,133 | $46,272 | $37,378 | 81.5x |
| Skyline College San Bruno, CA | — | — | $1,738 | $59,341 | $55,702 | 79.1x |
| Imperial Valley College Imperial, CA | — | — | $1,115 | $41,236 | $34,487 | 76.3x |
| Piedmont Community College Roxboro, NC | — | — | $1,095 | $37,251 | $33,274 | 75.0x |
| College of the Mainland Texas City, TX | — | — | $1,342 | $58,013 | $39,639 | 72.8x |
| St Petersburg College St. Petersburg, FL | — | — | $1,471 | $54,088 | $42,557 | 71.3x |
| Trident Technical College Charleston, SC | — | — | $1,406 | $58,783 | $38,253 | 67.0x |
| George C Wallace Community College-Dothan Dothan, AL | — | — | $1,170 | $48,054 | $31,399 | 66.1x |
| South Georgia Technical College Americus, GA | — | — | $1,164 | $40,852 | $30,364 | 64.2x |
| Macomb Community College Warren, MI | — | — | $1,618 | $50,529 | $41,596 | 63.3x |
| Joliet Junior College Joliet, IL | — | — | $1,672 | $51,121 | $42,889 | 63.1x |
| Gordon Cooper Technology Center Shawnee, OK | — | — | $1,680 | $43,075 | $42,021 | 61.5x |
| Cape Coral Technical College Cape Coral, FL | — | — | $1,463 | $36,637 | $36,080 | 60.7x |
| Kirksville Area Technical Center Kirksville, MO | — | — | $1,699 | $48,857 | $40,517 | 58.6x |
| West Shore Community College Scottville, MI | — | — | $1,527 | $57,908 | $36,115 | 58.1x |
| Irvine Valley College Irvine, CA | — | — | $2,090 | $55,055 | $49,156 | 57.8x |
| Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan San Juan, PR | — | — | $1,121 | — | $26,293 | 57.6x |
| Pamlico Community College Grantsboro, NC | — | — | $1,321 | $32,918 | $30,005 | 55.8x |
| Lamar State College-Orange Orange, TX | — | — | $1,655 | $54,162 | $36,587 | 54.3x |
| Hartnell College Salinas, CA | — | — | $2,039 | $51,928 | $44,316 | 53.3x |
| Durham Technical Community College Durham, NC | — | — | $1,664 | $57,868 | $36,142 | 53.3x |
| CUNY Hunter College New York, NY | — | — | $2,984 | $73,236 | $63,163 | 51.9x |
| Santiago Canyon College Orange, CA | — | — | $2,129 | $55,988 | $44,956 | 51.8x |
| Manatee Technical College Bradenton, FL | — | — | $1,808 | $45,049 | $38,129 | 51.7x |