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.
| Platt College-Ontario Ontario, CA | — | — | $20,711 | $44,565 | $40,669 | 3.9x |
| Universal Technical Institute-West Texas Austin, TX | — | — | $26,117 | $57,080 | $51,222 | 3.9x |
| Baldwin Wallace University Berea, OH | — | — | $27,603 | $59,094 | $54,122 | 3.9x |
| Refrigeration School Inc Phoenix, AZ | — | — | $27,025 | $57,186 | $52,953 | 3.9x |
| MidAmerica Nazarene University Olathe, KS | — | — | $32,165 | $67,555 | $62,972 | 3.9x |
| Alvernia University Reading, PA | — | — | $28,138 | $67,275 | $55,055 | 3.9x |
| Anderson University Anderson, IN | — | — | $25,021 | $54,833 | $48,899 | 3.9x |
| Creative Images Institute of Cosmetology-South Dayton Dayton, OH | — | — | $11,397 | $27,631 | $22,271 | 3.9x |
| Universal Technical Institute of Illinois Inc Lisle, IL | — | — | $27,060 | $58,404 | $52,873 | 3.9x |
| Drury University Springfield, MO | — | — | $20,831 | $47,568 | $40,694 | 3.9x |
| Simpson University Redding, CA | — | — | $27,817 | $59,198 | $54,340 | 3.9x |
| Hampshire College Amherst, MA | — | — | $24,034 | $36,500 | $46,938 | 3.9x |
| Hartwick College Oneonta, NY | — | — | $31,320 | $60,324 | $61,107 | 3.9x |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Chicago Chicago, IL | — | — | $27,347 | $71,478 | $53,341 | 3.9x |
| Universal Technical Institute-Dallas Fort Worth Irving, TX | — | — | $26,265 | $57,080 | $51,222 | 3.9x |
| Nova Southeastern University Fort Lauderdale, FL | — | — | $30,371 | $81,582 | $59,209 | 3.9x |
| Institute of American Indian and Alaska Native Culture and Arts Development Santa Fe, NM | — | — | $12,570 | $37,813 | $24,505 | 3.9x |
| Herzing University-Akron Akron, OH | — | — | $18,934 | $58,575 | $36,909 | 3.9x |
| Woodbury University Burbank, CA | — | — | $33,692 | $66,794 | $65,668 | 3.9x |
| University of Mobile Mobile, AL | — | — | $22,382 | $46,865 | $43,611 | 3.9x |
| Aveda Institute-Des Moines West Des Moines, IA | — | — | $18,552 | $34,296 | $36,132 | 3.9x |
| Canton City Schools Adult Career and Technical Education Canton, OH | — | — | $21,634 | $43,966 | $42,134 | 3.9x |
| North Florida Cosmetology Institute Tallahassee, FL | — | — | $12,136 | $20,333 | $23,615 | 3.9x |
| Belmont Abbey College Belmont, NC | — | — | $24,639 | $57,346 | $47,937 | 3.9x |
| Methodist University Fayetteville, NC | — | — | $24,704 | $60,011 | $48,050 | 3.9x |