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.
| Pacific Northwest College of Art Portland, OR | — | — | $35,785 | — | $34,883 | 1.4x |
| United Education Institute-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | — | — | $31,628 | $33,652 | $30,848 | 1.4x |
| Southeastern College-Columbia Columbia, SC | — | — | $31,941 | $32,183 | $31,156 | 1.4x |
| Williams College Williamstown, MA | $72,170 | $73,746 | $90,750 | $80,487 | $88,665 | 1.4x |
| UEI College-Fresno Fresno, CA | — | — | $28,282 | $29,409 | $27,688 | 1.4x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Boise Boise, ID | — | — | $26,248 | $24,959 | $25,719 | 1.4x |
| Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA | $70,566 | $55,837 | $77,658 | $74,391 | $76,124 | 1.5x |
| Miami Media School Doral, FL | — | — | $29,429 | $27,666 | $28,918 | 1.5x |
| Full Sail University Winter Park, FL | — | — | $38,875 | $40,367 | $38,219 | 1.5x |
| Montgomery Beauty School-Baltimore Beauty & Barber School Baltimore, MD | — | — | $19,047 | $26,088 | $18,726 | 1.5x |
| Brookline College-Phoenix Phoenix, AZ | — | — | $30,072 | $41,962 | $29,576 | 1.5x |
| Renaissance Academie Provo, UT | — | — | $21,901 | $21,092 | $21,547 | 1.5x |
| Naropa University Boulder, CO | — | — | $29,179 | $41,627 | $28,720 | 1.5x |
| The Temple-A Paul Mitchell Partner School Frederick, MD | — | — | $28,309 | $33,347 | $27,891 | 1.5x |
| Eves College of Hairstyling Lawton, OK | — | — | $16,181 | $21,810 | $15,956 | 1.5x |
| Spa Tech Institute-Westboro Westborough, MA | — | — | $28,170 | $32,586 | $27,803 | 1.5x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Orlando Oviedo, FL | — | — | $27,230 | $31,116 | $26,897 | 1.5x |
| Tenaj Salon Institute The Villages, FL | — | — | $25,502 | $23,171 | $25,196 | 1.5x |
| Southeastern College-Charleston North Charleston, SC | — | — | $31,105 | $33,941 | $30,737 | 1.5x |
| Lafayette College Easton, PA | $70,486 | $54,046 | $92,492 | $91,758 | $91,410 | 1.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Midlothian Midlothian, VA | — | — | $24,203 | $27,559 | $23,921 | 1.5x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Lexington Lexington, KY | — | — | $23,464 | $27,468 | $23,207 | 1.5x |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio San Antonio, TX | — | — | $27,306 | $32,680 | $27,035 | 1.5x |
| MJ Barber & Beauty Academy Hemet, CA | — | — | $19,849 | $18,908 | $19,665 | 1.5x |
| Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD | $66,670 | $63,401 | $88,172 | $117,419 | $87,555 | 1.5x |