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.
| Southern Technical College Orlando, FL | — | — | $20,623 | $35,576 | $29,893 | 2.6x |
| Miller-Motte College-Arizona Automotive Institute Glendale, AZ | — | — | $21,459 | $34,393 | $31,102 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-Hanover Hanover, PA | — | — | $16,843 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.6x |
| Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN | — | — | $29,513 | $71,659 | $42,759 | 2.6x |
| D'Mart Institute Barranquitas, PR | — | — | $11,972 | $14,445 | $17,340 | 2.6x |
| Delta College South Baton Rouge, LA | — | — | $21,331 | $29,675 | $30,894 | 2.6x |
| Illinois Media School-Chicago Campus Chicago, IL | — | — | $26,435 | $34,937 | $38,284 | 2.6x |
| InterCoast Colleges-Rancho Cordova Rancho Cordova, CA | — | — | $24,925 | $48,764 | $36,089 | 2.6x |
| Z Hair Academy Overland Park, KS | — | — | $18,893 | $28,692 | $27,346 | 2.6x |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology and Nails-Columbia West Columbia, SC | — | — | $17,337 | $26,820 | $25,088 | 2.6x |
| University at Buffalo Buffalo, NY | $27,670 | — | $48,962 | $71,430 | $70,814 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-Peekskill Peekskill, NY | — | — | $19,310 | $26,720 | $27,916 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-Elizabethtown Elizabethtown, KY | — | — | $16,618 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.6x |
| Ridge Technical College Winter Haven, FL | — | — | $23,170 | $35,542 | $33,484 | 2.6x |
| Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Hurst Hurst, TX | — | — | $21,792 | $28,268 | $31,488 | 2.6x |
| Parker University Dallas, TX | — | — | $29,135 | $52,900 | $42,091 | 2.6x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fayetteville Fayetteville, NC | — | — | $18,496 | $27,444 | $26,696 | 2.6x |
| New York Medical Career Training Center Flushing, NY | — | — | $28,089 | $43,684 | $40,540 | 2.6x |
| French Academy of Cosmetology Spring Lake, MI | — | — | $15,806 | $27,237 | $22,797 | 2.6x |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Tonawanda Tonawanda, NY | — | — | $18,346 | $34,609 | $26,460 | 2.6x |
| Waynesville Career Center Waynesville, MO | — | — | $28,418 | $51,909 | $40,979 | 2.6x |
| Academy of Esthetics and Cosmetology San Fernando, CA | — | — | $24,340 | $27,915 | $35,089 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-West Greensboro Greensboro, NC | — | — | $16,932 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.6x |
| Texas College of Cosmetology-Abilene Abilene, TX | — | — | $15,047 | $22,298 | $21,685 | 2.6x |
| New Hope Christian College-Eugene Eugene, OR | — | — | $21,600 | $35,230 | $31,115 | 2.6x |