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.
| Phagans School of Hair Design Happy Valley, OR | — | — | $16,313 | $32,927 | $22,912 | 2.5x |
| Trend Setters School Cape Girardeau, MO | — | — | $16,521 | — | $23,185 | 2.5x |
| American Institute-Somerset Somerset, NJ | — | — | $20,464 | $36,918 | $28,710 | 2.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | — | — | $16,926 | $22,075 | $23,743 | 2.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Littleton Littleton, CO | — | — | $17,136 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.5x |
| Texas College of Cosmetology-San Angelo San Angelon, TX | — | — | $15,471 | $22,298 | $21,685 | 2.5x |
| Orion Technical College Davenport, IA | — | — | $26,439 | $44,940 | $37,008 | 2.5x |
| Miller-Motte College-Augusta Augusta, GA | — | — | $22,223 | $34,393 | $31,102 | 2.5x |
| Johnson & Wales University-Providence Providence, RI | — | — | $31,027 | $54,530 | $43,418 | 2.5x |
| Louisiana State University Baton Rouge, LA | $24,715 | $14,276 | $43,773 | $66,893 | $61,251 | 2.5x |
| Sterling College Craftsbury Common, VT | — | — | $21,854 | $29,415 | $30,573 | 2.5x |
| Louisiana Culinary Institute Baton Rouge, LA | — | — | $28,869 | $36,043 | $40,359 | 2.5x |
| Seguin Beauty School-Seguin Seguin, TX | — | — | $15,661 | $23,933 | $21,891 | 2.5x |
| Fortis College Mobile, AL | — | — | $19,074 | $33,893 | $26,652 | 2.5x |
| Institute for Business and Technology San Jose, CA | — | — | $27,207 | $49,241 | $38,015 | 2.5x |
| Pro Way Hair School Stone Mountain, GA | — | — | $15,458 | $21,736 | $21,586 | 2.5x |
| Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Denton Denton, TX | — | — | $22,246 | $28,696 | $31,055 | 2.5x |
| Lincoln College of Technology-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX | — | — | $33,250 | $51,742 | $46,396 | 2.5x |
| Kansas State University Manhattan, KS | $28,555 | $7,797 | $41,053 | $64,711 | $57,262 | 2.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Bloomfield Bloomfield, NJ | — | — | $17,191 | $27,175 | $23,925 | 2.5x |
| Princeton University Princeton, NJ | $59,710 | $62,876 | $79,090 | $108,590 | $110,066 | 2.5x |
| Concorde Career Institute-Tampa Tampa, FL | — | — | $26,077 | $37,344 | $36,288 | 2.5x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Memphis Memphis, TN | — | — | $18,186 | $25,086 | $25,306 | 2.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Rochester Rochester, NY | — | — | $17,264 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.5x |
| Erie Institute of Technology Inc Erie, PA | — | — | $30,164 | $48,489 | $41,951 | 2.5x |