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.
| Fortis College-Landover Landover, MD | — | — | $26,578 | $39,605 | $36,920 | 2.5x |
| The Beauty Institute-Ambler Ambler, PA | — | — | $17,878 | $30,630 | $24,785 | 2.5x |
| Crave Beauty Academy Wichita, KS | — | — | $19,183 | $27,679 | $26,589 | 2.5x |
| American Medical Sciences Center Glendale, CA | — | — | $21,629 | $42,467 | $29,972 | 2.5x |
| Delta College Inc Covington, LA | — | — | $23,128 | $32,032 | $32,044 | 2.5x |
| Ohio Technical College Cleveland, OH | — | — | $34,972 | $50,776 | $48,450 | 2.5x |
| Arizona State University Tempe, AZ | $29,952 | $12,143 | $45,310 | $66,968 | $62,668 | 2.5x |
| Brillare Beauty Institute Cleveland, TN | — | — | $17,894 | $27,668 | $24,728 | 2.5x |
| Columbus College of Art & Design Columbus, OH | — | — | $29,439 | $41,994 | $40,664 | 2.5x |
| Miller-Motte College-STVT-Arlington Arlington, TX | — | — | $22,520 | $34,393 | $31,102 | 2.5x |
| East-West University Chicago, IL | — | — | $21,697 | $43,920 | $29,963 | 2.5x |
| Empire Beauty School-Lakeland Lakeland, FL | — | — | $17,086 | $26,762 | $23,589 | 2.5x |
| North-West College-Anaheim Anaheim, CA | — | — | $28,922 | $40,350 | $39,876 | 2.4x |
| Venus Beauty Academy Aston, PA | — | — | $16,491 | $29,652 | $22,727 | 2.4x |
| La James International College-Cedar Falls Cedar Falls, IA | — | — | $18,569 | $34,559 | $25,575 | 2.4x |
| University of Mary Washington Fredericksburg, VA | $22,965 | $5,496 | $44,015 | $59,661 | $60,613 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley Moosic, PA | — | — | $17,372 | $27,559 | $23,921 | 2.4x |
| Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College Saint Mary of the Woods, IN | — | — | $31,872 | $47,647 | $43,845 | 2.4x |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Visalia Visalia, CA | — | — | $27,854 | $42,211 | $38,317 | 2.4x |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Trades Education Center Fresno, CA | — | — | $27,887 | $42,211 | $38,317 | 2.4x |
| Elon University Elon, NC | — | $22,618 | $54,261 | $77,800 | $74,545 | 2.4x |
| Career Academy of Beauty Garden Grove, CA | — | — | $17,769 | $27,109 | $24,410 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Dixie Louisville, KY | — | — | $17,764 | $25,810 | $24,397 | 2.4x |
| Intellitec College-Colorado Springs Colorado Springs, CO | — | — | $30,716 | $42,178 | $42,169 | 2.4x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Columbus Columbus, OH | — | — | $27,398 | $34,620 | $37,609 | 2.4x |