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.
| Laurus College San Luis Obispo, CA | — | — | $22,733 | $39,388 | $30,896 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Union Union, NJ | — | — | $17,620 | $27,175 | $23,925 | 2.4x |
| La Sierra University Riverside, CA | — | — | $45,566 | $57,898 | $61,824 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Savannah Savannah, GA | — | — | $17,707 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.4x |
| Tiffin University Tiffin, OH | — | — | $26,500 | $63,797 | $35,942 | 2.4x |
| Northwestern Health Sciences University Bloomington, MN | — | — | $35,887 | $44,615 | $48,666 | 2.4x |
| Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford Stafford, TX | — | — | $23,220 | $28,268 | $31,488 | 2.4x |
| Stanford University Stanford, CA | — | $71,440 | $91,518 | $136,959 | $124,080 | 2.4x |
| Rogers Academy of Hair Design Evansville, IN | — | — | $16,667 | $20,856 | $22,590 | 2.4x |
| Pima Medical Institute-Chula Vista Chula Vista, CA | — | — | $28,561 | $42,937 | $38,673 | 2.4x |
| CEM College-San Juan San Juan, PR | — | — | $15,543 | $23,984 | $21,033 | 2.4x |
| Skin Institute Saint Louis, MO | — | — | $17,400 | $27,736 | $23,524 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Queens Astoria, NY | — | — | $18,046 | $25,810 | $24,397 | 2.4x |
| Milan Institute-Visalia Visalia, CA | — | — | $24,040 | $33,999 | $32,493 | 2.4x |
| University of Rhode Island Kingston, RI | $34,834 | $11,314 | $51,606 | $73,243 | $69,743 | 2.4x |
| Hilltop Beauty School Daly City, CA | — | — | $18,874 | $29,314 | $25,477 | 2.4x |
| Concorde Career College-Broadway Kansas City, MO | — | — | $26,119 | $38,757 | $35,242 | 2.4x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Little Rock North Little Rock, AR | — | — | $18,356 | $23,346 | $24,765 | 2.4x |
| Rhode Island School of Design Providence, RI | — | — | $50,507 | $56,554 | $68,140 | 2.4x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Murfreesboro-Nashville Hendersonville, TN | — | — | $22,587 | $29,496 | $30,461 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-NE Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $18,100 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.4x |
| Nebraska Indian Community College Macy, NE | — | — | $23,334 | — | $31,458 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Speedway Speedway, IN | — | — | $18,127 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.4x |
| University of North Carolina Wilmington Wilmington, NC | $22,597 | $9,740 | $40,826 | $61,925 | $54,967 | 2.4x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Birmingham Hoover, AL | — | — | $18,104 | $23,564 | $24,367 | 2.4x |