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.
| Jean Madeline Aveda Institute Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $19,986 | $31,757 | $26,029 | 2.3x |
| Keiser University-Ft Lauderdale Fort Lauderdale, FL | — | — | $30,498 | $51,106 | $39,696 | 2.3x |
| Aveda Institute-Tampa Bay Clearwater, FL | — | — | $22,630 | $29,369 | $29,449 | 2.3x |
| Concorde Career College-Grand Prairie Grand Prairie, TX | — | — | $31,288 | $38,038 | $40,648 | 2.2x |
| Miller-Motte College-Chattanooga Chattanooga, TN | — | — | $23,958 | $34,393 | $31,102 | 2.2x |
| Traxlers School of Hair Jackson, MS | — | — | $12,520 | $11,887 | $16,249 | 2.2x |
| Fortis Institute-Forty Fort Forty Fort, PA | — | — | $23,291 | $39,004 | $30,224 | 2.2x |
| International Beauty School Martinsburg, WV | — | — | $14,581 | $34,850 | $18,906 | 2.2x |
| Aveda Institute-Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | — | — | $20,736 | $32,524 | $26,873 | 2.2x |
| College for Creative Studies Detroit, MI | — | — | $34,617 | $47,659 | $44,860 | 2.2x |
| Pennsylvania Gunsmith School Pittsburgh, PA | — | — | $31,452 | $46,772 | $40,747 | 2.2x |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-New York New York, NY | — | — | $21,623 | $31,595 | $28,013 | 2.2x |
| Bennett College Greensboro, NC | — | — | $28,299 | $44,644 | $36,654 | 2.2x |
| West Virginia University Morgantown, WV | $27,192 | $14,091 | $43,190 | $64,952 | $55,939 | 2.2x |
| Industrial Management Training Institute Waterbury, CT | — | — | $42,758 | $54,088 | $55,344 | 2.2x |
| Brookline College-Tucson Tucson, AZ | — | — | $22,871 | $41,962 | $29,576 | 2.2x |
| Academy of Hair Design-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | — | — | $18,865 | $25,688 | $24,391 | 2.2x |
| Tulsa Welding School-Jacksonville Jacksonville, FL | — | — | $31,767 | $47,453 | $41,067 | 2.2x |
| Mitchell College New London, CT | — | — | $30,260 | $44,062 | $39,115 | 2.2x |
| North-West College-Pomona Pomona, CA | — | — | $30,851 | $40,350 | $39,876 | 2.2x |
| Visible Music College Memphis, TN | — | — | $27,820 | $36,048 | $35,933 | 2.2x |
| Hawaii Medical College Honolulu, HI | — | — | $30,107 | $40,730 | $38,880 | 2.2x |
| Empire Beauty School-Harrisburg Harrisburg, PA | — | — | $17,329 | $26,668 | $22,377 | 2.2x |
| Midwest Technical Institute-Missouri Springfield, MO | — | — | $26,023 | $36,025 | $33,601 | 2.2x |
| Western Technical College El Paso, TX | — | — | $28,004 | $39,357 | $36,156 | 2.2x |