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.
| Ohio State University Columbus, OH | $40,022 | $15,188 | $54,760 | $70,682 | $60,409 | 1.8x |
| University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Chapel Hill, NC | $47,472 | $23,464 | $65,471 | $81,033 | $72,200 | 1.8x |
| Rob Roy Academy-Fall River Fall River, MA | — | — | $29,124 | $19,985 | $32,113 | 1.8x |
| California Career College Canoga Park, CA | — | — | $46,880 | $105,760 | $51,684 | 1.8x |
| The Beauty Institute West Palm Beach, FL | — | — | $20,896 | $27,855 | $23,023 | 1.8x |
| Illinois College Jacksonville, IL | — | $30,804 | $47,734 | $50,691 | $52,575 | 1.8x |
| Lyle's College of Beauty Bakersfield, CA | — | — | $23,572 | $19,346 | $25,913 | 1.7x |
| Mandl School-The College of Allied Health New York, NY | — | — | $35,578 | $48,793 | $39,108 | 1.7x |
| University of Vermont Burlington, VT | $44,646 | $21,567 | $56,876 | $62,009 | $62,472 | 1.7x |
| College of Court Reporting Inc Valparaiso, IN | — | — | $39,997 | — | $43,927 | 1.7x |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Lafayette Lafayette, LA | — | — | $21,777 | $21,980 | $23,904 | 1.7x |
| Prism Career Institute-West Atlantic City West Atlantic City, NJ | — | — | $29,653 | $56,051 | $32,473 | 1.7x |
| UEI College-Stockton Stockton, CA | — | — | $28,455 | $34,461 | $31,141 | 1.7x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA | — | — | $23,488 | $21,837 | $25,699 | 1.7x |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Tempe Tempe, AZ | — | — | $31,681 | $38,251 | $34,657 | 1.7x |
| Community Care College Tulsa, OK | — | — | $26,489 | $31,820 | $28,954 | 1.7x |
| Coastal Carolina University Conway, SC | $29,746 | $12,055 | $43,256 | $52,398 | $47,258 | 1.7x |
| Howard University Washington, DC | $37,996 | $6,112 | $57,918 | $72,974 | $63,066 | 1.7x |
| UEI College-Chula Vista Chula Vista, CA | — | — | $28,606 | $34,461 | $31,141 | 1.7x |
| Charles and Sues School of Hair Design Bryan, TX | — | — | $25,491 | $22,614 | $27,724 | 1.7x |
| Soka University of America Aliso Viejo, CA | $34,382 | $28,736 | $50,600 | $53,646 | $55,017 | 1.7x |
| Carrington College-San Jose San Jose, CA | — | — | $36,466 | $47,661 | $39,633 | 1.7x |
| Mountain State School of Massage Charleston, WV | — | — | $25,354 | $26,436 | $27,545 | 1.7x |
| Prism Career Institute-Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $29,960 | $56,051 | $32,473 | 1.7x |
| Shore Beauty School Egg Harbor Township, NJ | — | — | $19,725 | $28,824 | $21,377 | 1.7x |