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.
| Paul Mitchell the School-Rhode Island Cranston, RI | — | — | $25,666 | $31,116 | $26,897 | 1.6x |
| Del-Mar-Va Beauty Academy Salisbury, MD | — | — | $24,260 | $22,644 | $25,426 | 1.6x |
| Milwaukee Career College Milwaukee, WI | — | — | $27,038 | $36,832 | $28,355 | 1.6x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Cincinnati Cincinnati, OH | — | — | $27,029 | $27,596 | $28,363 | 1.6x |
| North-West College-Glendale Glendale, CA | — | — | $35,763 | $39,201 | $37,542 | 1.6x |
| Las Vegas College Las Vegas, NV | — | — | $29,880 | $42,732 | $31,398 | 1.6x |
| Remington College-Dallas Campus Dallas, TX | — | — | $29,805 | $33,677 | $31,349 | 1.6x |
| Tint School of Makeup and Cosmetology-Dallas Grand Prairie, TX | — | — | $25,080 | $31,919 | $26,381 | 1.6x |
| Bridges Beauty College Victorville, CA | — | — | $16,429 | — | $17,287 | 1.6x |
| University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA | $66,640 | $52,073 | $87,887 | $95,739 | $92,498 | 1.6x |
| Ross College-Canton Canton, OH | — | — | $28,389 | $34,405 | $29,898 | 1.6x |
| Southern Careers Institute-Austin Austin, TX | — | — | $25,660 | $32,680 | $27,035 | 1.6x |
| DePaul University Chicago, IL | $45,195 | $27,990 | $65,244 | $73,466 | $68,751 | 1.6x |
| Dartmouth College Hanover, NH | $69,207 | $73,787 | $92,445 | $111,883 | $97,434 | 1.6x |
| Avenue Five Institute-South Austin Campus Austin, TX | — | — | $28,695 | $35,714 | $30,280 | 1.6x |
| Cortiva Institute King of Prussia, PA | — | — | $30,400 | $35,989 | $32,094 | 1.6x |
| Unitech Training Academy-Lafayette Lafayette, LA | — | — | $23,394 | $27,850 | $24,707 | 1.6x |
| Carrington College-Stockton Stockton, CA | — | — | $37,481 | $47,661 | $39,633 | 1.6x |
| Ohio Business College-Sheffield Sheffield Village, OH | — | — | $28,738 | $31,144 | $30,389 | 1.6x |
| Culinary Institute Inc Houston, TX | — | — | $30,428 | $37,938 | $32,195 | 1.6x |
| Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, MD | — | — | $42,729 | $42,353 | $45,212 | 1.6x |
| Douglas J Aveda Institute East Lansing, MI | — | — | $25,357 | $29,058 | $26,849 | 1.6x |
| Remington College-Lafayette Campus Lafayette, LA | — | — | $29,592 | $33,677 | $31,349 | 1.6x |
| Virginia Commonwealth University Richmond, VA | $35,994 | $15,071 | $54,842 | $64,703 | $58,128 | 1.6x |
| New York School of Interior Design New York, NY | — | — | $45,271 | — | $48,041 | 1.7x |