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.
| House of Heavilin Beauty College-Kansas City Kansas City, MO | — | — | $26,726 | — | $17,269 | 0.6x |
| Moler Barber College Oakland, CA | — | — | $23,361 | $24,442 | $15,204 | 0.6x |
| American Musical and Dramatic Academy New York, NY | — | — | $41,416 | $31,967 | $26,975 | 0.6x |
| Oberlin College Oberlin, OH | $68,340 | $52,113 | $89,528 | $51,715 | $58,343 | 0.6x |
| Long Island Beauty School-Hempstead Hempstead, NY | — | — | $26,387 | $29,356 | $17,378 | 0.6x |
| Stetson University DeLand, FL | — | $47,614 | $78,032 | $57,773 | $51,642 | 0.7x |
| Southwest Institute of Healing Arts Tempe, AZ | — | — | $43,883 | $32,631 | $29,544 | 0.7x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Fort Myers Fort Myers, FL | — | — | $24,702 | $27,616 | $16,715 | 0.7x |
| Florida Education Institute Miami, FL | — | — | $36,273 | $32,568 | $24,588 | 0.7x |
| Berklee College of Music Boston, MA | — | — | $49,465 | $41,028 | $33,647 | 0.7x |
| Tulane University New Orleans, LA | $67,592 | $60,630 | $91,628 | $73,816 | $63,268 | 0.7x |
| Earlham College Richmond, IN | $56,784 | $44,827 | $73,526 | $44,750 | $50,797 | 0.7x |
| National Career College Panorama City, CA | — | — | $27,850 | $40,254 | $19,347 | 0.7x |
| Grinnell College Grinnell, IA | $71,788 | $63,391 | $89,694 | $58,955 | $62,830 | 0.8x |
| Belbo Beauty Institute Shreveport, LA | — | — | $23,901 | $25,397 | $16,792 | 0.8x |
| Lyle's College of Beauty Fresno, CA | — | — | $36,880 | $19,346 | $25,913 | 0.8x |
| Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $42,454 | $31,901 | $29,881 | 0.8x |
| Musicians Institute Hollywood, CA | — | — | $46,518 | $37,100 | $32,778 | 0.8x |
| Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR | $70,657 | $57,170 | $87,983 | $57,262 | $62,205 | 0.8x |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Lafayette-Arlington Arlington, VA | — | — | $33,455 | $21,980 | $23,904 | 0.8x |
| Spa Tech Institute-North Andover North Andover, MA | — | — | $38,758 | $32,586 | $27,803 | 0.8x |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Glasgow Glasgow, KY | — | — | $25,829 | $27,765 | $18,537 | 0.8x |
| Rollins College Winter Park, FL | $62,950 | $42,539 | $80,940 | $65,488 | $58,295 | 0.8x |
| Beloit College Beloit, WI | — | $46,916 | $73,849 | $48,801 | $53,260 | 0.8x |
| Tricoci University of Beauty Culture Urbana, IL | — | — | $25,061 | $25,970 | $18,077 | 0.8x |