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.
| Elite School of Cosmetology Norwalk, OH | — | — | $32,349 | $24,865 | $23,547 | 0.8x |
| Los Angeles College of Music Pasadena, CA | — | — | $43,590 | $33,938 | $31,758 | 0.8x |
| CES College Burbank, CA | — | — | $31,411 | $35,255 | $22,916 | 0.8x |
| Southwestern University Georgetown, TX | $59,648 | $46,570 | $77,830 | $59,994 | $56,878 | 0.8x |
| Bates College Lewiston, ME | $73,760 | $61,074 | $95,035 | $70,028 | $69,498 | 0.8x |
| Denison University Granville, OH | $74,000 | $57,569 | $92,400 | $62,838 | $67,753 | 0.8x |
| Neighborhood Playhouse School of the Theater New York City, NY | — | — | $40,023 | $26,937 | $29,382 | 0.8x |
| Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY | $76,140 | $65,876 | $96,960 | $61,818 | $71,366 | 0.8x |
| The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, MA | — | — | $46,754 | $33,743 | $34,483 | 0.8x |
| Career Schools of Texas Houston, TX | — | — | $28,639 | $20,499 | $21,262 | 0.9x |
| Gwinnett College-Marietta Campus Marietta, GA | — | — | $33,966 | $38,438 | $25,373 | 0.9x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-San Diego San Diego, CA | — | — | $35,975 | $31,116 | $26,897 | 0.9x |
| Carrington College-Albuquerque Albuquerque, NM | — | — | $49,030 | $39,609 | $36,718 | 0.9x |
| The College of Wooster Wooster, OH | $63,490 | $46,193 | $79,560 | $57,840 | $59,629 | 0.9x |
| Ringling College of Art and Design Sarasota, FL | — | — | $57,742 | $49,311 | $43,325 | 0.9x |
| Carrington College-Mesa Mesa, AZ | — | — | $48,877 | $39,609 | $36,718 | 0.9x |
| Eckerd College St. Petersburg, FL | $52,690 | $27,454 | $68,812 | $48,651 | $51,819 | 0.9x |
| Los Angeles College of Aesthetics Los Angeles, CA | — | — | $21,911 | $19,612 | $16,540 | 0.9x |
| New York Film Academy Burbank, CA | — | — | $39,011 | $29,902 | $29,633 | 0.9x |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Brooklyn, NY | — | — | $23,643 | $24,090 | $17,992 | 0.9x |
| Macalester College St. Paul, MN | — | — | $83,864 | $58,560 | $63,878 | 0.9x |
| Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO | $75,702 | $65,831 | $85,362 | $56,959 | $65,222 | 0.9x |
| Pitzer College Claremont, CA | $67,484 | $58,302 | $90,718 | $69,786 | $69,512 | 0.9x |
| PJ's College of Cosmetology-Bowling Green Bowling Green, KY | — | — | $26,577 | $26,289 | $20,392 | 0.9x |
| Bellus Academy-Poway Poway, CA | — | — | $32,767 | $27,346 | $25,223 | 0.9x |