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.
| Empire Beauty School-York York, PA | — | — | $18,021 | $27,559 | $23,921 | 2.3x |
| G Skin & Beauty Institute Schaumburg, IL | — | — | $21,847 | $32,620 | $29,032 | 2.3x |
| Modern Beauty Academy Oxnard, CA | — | — | $16,906 | — | $22,477 | 2.3x |
| Fortis College-Richmond Richmond, VA | — | — | $24,635 | $33,938 | $32,754 | 2.3x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-St Louis St. Louis, MO | — | — | $24,907 | $34,126 | $33,132 | 2.3x |
| Eastwick College-Hackensack Hackensack, NJ | — | — | $29,885 | $43,216 | $39,762 | 2.3x |
| Searcy Beauty College Searcy, AR | — | — | $14,946 | $15,982 | $19,896 | 2.3x |
| Universal College of Healing Arts Omaha, NE | — | — | $21,658 | $25,738 | $28,865 | 2.3x |
| Marymount Manhattan College New York, NY | — | — | $36,861 | $52,050 | $49,131 | 2.3x |
| G Skin & Beauty Institute Oakbrook, IL | — | — | $24,194 | $32,991 | $32,281 | 2.3x |
| New England Institute of Technology East Greenwich, RI | — | — | $36,483 | $62,151 | $48,684 | 2.3x |
| Cosmetology Training Center Lafayette, LA | — | — | $12,130 | $17,599 | $16,194 | 2.3x |
| Milwaukee School of Engineering Milwaukee, WI | $49,930 | $39,390 | $66,702 | $90,607 | $89,070 | 2.3x |
| Fortis Institute-Port Saint Lucie Port Saint Lucie, FL | — | — | $24,615 | $39,556 | $32,886 | 2.3x |
| Virginia University of Lynchburg Lynchburg, VA | — | — | $21,253 | $32,493 | $28,396 | 2.3x |
| Cayuga Onondaga BOCES-Practical Nursing Program Auburn, NY | — | — | $33,996 | $52,060 | $45,439 | 2.3x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Clear Lake Webster, TX | — | — | $20,472 | $26,657 | $27,384 | 2.3x |
| American Institute-Cherry Hill Cherry Hill, NJ | — | — | $21,458 | $36,918 | $28,710 | 2.3x |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, IN | $56,910 | $39,009 | $75,627 | $97,780 | $101,253 | 2.3x |
| Kansas City Art Institute Kansas City, MO | — | — | $27,650 | $36,640 | $37,032 | 2.3x |
| Concorde Career College-Southaven Southaven, MS | — | — | $23,591 | $34,501 | $31,599 | 2.3x |
| Texas A & M University-College Station College Station, TX | $36,877 | $14,086 | $53,791 | $76,234 | $72,097 | 2.4x |
| Pinnacle Institute of Cosmetology Mooresville, NC | — | — | $17,000 | $26,591 | $22,786 | 2.4x |
| South University-Austin Round Rock, TX | — | — | $25,680 | $68,975 | $34,421 | 2.4x |
| Rudy & Kelly Academy A Paul Mitchell Partner School Virginia Beach, VA | — | — | $18,024 | $32,003 | $24,176 | 2.4x |