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.
| Ogle School Hair Skin Nails-Stafford Stafford, TX | — | — | $23,220 | $28,268 | $31,488 | 2.4x |
| Northwestern Health Sciences University Bloomington, MN | — | — | $35,887 | $44,615 | $48,666 | 2.4x |
| Tiffin University Tiffin, OH | — | — | $26,500 | $63,797 | $35,942 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Savannah Savannah, GA | — | — | $17,707 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.4x |
| La Sierra University Riverside, CA | — | — | $45,566 | $57,898 | $61,824 | 2.4x |
| Empire Beauty School-Union Union, NJ | — | — | $17,620 | $27,175 | $23,925 | 2.4x |
| Laurus College San Luis Obispo, CA | — | — | $22,733 | $39,388 | $30,896 | 2.4x |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Whitestone Whitestone, NY | — | — | $34,128 | $51,742 | $46,396 | 2.4x |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Rancho Mirage Rancho Mirage, CA | — | — | $28,158 | $42,211 | $38,317 | 2.4x |
| Summit Salon Academy-Perrysburg Perrysburg, OH | — | — | $16,608 | $27,245 | $22,606 | 2.4x |
| Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Boardman Boardman, OH | — | — | $16,477 | $20,189 | $22,437 | 2.4x |
| Lansdale School of Business North Wales, PA | — | — | $27,483 | $37,351 | $37,442 | 2.4x |
| DeVry University-California Ontario, CA | — | — | $33,744 | $63,172 | $45,987 | 2.4x |
| Remington College-Baton Rouge Campus Baton Rouge, LA | — | — | $23,003 | $33,677 | $31,349 | 2.4x |
| Blue Cliff College-Alexandria Alexandria, LA | — | — | $16,253 | $26,644 | $22,177 | 2.4x |
| My Le's Beauty College Gretna, LA | — | — | $13,880 | $21,997 | $18,946 | 2.4x |
| Minneapolis College of Art and Design Minneapolis, MN | — | — | $29,926 | $41,825 | $40,873 | 2.4x |
| Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute Seattle Seattle, WA | — | — | $23,787 | $43,551 | $32,491 | 2.4x |
| WyoTech Laramie, WY | — | — | $36,726 | $52,345 | $50,167 | 2.4x |
| Northwest College-Beaverton Beaverton, OR | — | — | $17,862 | $30,364 | $24,421 | 2.4x |
| Beauty Culture School LLC Feasterville, PA | — | — | $19,995 | $31,863 | $27,341 | 2.4x |
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-North Augusta North Augusta, SC | — | — | $18,677 | $24,468 | $25,542 | 2.4x |
| Baldwin Beauty School-North Austin Austin, TX | — | — | $18,134 | $33,487 | $24,801 | 2.4x |
| University of Nevada-Las Vegas Las Vegas, NV | $26,572 | — | $40,239 | $62,637 | $55,037 | 2.4x |
| Miller-Motte College-Raleigh Raleigh, NC | — | — | $22,736 | $34,393 | $31,102 | 2.4x |