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.
| Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Goose Creek Goose Creek, SC | — | — | $17,230 | $26,820 | $25,088 | 2.6x |
| University of Maryland, College Park College Park, MD | $39,464 | $16,152 | $56,905 | $84,365 | $82,860 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-Thornton Thornton, CO | — | — | $16,752 | $25,810 | $24,397 | 2.6x |
| Empire Beauty School-Stone Park Stone Park, IL | — | — | $16,751 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.6x |
| Total Image Beauty Academy Union City, NJ | — | — | $12,830 | $19,172 | $18,720 | 2.6x |
| Blake Austin College Vacaville, CA | — | — | $29,136 | $44,090 | $42,518 | 2.6x |
| Stage One-The Hair School Lake Charles, LA | — | — | $11,916 | $24,352 | $17,390 | 2.6x |
| Nossi College of Art and Design Nashville, TN | — | — | $24,044 | $35,271 | $35,113 | 2.7x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Greenville Greenville, SC | — | — | $18,272 | $27,444 | $26,696 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Avondale Avondale, AZ | — | — | $16,134 | $26,762 | $23,589 | 2.7x |
| American National University Salem, VA | — | — | $18,036 | $35,696 | $26,370 | 2.7x |
| Dominican University New York Orangeburg, NY | — | — | $41,832 | $71,939 | $61,171 | 2.7x |
| Cleveland University-Kansas City Overland Park, KS | — | — | $35,764 | — | $52,304 | 2.7x |
| Stony Brook University Stony Brook, NY | $28,880 | $10,755 | $50,937 | $81,850 | $74,502 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Northlake Atlanta, GA | — | — | $16,685 | $25,392 | $24,407 | 2.7x |
| Summit Salon Academy Anderson, IN | — | — | $17,318 | $28,959 | $25,337 | 2.7x |
| Wayne County Schools Career Center Smithville, OH | — | — | $29,232 | $48,459 | $42,774 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Lancaster Lancaster, PA | — | — | $17,135 | $26,908 | $25,073 | 2.7x |
| Fortis Institute-Cookeville Cookeville, TN | — | — | $23,582 | $45,736 | $34,509 | 2.7x |
| Southeastern University Lakeland, FL | — | — | $31,942 | $50,572 | $46,744 | 2.7x |
| Delta College-Slidell Campus Slidell, LA | — | — | $21,888 | $32,032 | $32,044 | 2.7x |
| Tricoci University of Beauty Culture-Janesville Janesville, WI | — | — | $15,809 | $29,205 | $23,149 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Milwaukee Milwaukee, WI | — | — | $16,101 | $26,762 | $23,589 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Florence Florence, KY | — | — | $16,328 | $27,175 | $23,925 | 2.7x |
| Provo College Provo, UT | — | — | $27,053 | $51,307 | $39,645 | 2.7x |