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.
| Columbia University New York, NY | — | $41,282 | $69,256 | $115,519 | $102,491 | 2.7x |
| Cambridge College Boston, MA | — | — | $31,072 | $61,712 | $45,998 | 2.7x |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Temecula Temecula, CA | — | — | $25,869 | $42,211 | $38,317 | 2.7x |
| The Beauty Institute Whitehall, PA | — | — | $15,916 | $24,175 | $23,580 | 2.7x |
| Ross Medical Education Center-Knoxville Knoxville, TN | — | — | $20,277 | $32,987 | $30,072 | 2.7x |
| Berkeley College-Woodland Park Woodland Park, NJ | — | — | $27,100 | $48,750 | $40,251 | 2.7x |
| Collectiv Academy Sandy, UT | — | — | $19,748 | $20,315 | $29,334 | 2.7x |
| American Institute-West Hartford West Hartford, CT | — | — | $19,316 | $36,918 | $28,710 | 2.7x |
| Sullivan University Louisville, KY | — | — | $25,532 | $53,068 | $38,008 | 2.7x |
| Georgia Institute of Cosmetology Athens, GA | — | — | $14,397 | $24,380 | $21,432 | 2.7x |
| Arlington Career Institute Arlington, TX | — | — | $24,633 | $36,508 | $36,674 | 2.7x |
| Morris College Sumter, SC | — | — | $20,555 | $39,972 | $30,614 | 2.7x |
| North Carolina State University Raleigh, NC | $30,583 | $12,635 | $46,140 | $75,943 | $68,758 | 2.7x |
| Goodwin University East Hartford, CT | — | — | $29,249 | $72,845 | $43,596 | 2.7x |
| Florida Atlantic University Boca Raton, FL | $21,655 | $9,847 | $38,069 | $59,690 | $56,746 | 2.7x |
| Bentley University Waltham, MA | $61,000 | $42,674 | $81,140 | $108,577 | $120,959 | 2.7x |
| Empire Beauty School-Charlotte Charlotte, NC | — | — | $16,089 | $24,506 | $24,022 | 2.7x |
| San Joaquin Valley College-Fresno Fresno, CA | — | — | $25,656 | $42,211 | $38,317 | 2.7x |
| DeVry University-Illinois Lisle, IL | — | — | $30,770 | $63,172 | $45,987 | 2.7x |
| Midway University Midway, KY | — | — | $29,579 | $54,588 | $44,246 | 2.7x |
| Columbia International University Columbia, SC | — | — | $26,036 | $40,332 | $38,951 | 2.7x |
| PCI Academy-Iowa City Iowa City, IA | — | — | $20,938 | $37,914 | $31,330 | 2.7x |
| Blue Cliff Career College Mobile, AL | — | — | $14,275 | $26,352 | $21,365 | 2.7x |
| Taylor Andrews Academy of Hair Design-Provo Provo, UT | — | — | $24,085 | $28,192 | $36,048 | 2.7x |
| Neosho Beauty and Barber College Neosho, MO | — | — | $12,213 | $23,413 | $18,280 | 2.7x |