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.
| School of the Art Institute of Chicago Chicago, IL | — | — | $49,790 | $45,385 | $40,151 | 1.0x |
| Irene's Myomassology Institute Southfield, MI | — | — | $32,665 | $25,772 | $26,551 | 1.0x |
| Lincoln Technical Institute-Moorestown Moorestown, NJ | — | — | $39,141 | $42,316 | $31,914 | 1.0x |
| University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA | $67,550 | $53,274 | $85,328 | $59,684 | $69,594 | 1.0x |
| Juniata College Huntingdon, PA | $55,322 | $35,561 | $69,748 | $55,079 | $56,918 | 1.0x |
| Brandeis University Waltham, MA | $73,080 | $59,009 | $94,388 | $76,742 | $77,231 | 1.0x |
| Valley College-Cleveland Cleveland, OH | — | — | $30,411 | $32,659 | $24,900 | 1.0x |
| California Hair Design Academy La Mesa, CA | — | — | $23,607 | $25,295 | $19,347 | 1.0x |
| Scripps College Claremont, CA | $70,600 | $56,301 | $94,399 | $75,301 | $77,539 | 1.1x |
| The Omega Studios' School of Applied Arts & Sciences Rockville, MD | — | — | $56,871 | $28,958 | $46,719 | 1.1x |
| Allegheny College Meadville, PA | — | $38,226 | $75,550 | $56,294 | $62,069 | 1.1x |
| The Salon Professional Academy-Kenosha Kenosha, WI | — | — | $30,353 | $27,258 | $24,941 | 1.1x |
| Brittany Beauty Academy Bronx, NY | — | — | $22,795 | $21,467 | $18,753 | 1.1x |
| Atlanta Institute of Music and Media Duluth, GA | — | — | $37,832 | $29,920 | $31,186 | 1.1x |
| Robert Fiance Beauty Schools-West New York West New York, NJ | — | — | $21,953 | $22,939 | $18,123 | 1.1x |
| Lake Forest College Lake Forest, IL | — | $53,800 | $74,702 | $62,893 | $61,825 | 1.1x |
| Agnes Scott College Decatur, GA | $53,256 | $39,479 | $67,935 | $52,746 | $56,274 | 1.1x |
| Haverford College Haverford, PA | $74,930 | $70,718 | $96,347 | $64,523 | $79,966 | 1.1x |
| Beau Monde Academy of Barbering and Cosmetology Portland, OR | — | — | $29,529 | $30,578 | $24,565 | 1.1x |
| College of Wilmington Wilmington, NC | — | — | $23,108 | $27,903 | $19,235 | 1.1x |
| Thanh Le College School of Cosmetology Garden Grove, CA | — | — | $15,914 | $17,339 | $13,265 | 1.1x |
| Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA | — | $55,505 | $85,640 | $72,658 | $71,517 | 1.1x |
| Centura College-Norfolk Norfolk, VA | — | — | $31,032 | $37,316 | $25,930 | 1.1x |
| DiGrigoli School of Cosmetology West Springfield, MA | — | — | $16,975 | $25,901 | $14,195 | 1.1x |
| UEI College-Tacoma Tacoma, WA | — | — | $36,850 | $33,652 | $30,848 | 1.1x |