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.
| Cortiva Institute-Arlington Arlington, TX | — | — | $33,771 | $32,069 | $29,204 | 1.2x |
| Carrington College-Spokane Spokane, WA | — | — | $42,335 | $39,064 | $36,625 | 1.2x |
| Summit Salon Academy Tampa, FL | — | — | $31,223 | $31,488 | $27,037 | 1.2x |
| Pepperdine University Malibu, CA | $74,370 | $43,070 | $95,692 | $84,459 | $82,939 | 1.2x |
| The Juilliard School New York, NY | — | — | $43,571 | $43,488 | $37,827 | 1.2x |
| Elevate Salon Institute Royal Oak, MI | — | — | $19,409 | $24,677 | $16,853 | 1.2x |
| Trend Barber College Houston, TX | — | — | $19,083 | $22,158 | $16,575 | 1.2x |
| University of Rochester Rochester, NY | $69,030 | $56,831 | $90,982 | $87,197 | $79,042 | 1.2x |
| Ithaca College Ithaca, NY | — | $26,725 | $73,106 | $60,436 | $63,548 | 1.2x |
| St Lawrence University Canton, NY | $67,427 | $49,454 | $77,220 | $66,273 | $67,258 | 1.2x |
| United Education Institute-Morrow Morrow, GA | — | — | $35,734 | $34,461 | $31,141 | 1.2x |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Cleveland Beachwood, OH | — | — | $39,762 | $38,251 | $34,657 | 1.2x |
| Spa Tech Institute-Plymouth Plymouth, MA | — | — | $31,895 | $32,586 | $27,803 | 1.2x |
| American Beauty College West Covina, CA | — | — | $25,781 | $21,157 | $22,481 | 1.2x |
| TIGI Hairdressing Academy Legacy Colorado Springs, CO | — | — | $25,777 | $28,280 | $22,480 | 1.2x |
| Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Brunswick Brunswick, OH | — | — | $24,403 | $19,698 | $21,307 | 1.2x |
| Amherst College Amherst, MA | $69,820 | $71,342 | $88,870 | $79,243 | $77,644 | 1.2x |
| Cosmetology School of Arts & Sciences Burley, ID | — | — | $21,864 | — | $19,120 | 1.2x |
| Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX | $61,880 | $49,715 | $89,516 | $95,051 | $78,354 | 1.2x |
| La Belle Beauty Academy Miami, FL | — | — | $18,505 | $17,305 | $16,212 | 1.2x |
| Davidson College Davidson, NC | $73,090 | $64,305 | $92,770 | $72,718 | $81,400 | 1.2x |
| Moore College of Art and Design Philadelphia, PA | — | — | $43,086 | $42,582 | $37,839 | 1.2x |
| Barnard College New York, NY | $67,602 | $57,609 | $91,602 | $72,527 | $80,516 | 1.2x |
| Nightingale College Salt Lake City, UT | — | — | $30,852 | $82,987 | $27,126 | 1.2x |
| UEI College-Mesa Mesa, AZ | — | — | $35,391 | $34,461 | $31,141 | 1.2x |