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.
| Howard Payne University Brownwood, TX | — | — | $23,627 | $50,567 | $48,376 | 4.1x |
| Strayer University-Virginia Arlington, VA | — | — | $19,578 | $68,449 | $40,092 | 4.1x |
| CET-Coachella Coachella, CA | — | — | $16,105 | $40,676 | $32,986 | 4.1x |
| CET-San Jose San Jose, CA | — | — | $16,101 | $40,676 | $32,986 | 4.1x |
| Josef's School of Hair Skin & Body-Grand Forks Grand Forks, ND | — | — | $13,657 | $33,735 | $27,987 | 4.1x |
| Sterling College Sterling, KS | — | — | $22,371 | $44,980 | $45,846 | 4.1x |
| Dawn Career Institute LLC Newark, DE | — | — | $14,839 | $32,884 | $30,429 | 4.1x |
| Alturas Cosmetology of Arizona LLC Chandler, AZ | — | — | $13,257 | $29,675 | $27,201 | 4.1x |
| South College Knoxville, TN | — | — | $17,858 | $52,540 | $36,642 | 4.1x |
| Hellenic College-Holy Cross Greek Orthodox School of Theology Brookline, MA | — | — | $25,203 | $50,999 | $51,724 | 4.1x |
| Conception Seminary College Conception, MO | — | — | $24,558 | — | $50,430 | 4.1x |
| Lackawanna College Scranton, PA | — | — | $19,951 | $45,609 | $41,000 | 4.1x |
| Franklin University Columbus, OH | — | — | $25,243 | $68,805 | $51,892 | 4.1x |
| West Virginia Junior College-Morgantown Morgantown, WV | — | — | $15,520 | $36,699 | $31,912 | 4.1x |
| Universal Technical Institute of Pennsylvania Inc Exton, PA | — | — | $24,883 | $57,080 | $51,222 | 4.1x |
| Paul Mitchell the School-Missouri Columbia Columbia, MO | — | — | $13,460 | $31,489 | $27,715 | 4.1x |
| UPMC Mercy School of Nursing Pittsburgh, PA | — | — | $33,159 | $80,990 | $68,337 | 4.2x |
| Gurnick Academy of Medical Arts San Jose, CA | — | — | $32,427 | $70,292 | $66,844 | 4.2x |
| New York Automotive and Diesel Institute Jamaica, NY | — | — | $24,721 | $43,838 | $50,963 | 4.2x |
| St. Thomas University Miami Gardens, FL | — | — | $26,312 | $70,806 | $54,272 | 4.2x |
| Galen Health Institutes-Wichita Wichita, KS | — | — | $29,785 | $79,047 | $61,480 | 4.2x |
| PITC Institute Wyncote, PA | — | — | $28,276 | $69,218 | $58,389 | 4.2x |
| Mount Aloysius College Cresson, PA | — | — | $22,344 | $62,211 | $46,165 | 4.2x |
| Lincoln University Jefferson City, MO | — | — | $19,092 | $50,859 | $39,463 | 4.2x |
| Millsaps College Jackson, MS | — | — | $26,034 | $67,303 | $53,848 | 4.2x |