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.
| Montgomery Beauty School Silver Spring, MD | — | — | $20,755 | $26,088 | $18,726 | 1.3x |
| Lindsey Institute of Cosmetology Bowling Green, KY | — | — | $16,140 | $18,760 | $14,602 | 1.3x |
| Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME | $71,070 | $70,968 | $91,300 | $79,722 | $82,735 | 1.3x |
| Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC | $71,894 | $69,008 | $86,070 | $92,943 | $78,158 | 1.3x |
| Concorde Career Institute-Orlando Orlando, FL | — | — | $37,435 | $40,001 | $34,098 | 1.3x |
| Formations Institute Enid, OK | — | — | $24,213 | $17,405 | $22,058 | 1.3x |
| Career Networks Institute Santa Ana, CA | — | — | $49,677 | $99,952 | $45,256 | 1.3x |
| Boston University Boston, MA | $69,870 | $65,706 | $91,342 | $83,615 | $83,238 | 1.3x |
| Rhodes College Memphis, TN | $58,000 | $41,024 | $73,110 | $65,427 | $66,651 | 1.3x |
| Glendale Career College-North-West College-MFSON West Covina, CA | — | — | $45,438 | $48,064 | $41,472 | 1.3x |
| DePauw University Greencastle, IN | — | $47,081 | $77,220 | $70,091 | $70,527 | 1.3x |
| Elite Cosmetology School PALM DESERT, CA | — | — | $19,655 | $21,827 | $17,966 | 1.3x |
| Baltimore Beauty & Barber School II Timonium, MD | — | — | $19,864 | $25,768 | $18,172 | 1.3x |
| Gwinnett College Roswell, GA | — | — | $34,071 | $33,715 | $31,206 | 1.3x |
| California College of the Arts San Francisco, CA | — | — | $53,909 | $53,517 | $49,414 | 1.3x |
| Southern Careers Institute-San Antonio San Antonio, TX | — | — | $29,458 | $32,680 | $27,035 | 1.3x |
| Arizona College of Nursing-Salt Lake City Murray, UT | — | — | $37,660 | $38,251 | $34,657 | 1.3x |
| Daytona College Ormond Beach, FL | — | — | $28,706 | $31,951 | $26,422 | 1.3x |
| Dorsey College-Wayne Wayne, MI | — | — | $31,930 | $34,001 | $29,392 | 1.3x |
| Milan Institute-San Antonio Ingram San Antonio, TX | — | — | $27,022 | $29,355 | $24,879 | 1.3x |
| Southern Careers Institute-Corpus Christi Corpus Christi, TX | — | — | $29,343 | $32,680 | $27,035 | 1.3x |
| Aveda Institute-Fort Myers Fort Myers, FL | — | — | $25,998 | $27,910 | $24,057 | 1.3x |
| Beyond 21st Century Beauty Academy Santa Fe Springs, CA | — | — | $27,156 | $25,075 | $25,139 | 1.3x |
| University of California, Santa Barbara Santa Barbara, CA | $53,472 | $28,973 | $80,887 | $70,323 | $74,915 | 1.3x |
| Cosmetology Concepts Niles Niles, IL | — | — | $21,916 | $20,474 | $20,303 | 1.3x |