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.
| Cheeks Beauty Academy Loveland, CO | — | — | $9,739 | $29,957 | $25,459 | 5.5x |
| University of South Dakota Vermillion, SD | — | — | $19,858 | $62,334 | $51,926 | 5.5x |
| Bryant & Stratton College-Albany Albany, NY | — | — | $12,443 | $43,374 | $32,568 | 5.5x |
| Viterbo University La Crosse, WI | — | — | $21,260 | $69,675 | $55,660 | 5.5x |
| Lawrenceburg Technical College Lawrenceburg, TN | — | — | $9,581 | — | $25,089 | 5.5x |
| Centenary University Hackettstown, NJ | — | — | $20,503 | $63,207 | $53,726 | 5.6x |
| Butler Community College El Dorado, KS | — | — | $15,724 | $46,569 | $41,206 | 5.6x |
| Drew University Madison, NJ | — | — | $24,280 | $59,259 | $63,646 | 5.6x |
| Indiana Wesleyan University-Marion Marion, IN | — | — | $22,866 | $68,838 | $59,986 | 5.6x |
| University of Arkansas at Little Rock Little Rock, AR | — | — | $17,248 | $58,470 | $45,265 | 5.6x |
| Reading Hospital School of Health Sciences Reading, PA | — | — | $28,415 | $84,524 | $74,572 | 5.6x |
| Phagans Beauty College Corvallis, OR | — | — | $12,611 | $27,007 | $33,102 | 5.6x |
| Kuyper College Grand Rapids, MI | — | — | $15,644 | $38,046 | $41,066 | 5.6x |
| Bethel University Mishawaka, IN | — | — | $18,610 | $53,289 | $48,860 | 5.6x |
| West Chester University of Pennsylvania West Chester, PA | — | — | $23,331 | $64,804 | $61,258 | 5.6x |
| Franklin County Career and Technology Center Chambersburg, PA | — | — | $20,846 | $57,737 | $54,747 | 5.6x |
| Aultman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Canton, OH | — | — | $24,204 | $72,441 | $63,582 | 5.6x |
| Christopher Newport University Newport News, VA | — | — | $23,015 | $62,140 | $60,509 | 5.6x |
| North Carolina Wesleyan University Rocky Mount, NC | — | — | $17,432 | $48,447 | $45,873 | 5.6x |
| Bryan College of Health Sciences Lincoln, NE | — | — | $26,919 | $77,318 | $70,845 | 5.6x |
| Concordia University Texas Austin, TX | — | — | $23,131 | $64,701 | $60,883 | 5.6x |
| Wagner College Staten Island, NY | — | — | $28,241 | $85,313 | $74,360 | 5.6x |
| Clinton College Rock Hill, SC | — | — | $11,458 | $35,371 | $30,180 | 5.6x |
| Seattle Pacific University Seattle, WA | — | — | $24,488 | $70,115 | $64,506 | 5.6x |
| ICPR Junior College Hato Rey, PR | — | — | $7,096 | $17,478 | $18,694 | 5.6x |