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School	Net Price	Earnings (10yr)	Enrollment	Action
Instituto Tecnologico de Puerto Rico-Recinto de San Juan San Juan, PR · Public	$1,121	$26,293	179	Find Alternatives
ETI Technical College of Niles Niles, OH · Private For-Profit	$13,665	$34,017	179	Find Alternatives
Kenny's Academy of Barbering Indianapolis, IN · Private For-Profit	$12,456	-	178	Find Alternatives
Paul Mitchell the School-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private For-Profit	$18,923	$34,913	178	Find Alternatives
Douglas Education Center Monessen, PA · Private For-Profit	$27,348	$30,814	178	Find Alternatives
Bennett College Greensboro, NC · Private Nonprofit	$28,299	$36,654	178	Find Alternatives
Holy Name Medical Center-Sister Claire Tynan School of Nursing Englewood Cliffs, NJ · Private Nonprofit	-	$87,408	178	Find Alternatives
Sacred Heart Major Seminary Detroit, MI · Private Nonprofit	$11,916	$49,295	178	Find Alternatives
Paul Mitchell the School-North Haven North Haven, CT · Private For-Profit	$28,813	$30,900	178	Find Alternatives
Yeshiva Gedola Tiferes Yerachmiel Lakewood, NJ · Private Nonprofit	$10,016	-	177	Find Alternatives
Fortis College-Dothan Dothan, AL · Private For-Profit	$18,730	$32,754	177	Find Alternatives
Eastern Virginia Career College Fredericksburg, VA · Private For-Profit	-	$37,304	177	Find Alternatives
Research College of Nursing Kansas City, MO · Private For-Profit	-	$85,910	177	Find Alternatives
Midwest Institute Earth City, MO · Private For-Profit	$18,509	$30,414	177	Find Alternatives
Verve College Oak Brook, IL · Private For-Profit	-	-	176	Find Alternatives
Springfield College-Regional Online and Continuing Education Springfield, MA · Private Nonprofit	-	$48,036	176	Find Alternatives
Bennett Career Institute Washington, DC · Private For-Profit	$11,824	$22,568	176	Find Alternatives
Lac Courte Oreilles Ojibwe University Hayward, WI · Public	$8,657	$24,302	176	Find Alternatives
Empire Beauty School-Wyoming Valley Moosic, PA · Private For-Profit	$17,372	$23,921	176	Find Alternatives
PCI Academy-Ames Ames, IA · Private For-Profit	$20,533	$31,330	176	Find Alternatives
Blessing Rieman College of Nursing and Health Sciences Quincy, IL · Private Nonprofit	-	$72,430	176	Find Alternatives
Denmark College Merrillville, IN · Private For-Profit	$14,739	$23,538	175	Find Alternatives
Scioto County Career Technical Center Lucasville, OH · Public	$16,765	$40,584	175	Find Alternatives
Sylvain Melloul International Hair Academy Lynchburg, VA · Private For-Profit	-	$17,106	175	Find Alternatives
Walnut Hill College Philadelphia, PA · Private For-Profit	$32,351	$36,689	175	Find Alternatives
Aveda Arts & Sciences Institute-Baton Rouge Baton Rouge, LA · Private For-Profit	$22,518	$25,903	175	Find Alternatives
College of Court Reporting Inc Valparaiso, IN · Private For-Profit	$39,997	$43,927	175	Find Alternatives
Innovate Salon Academy Ewing, NJ · Private For-Profit	$23,670	-	174	Find Alternatives
Paul Mitchell the School-Orlando Oviedo, FL · Private For-Profit	$27,230	$26,897	174	Find Alternatives
Lawrence Memorial Hospital School of Nursing Medford, MA · Private Nonprofit	-	$101,466	174	Find Alternatives
Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics Woburn, MA · Private For-Profit	$20,086	-	174	Find Alternatives
San Diego Global Knowledge University San Diego, CA · Private For-Profit	-	-	173	Find Alternatives
ABC Adult School Cerritos, CA · Public	$12,465	-	173	Find Alternatives
Mid-America Technology Center Wayne, OK · Public	-	$38,465	173	Find Alternatives
Gordon Cooper Technology Center Shawnee, OK · Public	$1,680	$42,021	173	Find Alternatives
Humacao Community College Humacao, PR · Private Nonprofit	$2,508	$20,064	173	Find Alternatives
Universidad Teologica del Caribe Trujillo Alto, PR · Private Nonprofit	$9,045	$23,536	173	Find Alternatives
Pomeroy College of Nursing at Crouse Hospital East Syracuse, NY · Private Nonprofit	-	$83,972	173	Find Alternatives
Tricoci University of Beauty Culture Urbana, IL · Private For-Profit	$25,061	$18,077	173	Find Alternatives
University of Wisconsin-Parkside Flex Kenosha, WI · Public	-	$51,129	172	Find Alternatives
Ross Medical Education Center-Granger Mishawaka, IN · Private For-Profit	$20,260	$30,481	172	Find Alternatives
Kenneth Shuler School of Cosmetology-Florence Florence, SC · Private For-Profit	$21,962	$25,542	172	Find Alternatives
Career Development Institute Inc Los Angeles, CA · Private For-Profit	$25,919	$62,209	172	Find Alternatives
Aviation Institute of Maintenance-Indianapolis Indianapolis, IN · Private For-Profit	$29,513	$42,759	172	Find Alternatives
Applied Tech Sunset Hills, MO · Public	$23,405	$56,508	172	Find Alternatives
Mt. Diablo Adult Education-Mt. Diablo USD Concord, CA · Public	$7,760	$40,175	172	Find Alternatives
Raphael's School of Beauty Culture Inc-Niles Niles, OH · Private For-Profit	$21,059	$21,307	172	Find Alternatives
National Beauty College Canton, OH · Private For-Profit	-	$21,091	172	Find Alternatives
Saint Augustine's University Raleigh, NC · Private Nonprofit	$24,313	$35,730	172	Find Alternatives
Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NY · Private Nonprofit	$43,195	$92,751	172	Find Alternatives

Source: U.S. Department of Education, College Scorecard Most-recent institution + cost-of-attendance file · 2024 (latest release) Accessed 2026-07-01 Net price is the average annual cost paid by federal-aid recipients. Earnings reflect graduate income 10 years after enrollment, per IRS-linked Treasury data.

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