Yet again, the cost of attending college is on the rise. In a recent report released by College Board, the average cost of tuition and fees alone at a private 4-year university has just topped $25,143 a year. When you add in living expenses the figure climes to $33,143 a year.
For the first time ever, the total college costs for many colleges is now over $50,000 a year. The following are the top 100 most expensive colleges ranked by total cost for the 2010-'11 school year. The total cost figure is calculated by adding tuition, fees, room, and board.
| Rank |
|
Total Cost of attendance |
| 2010 |
2009 |
School Name |
2010 |
2009 |
|
1
|
|
Landmark College |
$55,400 |
$53,775 (↑3.0%) |
|
2
↑
|
4
|
Sarah Lawrence College |
$54,854 |
$52,210 (↑5.1%) |
|
3
↑
|
5
|
Georgetown University |
$54,200 |
$51,466 (↑5.3%) |
|
4
↑
|
4097
|
Middlebury College |
$53,500 |
N/C |
|
5
↑
|
8
|
University of Chicago |
$53,310 |
$49,976 (↑6.7%) |
|
6
↓
|
3
|
The Art Institute of New York City |
$53,092 |
N/C |
|
7
↓
|
2
|
George Washington University |
$52,692 |
$53,110 (↓0.8%) |
|
8
↑
|
10
|
Washington University in St Louis |
$52,464 |
$49,796 (↑5.4%) |
|
9
|
|
Vanderbilt University |
$52,303 |
$49,834 (↑5.0%) |
|
10
↑
|
11
|
Northwestern University |
$52,120 |
$49,779 (↑4.7%) |
|
11
↑
|
12
|
Drew University |
$52,106 |
$49,674 (↑4.9%) |
|
12
↑
|
22
|
New York University |
$52,082 |
$49,190 (↑5.9%) |
|
13
↑
|
43
|
Boston College |
$52,060 |
$48,384 (↑7.6%) |
|
14
↑
|
23
|
Barnard College |
$51,976 |
$49,174 (↑5.7%) |
|
15
↑
|
19
|
Carnegie Mellon University |
$51,960 |
$49,315 (↑5.4%) |
|
16
↑
|
24
|
Bennington College |
$51,950 |
$49,155 (↑5.7%) |
|
17
↑
|
18
|
Wesleyan University |
$51,935 |
$49,346 (↑5.2%) |
|
18
↑
|
29
|
Sanford-Brown College |
$51,882 |
$48,904 (↑6.1%) |
|
19
↓
|
13
|
University of Southern California |
$51,881 |
$49,489 (↑4.8%) |
|
20
↑
|
21
|
Stanford University |
$51,760 |
$49,227 (↑5.1%) |
|
21
↓
|
7
|
Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art |
$51,755 |
$50,225 (↑3.0%) |
|
22
↑
|
28
|
Haverford College |
$51,637 |
$48,932 (↑5.5%) |
|
23
↑
|
33
|
The Boston Conservatory |
$51,600 |
$48,879 (↑5.6%) |
|
24
↑
|
45
|
Mount Holyoke College |
$51,516 |
$48,360 (↑6.5%) |
|
25
↑
|
26
|
Skidmore College |
$51,501 |
$49,000 (↑5.1%) |
|
26
↑
|
27
|
Johns Hopkins University |
$51,478 |
$48,992 (↑5.1%) |
|
27
↑
|
56
|
Fordham University |
$51,407 |
$48,110 (↑6.9%) |
|
28
↓
|
20
|
Columbia University in the City of New York |
$51,406 |
$49,260 (↑4.4%) |
|
29
↑
|
31
|
Tufts University |
$51,400 |
$48,900 (↑5.1%) |
|
30
↓
|
6
|
Yale University |
$51,400 |
$50,350 (↑2.1%) |
|
31
↑
|
36
|
Vassar College |
$51,370 |
$48,565 (↑5.8%) |
|
32
↑
|
42
|
The New School |
$51,347 |
$48,406 (↑6.1%) |
|
33
↓
|
25
|
University of Pennsylvania |
$51,299 |
$49,080 (↑4.5%) |
|
34
↑
|
41
|
Scripps College |
$51,250 |
$48,450 (↑5.8%) |
|
35
↓
|
32
|
Bard College |
$51,240 |
$48,880 (↑4.8%) |
|
36
↑
|
37
|
Rhode Island School of Design |
$51,200 |
$48,550 (↑5.5%) |
|
37
↓
|
34
|
Colgate University |
$51,090 |
$48,710 (↑4.9%) |
|
38
↑
|
39
|
Claremont McKenna College |
$50,990 |
$48,520 (↑5.1%) |
|
39
↑
|
60
|
Duke University |
$50,925 |
$47,975 (↑6.1%) |
|
40
↑
|
47
|
Hobart William Smith Colleges |
$50,886 |
$48,328 (↑5.3%) |
|
41
↓
|
40
|
Babson College |
$50,866 |
$48,450 (↑5.0%) |
|
42
↑
|
44
|
Pitzer College |
$50,800 |
$48,374 (↑5.0%) |
|
43
↓
|
16
|
Bard College at Simon's Rock |
$50,775 |
$49,385 (↑2.8%) |
|
44
↑
|
67
|
University of San Diego |
$50,670 |
$47,838 (↑5.9%) |
|
45
↑
|
58
|
Oberlin College |
$50,658 |
$48,070 (↑5.4%) |
|
46
↑
|
48
|
Trinity College |
$50,645 |
$48,315 (↑4.8%) |
|
47
↑
|
59
|
Smith College |
$50,588 |
$47,976 (↑5.4%) |
|
48
↑
|
49
|
Bowdoin College |
$50,570 |
$48,260 (↑4.8%) |
|
49
↓
|
35
|
Brown University |
$50,560 |
$48,660 (↑3.9%) |
|
50
↑
|
55
|
Santa Clara University |
$50,556 |
$48,144 (↑5.0%) |
|
51
↑
|
54
|
University of Rochester |
$50,550 |
$48,150 (↑5.0%) |
|
52
↓
|
50
|
Dartmouth College |
$50,547 |
$48,236 (↑4.8%) |
|
53
↑
|
57
|
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute |
$50,535 |
$48,100 (↑5.1%) |
|
54
↑
|
89
|
St John's College |
$50,513 |
$47,110 (↑7.2%) |
|
55
↑
|
76
|
Occidental College |
$50,409 |
$47,551 (↑6.0%) |
|
56
↓
|
51
|
Swarthmore College |
$50,381 |
$48,215 (↑4.5%) |
|
57
↑
|
83
|
Dickinson College |
$50,334 |
$47,264 (↑6.5%) |
|
58
↑
|
62
|
Bucknell University |
$50,250 |
$47,936 (↑4.8%) |
|
59
↓
|
46
|
Amherst College |
$50,230 |
$48,352 (↑3.9%) |
|
60
↑
|
82
|
Brandeis University |
$50,148 |
$47,310 (↑6.0%) |
|
61
↑
|
84
|
Franklin and Marshall College |
$50,100 |
$47,254 (↑6.0%) |
|
62
↓
|
52
|
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
$50,100 |
$48,200 (↑3.9%) |
|
63
↑
|
69
|
Harvey Mudd College |
$50,073 |
$47,806 (↑4.7%) |
|
64
↑
|
73
|
Bryn Mawr College |
$50,060 |
$47,674 (↑5.0%) |
|
65
↑
|
90
|
Tulane University of Louisiana |
$50,030 |
$47,100 (↑6.2%) |
|
66
↓
|
64
|
Wellesley College |
$50,026 |
$47,870 (↑4.5%) |
|
67
↑
|
68
|
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering |
$50,025 |
$47,825 (↑4.6%) |
|
68
↑
|
94
|
Carleton College |
$50,000 |
$46,895 (↑6.6%) |
|
69
↑
|
71
|
Reed College |
$49,960 |
$47,730 (↑4.7%) |
|
70
↓
|
61
|
Princeton University |
$49,830 |
$47,975 (↑3.9%) |
|
71
↑
|
100
|
Wake Forest University |
$49,820 |
$46,680 (↑6.7%) |
|
72
↑
|
101
|
St John's College |
$49,818 |
$46,660 (↑6.8%) |
|
73
↓
|
72
|
Manhattan School of Music |
$49,805 |
$47,725 (↑4.4%) |
|
74
↓
|
14
|
Mills College |
$49,760 |
$49,460 (↑0.6%) |
|
75
↓
|
15
|
Pepperdine University |
$49,750 |
$49,430 (↑0.6%) |
|
76
↓
|
75
|
Pomona College |
$49,745 |
$47,580 (↑4.6%) |
|
77
↑
|
85
|
Hampshire College |
$49,729 |
$47,190 (↑5.4%) |
|
78
↓
|
74
|
Fairfield University |
$49,725 |
$47,635 (↑4.4%) |
|
79
↑
|
93
|
Emory University |
$49,708 |
$46,956 (↑5.9%) |
|
80
↓
|
77
|
Stevens Institute of Technology |
$49,660 |
$47,500 (↑4.5%) |
|
81
↓
|
17
|
The Art Institute of Charleston |
$49,599 |
$49,380 (↑0.4%) |
|
82
↑
|
92
|
Rollins College |
$49,587 |
$46,971 (↑5.6%) |
|
83
↑
|
157
|
The Art Institute of California-Inland Empire |
$49,565 |
$42,766 (↑15.9%) |
|
84
↑
|
134
|
Lehigh University |
$49,540 |
$43,960 (↑12.7%) |
|
85
↓
|
80
|
School of the Museum of Fine Arts-Boston |
$49,530 |
$47,390 (↑4.5%) |
|
86
↑
|
88
|
Williams College |
$49,530 |
$47,140 (↑5.1%) |
|
87
↑
|
116
|
Dominican University of California |
$49,486 |
$45,590 (↑8.5%) |
|
88
↓
|
79
|
Worcester Polytechnic Institute |
$49,470 |
$47,440 (↑4.3%) |
|
89
↓
|
87
|
School of the Art Institute of Chicago |
$49,430 |
$47,150 (↑4.8%) |
|
90
↑
|
104
|
Saint Marys College of California |
$49,340 |
$46,310 (↑6.5%) |
|
91
|
|
Washington and Lee University |
$49,268 |
$47,096 (↑4.6%) |
|
92
↑
|
99
|
Kenyon College |
$49,260 |
$46,690 (↑5.5%) |
|
93
↑
|
108
|
Lafayette College |
$49,188 |
$46,038 (↑6.8%) |
|
94
↑
|
96
|
California Institute of the Arts |
$49,182 |
$46,838 (↑5.0%) |
|
95
↑
|
98
|
College of the Holy Cross |
$49,102 |
$46,702 (↑5.1%) |
|
96
↓
|
95
|
University of Richmond |
$49,090 |
$46,850 (↑4.8%) |
|
97
|
|
University of Notre Dame |
$49,030 |
$46,727 (↑4.9%) |
|
98
↑
|
106
|
University of San Francisco |
$49,030 |
$46,120 (↑6.3%) |
|
99
↓
|
70
|
Chapman University |
$49,015 |
$47,780 (↑2.6%) |
|
100
↑
|
107
|
St Lawrence University |
$49,010 |
$46,110 (↑6.3%) |
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