The rankings are in, and these colleges & universities are the costliest in 2023.
Based on tuition & fees for the 2022-23 academic year, not counting the extra charge of room & board, here are the top 10 most expensive colleges, per The College Investor. See if one of them is from your state.
10. Harvey Mudd College (California)
File:2008-Harvey Mudd.jpg - Wikimedia Commonscommons.wikimedia.org$62,516 sticker price
9. Brown University (Rhode Island)
File:University Hall at Brown University.jpg - Wikimedia Commonscommons.wikimedia.org$62,680 sticker price
8. Haverford College (Pennsylvania)
Haverford College - Founders Hall (1983) | Founders Hall was… | Flickrwww.flickr.com$62,850 sticker price
7. Boston College (Massachusetts)
Boston College | Photos of Boston College in Boston, Mass. | Jim ...www.flickr.com$62,950 sticker price
6. USC (California)
Tommy Trojan, University of Southern California (USC), Los… | Flickrwww.flickr.com$63,468 sticker price
5. Tufts University (Massachusetts)
File:Packard Hall - Tufts University - IMG 0971.JPG - Wikimedia ...commons.wikimedia.org$63,804 sticker price
4. Vassar College (New York)
Facade of Avery Hall - Vassar College - Poughkeepsie - New… | Flickrwww.flickr.com$63,840 sticker price
3. Reed College (Oregon)
Portland | Reed College | Dale Cruse | Flickrwww.flickr.com$64,450 sticker price
2. Columbia University (New York)
File:NYC - Columbia University graduation day - 1056.jpg ...commons.wikimedia.org$65,524 sticker price
1. Franklin & Marshall College (Pennsylvania)
Franklin and Marshall College | Lancaster, PA. | Pâmella Ferrari ...www.flickr.com$65,652 sticker price
Narrowly missing the cut, but rounding out the Top 20 most expensive colleges:
- Northwestern University
- University of Chicago
- Wellesley College
- Oberlin College
- Sarah Lawrence College
- Dartmouth College
- University of Rochester
- John Hopkins University
- Claremont McKenna College
- Barnard College
All have something in common: tuition & fees are $60k or more. That means a 4-year cost of $240k or higher, and again not counting room & board, books, etc. Can costs go any higher?
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