The table below lists and compares the top 100 colleges having Highest Tuition (Private) with tuition and key admission statistics. You can search schools by using input box in top right corner of table. In addition, you can sort the table a column that you want by clicking/touching the column name of the table.
*The statistics below is only based on data of four-years colleges granting bachelor's degree. Specialized schools such as law schools and medical schools were excluded from the analysis.
| School Name | Undergraduate Tuition | Graduate Tuition | Acceptance Rate | SAT Scores | Enrollment | Students to Faculty | Graduation Rate | Earning after Graduate | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY |
$63,530 | $52,924 | 4.13% | 1,520 | 30,135 | 6 to 1 | 97% | $115,600 |
| 2 | Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA |
$63,406 | 37.54% | - | 2,254 | 9 to 1 | 83% | $69,200 | |
| 3 | Kenyon College Gambier, OH |
$63,310 | 36.55% | 1,420 | 1,615 | 9 to 1 | 87% | $54,500 | |
| 4 | Tufts University Medford, MA |
$63,000 | $55,216 | 11.43% | 1,495 | 12,219 | 10 to 1 | 94% | $103,300 |
| 5 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY |
$62,870 | $62,870 | 20.15% | 1,480 | 2,435 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $61,500 |
| 6 | Reed College Portland, OR |
$62,730 | 43.81% | - | 1,385 | 9 to 1 | 73% | $52,700 | |
| 7 | Brown University Providence, RI |
$62,304 | $62,083 | 5.51% | 1,515 | 9,948 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $89,100 |
| 8 | University of Chicago Chicago, IL |
$62,241 | $63,936 | 6.48% | 1,545 | 17,834 | 5 to 1 | 96% | $103,000 |
| 9 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO |
$62,070 | $34,300 | 14.25% | - | 2,050 | 9 to 1 | 86% | $49,900 |
| 10 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CT |
$62,049 | $61,469 | 19.44% | 1,405 | 3,053 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $63,400 |
| 11 | Colgate University Hamilton, NY |
$61,966 | $61,966 | 17.19% | 1,425 | 3,054 | 9 to 1 | 90% | $81,100 |
| 12 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA |
$61,710 | $42,932 | 5.87% | 1,525 | 26,552 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $131,600 |
| 13 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA |
$61,706 | $32,722 | 19.04% | 1,475 | 14,934 | 14 to 1 | 91% | $92,500 |
| 14 | Union College Schenectady, NY |
$61,659 | 47.03% | 1,360 | 2,047 | 9 to 1 | 85% | $80,200 | |
| 15 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
$61,503 | $61,396 | 12.51% | 1,475 | 46,287 | 9 to 1 | 92% | $88,800 |
| 16 | Trinity College Hartford, CT |
$61,370 | $18,880 | 37.75% | 1,407 | 2,241 | 9 to 1 | 85% | $74,300 |
| 17 | Colby College Waterville, ME |
$61,220 | 8.87% | 1,465 | 2,155 | 10 to 1 | 87% | $71,000 | |
| 18 | Haverford College Haverford, PA |
$61,210 | 17.84% | 1,480 | 1,307 | 8 to 1 | 90% | $75,100 | |
| 19 | Amherst College Amherst, MA |
$61,150 | 8.74% | 1,460 | 1,745 | 7 to 1 | 92% | $83,300 | |
| 20 | Cornell University Ithaca, NY |
$61,015 | $30,006 | 8.69% | 1,505 | 23,620 | 9 to 1 | 94% | $101,200 |
| 21 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NH |
$60,870 | $59,283 | 6.17% | 1,500 | 6,292 | 7 to 1 | 94% | $110,200 |
| 22 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LA |
$60,814 | $61,130 | 9.63% | 1,435 | 13,927 | 8 to 1 | 86% | $86,300 |
| 23 | Connecticut College New London, CT |
$60,795 | $13,950 | 40.95% | 1,405 | 1,737 | 9 to 1 | 81% | $62,900 |
| 24 | Northwestern University Evanston, IL |
$60,768 | $56,567 | 6.97% | 1,520 | 22,603 | 6 to 1 | 95% | $93,400 |
| 25 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MA |
$60,752 | 16.18% | 1,470 | 2,280 | 7 to 1 | 92% | $71,800 | |
| 26 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA |
$60,703 | 9.99% | 1,520 | 854 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $104,200 | |
| 27 | Macalester College Saint Paul, MN |
$60,518 | 31.26% | 1,428 | 2,049 | 10 to 1 | 90% | $55,800 | |
| 28 | Duke University Durham, NC |
$60,244 | $59,141 | 5.89% | 1,513 | 16,172 | 6 to 1 | 96% | $114,500 |
| 29 | Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NY |
$60,240 | $15,598 | 67.43% | 1,270 | 1,833 | 9 to 1 | 73% | $62,700 |
| 30 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OH |
$60,240 | $29,995 | 34.34% | 1,399 | 2,658 | 9 to 1 | 82% | $45,500 |
| 31 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TX |
$60,236 | $35,802 | 53.13% | 1,425 | 12,373 | 11 to 1 | 82% | $77,900 |
| 32 | Carleton College Northfield, MN |
$60,225 | 17.55% | 1,479 | 1,940 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $67,900 | |
| 33 | St Lawrence University Canton, NY |
$60,220 | $22,460 | 56.55% | 1,310 | 2,319 | 10 to 1 | 82% | $60,100 |
| 34 | Brandeis University Waltham, MA |
$60,006 | $53,618 | 39.14% | 1,450 | 5,440 | 10 to 1 | 88% | $69,000 |
| 35 | Hamilton College Clinton, NY |
$59,970 | 14.07% | 1,475 | 1,902 | 9 to 1 | 92% | $74,300 | |
| 36 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PA |
$59,960 | 56.33% | 1,355 | 2,507 | 10 to 1 | 82% | $66,300 | |
| 37 | Georgetown University Washington, DC |
$59,957 | $55,128 | 11.98% | 1,480 | 19,371 | 11 to 1 | 95% | $125,200 |
| 38 | Yale University New Haven, CT |
$59,950 | $45,700 | 5.31% | 1,530 | 12,060 | 4 to 1 | 97% | $124,400 |
| 39 | George Washington University Washington, DC |
$59,870 | $32,904 | 49.71% | 1,400 | 27,017 | 13 to 1 | 84% | $82,400 |
| 40 | Boston University Boston, MA |
$59,816 | $59,418 | 18.65% | 1,440 | 32,718 | 10 to 1 | 89% | $75,900 |
| 41 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PA |
$59,802 | $26,112 | 34.50% | 1,373 | 3,726 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $82,400 |
| 42 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NC |
$59,770 | $39,240 | 25.18% | - | 8,789 | 11 to 1 | 90% | $79,600 |
| 43 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VT |
$59,770 | 13.45% | 1,455 | 2,669 | 8 to 1 | 91% | $71,900 | |
| 44 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CA |
$59,702 | $37,420 | 52.71% | 1,350 | 9,554 | 13 to 1 | 83% | $77,600 |
| 45 | Barnard College New York, NY |
$59,687 | 11.47% | 1,488 | 2,744 | 9 to 1 | 93% | $69,700 | |
| 46 | Williams College Williamstown, MA |
$59,660 | $59,728 | 8.83% | - | 1,987 | 6 to 1 | 94% | $89,800 |
| 47 | Bennington College Bennington, VT |
$59,638 | $23,673 | 66.92% | - | 799 | 8 to 1 | 68% | $38,400 |
| 48 | Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NY |
$59,470 | $32,584 | 58.47% | 1,365 | 1,506 | 10 to 1 | 76% | $48,000 |
| 49 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, VA |
$59,380 | $47,437 | 18.85% | 1,470 | 2,183 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $93,300 |
| 50 | University of Rochester Rochester, NY |
$59,378 | $47,541 | 40.55% | 1,445 | 11,741 | 10 to 1 | 86% | $74,300 |
| 51 | Bates College Lewiston, ME |
$59,062 | 17.31% | - | 1,876 | 10 to 1 | 92% | $74,300 | |
| 52 | Villanova University Villanova, PA |
$59,020 | $21,199 | 25.24% | 1,420 | 11,032 | 11 to 1 | 91% | $87,600 |
| 53 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA |
$58,924 | $47,347 | 13.54% | 1,520 | 13,519 | 5 to 1 | 93% | $103,000 |
| 54 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MO |
$58,866 | $58,288 | 13.00% | 1,530 | 15,449 | 7 to 1 | 93% | $87,900 |
| 55 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, IN |
$58,843 | $58,662 | 15.07% | 1,480 | 12,809 | 9 to 1 | 96% | $98,400 |
| 56 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PA |
$58,733 | 48.08% | - | 1,932 | 8 to 1 | 82% | $64,100 | |
| 57 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD |
$58,720 | $61,202 | 7.52% | - | 28,890 | 6 to 1 | 95% | $89,300 |
| 58 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CA |
$58,680 | $58,443 | 3.92% | - | 2,240 | 3 to 1 | 93% | $106,300 |
| 59 | Grinnell College Grinnell, IA |
$58,648 | 10.54% | 1,450 | 1,493 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $61,000 | |
| 60 | Chapman University Orange, CA |
$58,634 | $37,538 | 60.37% | 1,310 | 9,761 | 12 to 1 | 80% | $56,600 |
| 61 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VA |
$58,570 | $25,620 | 28.77% | - | 4,056 | 8 to 1 | 89% | $78,900 |
| 62 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NY |
$58,526 | $60,026 | 53.02% | 1,440 | 7,501 | 17 to 1 | 84% | $86,000 |
| 63 | Scripps College Claremont, CA |
$58,442 | $46,774 | 29.54% | 1,450 | 958 | 9 to 1 | 82% | $61,800 |
| 64 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CA |
$58,426 | $58,426 | 38.24% | 1,415 | 1,839 | 8 to 1 | 83% | $59,400 |
| 65 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, ME |
$58,322 | 8.82% | - | 1,777 | 8 to 1 | 94% | $83,300 | |
| 66 | Wheaton College Norton, MA |
$58,180 | 82.06% | 1,260 | 1,670 | 11 to 1 | 73% | $55,500 | |
| 67 | Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, NY |
$58,128 | 30.59% | 1,355 | 2,582 | 8 to 1 | 84% | $57,000 | |
| 68 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CA |
$58,111 | $64,288 | 11.24% | 1,475 | 1,264 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $93,200 |
| 69 | Pitzer College Claremont, CA |
$57,978 | 18.31% | - | 922 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $51,500 | |
| 70 | Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NY |
$57,968 | $38,399 | 59.92% | - | 2,465 | 9 to 1 | 71% | $43,700 |
| 71 | Northeastern University Boston, MA |
$57,592 | $26,095 | 18.38% | 1,490 | 22,905 | 14 to 1 | 91% | $74,200 |
| 72 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NY |
$57,591 | $42,954 | 59.19% | 1,310 | 21,322 | 15 to 1 | 82% | $69,200 |
| 73 | Denison University Granville, OH |
$57,500 | 28.27% | 1,330 | 2,258 | 9 to 1 | 81% | $57,600 | |
| 74 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PA |
$57,470 | $27,130 | 45.97% | 1,408 | 7,067 | 9 to 1 | 87% | $94,100 |
| 75 | Lewis & Clark College Portland, OR |
$57,404 | $17,910 | 79.45% | 1,330 | 3,157 | 11 to 1 | 74% | $55,000 |
| 76 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PA |
$57,136 | $37,074 | 82.63% | 1,310 | 23,589 | 11 to 1 | 78% | $78,000 |
| 77 | Lafayette College Easton, PA |
$57,114 | 40.74% | 1,380 | 2,514 | 9 to 1 | 88% | $80,500 | |
| 78 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TN |
$56,966 | $52,162 | 7.14% | 1,525 | 13,537 | 8 to 1 | 93% | $86,200 |
| 79 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJ |
$56,920 | $39,556 | 52.69% | 1,440 | 7,257 | 12 to 1 | 87% | $91,900 |
| 80 | Pomona College Claremont, CA |
$56,686 | 6.64% | 1,520 | 1,475 | 6 to 1 | 93% | $77,300 | |
| 81 | Ursinus College Collegeville, PA |
$56,600 | 82.71% | 1,280 | 1,493 | 11 to 1 | 72% | $61,800 | |
| 82 | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MA |
$56,540 | 42.87% | 1,330 | 2,970 | 10 to 1 | 93% | $88,600 | |
| 83 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MA |
$56,518 | $25,983 | 52.30% | 1,405 | 2,040 | 9 to 1 | 85% | $53,900 |
| 84 | New York University New York, NY |
$56,500 | $38,206 | 12.96% | 1,510 | 52,775 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $78,600 |
| 85 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PA |
$56,320 | $48,328 | 39.34% | - | 1,634 | 8 to 1 | 87% | $61,000 |
| 86 | Stanford University Stanford, CA |
$56,169 | $55,011 | 3.95% | 1,520 | 15,953 | 4 to 1 | 96% | $141,300 |
| 87 | Fordham University Bronx, NY |
$56,161 | $23,846 | 58.30% | 1,390 | 16,364 | 13 to 1 | 83% | $67,000 |
| 88 | Smith College Northampton, MA |
$56,114 | $55,830 | 29.91% | 1,450 | 2,504 | 7 to 1 | 91% | $51,100 |
| 89 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PA |
$56,056 | 7.79% | 1,495 | 1,437 | 7 to 1 | 94% | $70,000 | |
| 90 | Princeton University Princeton, NJ |
$56,010 | $58,790 | 4.38% | 1,515 | 7,853 | 4 to 1 | 98% | $116,300 |
| 91 | Providence College Providence, RI |
$55,988 | $9,750 | 57.98% | 1,225 | 4,821 | 11 to 1 | 89% | $73,400 |
| 92 | Whitman College Walla Walla, WA |
$55,982 | 58.95% | 1,375 | 1,360 | 8 to 1 | 89% | $59,400 | |
| 93 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Cambridge, MA |
$55,878 | $58,967 | 4.11% | - | 11,254 | 3 to 1 | 96% | $153,600 |
| 94 | Santa Clara University Santa Clara, CA |
$55,860 | $25,170 | 53.98% | 1,410 | 8,616 | 11 to 1 | 91% | $85,300 |
| 95 | Muhlenberg College Allentown, PA |
$55,830 | 67.75% | 1,285 | 2,067 | 9 to 1 | 82% | $65,300 | |
| 96 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, MA |
$55,731 | $29,040 | 60.21% | - | 6,920 | 13 to 1 | 87% | $84,600 |
| 97 | University of Puget Sound Tacoma, WA |
$55,670 | $36,047 | 88.30% | 1,260 | 2,130 | 9 to 1 | 74% | $59,100 |
| 98 | Harvard University Cambridge, MA |
$55,587 | $52,170 | 4.01% | 1,530 | 30,391 | 5 to 1 | 97% | $139,100 |
| 99 | The College of Wooster Wooster, OH |
$55,500 | 60.63% | 1,325 | 1,924 | 11 to 1 | 77% | $53,000 | |
| 100 | Emory University Atlanta, GA |
$55,468 | $45,684 | 13.05% | 1,480 | 13,997 | 9 to 1 | 90% | $84,400 |
