The 2024 average tuition & fees is $37,340 over 830 4-year private colleges. It is a 4.17% increase compared to last year. Compared to last year, tuition at 736 private colleges increased, and tuition at 22 colleges decreased.
Kenyon College is the most expensive private college with tuition & fees of $69,330.
Franklin and Marshall College ($68,380) and University of Southern California ($68,237) are following it in the list of Private Colleges with the Highest Tuition & Fees.
The average acceptance rate is 16.56% and the average SAT score is 1,486 at the schools.
| School Name | Undergraduate Tuition & Fees | Graduate Tuition & Fees | Acceptance Rate | Total Population | SAT Score | Graduation Rate | Students to Faculty Ratio | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 - | Kenyon College Gambier, OHPrivate, 4-year | $69,330 $2,840 | - | 31.01% | 1,885 | 1,440 | 87.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 2 - | Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PAPrivate, 4-year | $68,380 $2,536 | - | 32.00% | 1,990 | 1,390 | 85.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 3 6 | University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year | $68,237 $3,511 | $68,128 $3,462 | 10.00% | 48,945 | 1,510 | 92.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 4 1 | Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year | $68,230 $3,184 | $67,006 $3,140 | 5.00% | 11,189 | 1,540 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 5 2 | Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | $68,171 $2,663 | $56,279 $1,652 | 4.00% | 34,782 | 1,540 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 6 13 | Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year | $68,020 $4,672 | - | 13.00% | 1,421 | 1,490 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 7 1 | Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year | $67,932 $2,904 | $28,900 $1,300 | 19.99% | 2,203 | 1,450 | 86.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 8 4 | Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year | $67,844 $2,622 | $49,476 $5,804 | 10.00% | 13,431 | 1,510 | 93.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 9 2 | Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year | $67,805 $3,005 | $67,805 $3,005 | 18.00% | 2,459 | 1,510 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 10 1 | Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year | $67,680 $3,504 | $35,900 $1,872 | 16.00% | 15,287 | 1,490 | 90.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 11 4 | Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate, 4-year | $67,420 $3,490 | $18,880 - | 34.01% | 2,205 | 1,390 | 83.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 12 - | Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year | $67,280 $3,180 | - | 10.00% | 1,898 | 1,500 | 91.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 13 3 | Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year | $67,024 $2,734 | $67,024 $2,734 | 12.00% | 3,141 | 1,480 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 14 6 | Reed College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year | $67,020 $2,260 | - | 27.00% | 1,534 | 1,410 | 79.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 15 2 | Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate, 4-year | $67,016 $2,994 | $66,736 $2,994 | 17.00% | 3,253 | 1,510 | 93.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 16 5 | Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year | $66,742 $3,600 | $42,020 $2,300 | 50.00% | 10,030 | 1,360 | 83.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 17 1 | Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year | $66,600 $3,080 | - | 7.00% | 2,299 | 1,510 | 88.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 18 4 | Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate, 4-year | $66,456 $2,502 | - | 44.00% | 2,107 | 1,400 | 84.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 19 5 | Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | $66,255 $3,438 | - | 13.00% | 922 | 1,530 | 92.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 20 9 | Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | $66,246 $3,721 | - | 8.00% | 3,442 | 1,510 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 21 3 | University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year | $66,104 $2,652 | $46,034 $1,872 | 6.00% | 28,201 | 1,540 | 96.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 22 2 | Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year | $66,014 $2,814 | $30,085 $66 | 8.00% | 25,898 | 1,520 | 95.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 23 6 | Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year | $65,997 $2,529 | $53,871 $847 | 7.00% | 23,161 | 1,530 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 24 1 | Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year | $65,805 $3,117 | $63,985 $2,463 | 7.00% | 18,023 | 1,550 | 96.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 25 3 | University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year | $65,619 $2,679 | $66,543 $51 | 5.00% | 18,339 | 1,550 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| Average | $67,169 | $51,792 | 16.56% | 11,122 | 1,486 | 90.28% | 8 to 1 |