The 2024 average tuition & fees is $32,005 over 1,310 4-year colleges. It is a 3.35% increase compared to last year. Compared to last year, tuition at 1,085 colleges increased, and tuition at 54 colleges decreased.
For the academic year 2023-2024, 94 colleges' tuition & fees is over $60,000. Kenyon College is the most expensive 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 Colleges with the Highest Tuition & Fees.
The average acceptance rate is 25.67% and the average SAT score is 1,455 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 |
| 26 3 | Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate, 4-year | $65,538 $2,694 | $66,046 $2,802 | 15.00% | 14,027 | 1,450 | 87.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 27 5 | Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year | $65,511 $3,081 | $64,068 $3,012 | 6.00% | 6,744 | 1,540 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 28 1 | Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year | $65,457 $2,823 | - | 22.00% | 2,059 | 1,500 | 90.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 29 2 | Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year | $65,280 $2,820 | $14,550 - | 10.00% | 2,843 | 1,490 | 93.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 30 3 | Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | $65,168 $2,808 | $64,712 $2,788 | 11.00% | 36,714 | 1,470 | 88.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 31 6 | Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year | $65,081 $3,030 | $59,306 $2,257 | 13.00% | 20,984 | 1,500 | 95.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 32 2 | Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year | $64,946 $2,624 | $61,578 $6,354 | 35.00% | 5,581 | 1,470 | 87.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 33 17 | Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year | $64,910 $3,382 | - | 8.00% | 1,915 | 1,510 | 94.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 34 4 | Macalester College Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year | $64,908 $2,408 | - | 28.00% | 2,175 | 1,410 | 87.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 35 16 | Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year | $64,862 $3,382 | - | 13.00% | 1,759 | 1,490 | 88.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 36 6 | Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year | $64,860 $3,090 | $64,540 $2,765 | 10.00% | 2,222 | 1,530 | 95.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 37 9 | Connecticut College New London, CTPrivate, 4-year | $64,812 $2,192 | $13,950 - | 38.00% | 1,948 | 1,400 | 84.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 38 18 | George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year | $64,798 $3,852 | $35,154 $1,170 | 44.00% | 25,939 | 1,430 | 84.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 39 6 | Bucknell University Lewisburg, PAPrivate, 4-year | $64,772 $3,026 | $28,280 $1,320 | 32.00% | 3,787 | 1,370 | 86.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 40 4 | Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year | $64,758 $2,630 | $39,350 $22 | 22.00% | 8,963 | 1,460 | 89.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 41 7 | Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year | $64,701 $3,083 | $21,361 $54 | 25.00% | 10,383 | 1,460 | 90.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 42 7 | Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year | $64,700 $2,450 | $48,300 $1,400 | 5.00% | 14,776 | 1,540 | 97.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 43 6 | Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year | $64,678 $3,094 | $52,402 $1,524 | 29.00% | 12,201 | 1,490 | 85.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 44 6 | Oberlin College Oberlin, OHPrivate, 4-year | $64,646 $2,622 | $29,995 - | 33.00% | 2,992 | 1,440 | 83.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 45 7 | Bennington College Bennington, VTPrivate, 4-year | $64,644 $3,196 | $24,617 - | 48.00% | 880 | 1,350 | 69.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 46 2 | Washington and Lee University Lexington, VAPrivate, 4-year | $64,525 $2,775 | $47,437 - | 16.99% | 2,243 | 1,490 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 47 7 | Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year | $64,460 $2,480 | $37,062 $198 | 61.00% | 12,053 | 1,410 | 82.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 48 1 | University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year | $64,348 $2,670 | $38,863 $3,805 | 36.00% | 12,197 | 1,480 | 89.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 49 8 | Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year | $64,320 $2,400 | - | 14.00% | 2,447 | 1,510 | 90.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 50 7 | Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PAPrivate, 4-year | $64,230 $2,470 | $4,500 $2,250 | 48.00% | 2,854 | 1,350 | 81.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 51 8 | Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | $64,150 $3,435 | $68,525 $2,951 | 11.00% | 1,389 | 1,510 | 91.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 52 33 | Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MAPrivate, 4-year | $64,142 $5,644 | $32,710 $5,292 | 37.99% | 2,392 | 1,420 | 82.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 53 21 | Denison University Granville, OHPrivate, 4-year | $64,000 $4,000 | - | 17.00% | 2,416 | 1,380 | 84.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 54 13 | Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year | $63,946 $3,598 | $56,128 $2,406 | 6.00% | 13,710 | 1,540 | 92.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 55 16 | St Lawrence University Canton, NYPrivate, 4-year | $63,870 $1,850 | $23,840 $720 | 58.00% | 2,175 | 1,330 | 83.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 56 2 | Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NYPrivate, 4-year | $63,678 $2,444 | $34,730 $1,176 | 59.00% | 1,696 | 1,345 | 71.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 57 5 | Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NYPrivate, 4-year | $63,612 $2,990 | $42,620 $1,990 | 52.01% | 2,706 | 1,370 | 71.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 58 3 | Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate, 4-year | $63,478 $2,412 | - | 13.00% | 1,790 | 1,450 | 92.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 59 6 | Dickinson College Carlisle, PAPrivate, 4-year | $63,450 $2,124 | $3,750 - | 43.01% | 2,137 | - | 83.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 60 5 | Occidental College Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year | $63,446 $2,880 | $63,446 $2,880 | 40.00% | 1,942 | 1,450 | 82.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 61 1 | Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | $63,434 $2,722 | $48,598 - | 34.00% | 1,099 | 1,480 | 84.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 62 4 | Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year | $63,274 $2,420 | $49,450 $893 | 11.00% | 16,002 | 1,540 | 91.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 63 17 | Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NYPrivate, 4-year | $63,268 $1,543 | $26,295 $1,163 | 57.00% | 1,607 | 1,290 | 73.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 64 7 | California Institute of Technology Pasadena, CAPrivate, 4-year | $63,255 $2,391 | $63,063 $2,406 | 3.00% | 2,401 | - | 94.00% | 3 to 1 |
| 65 6 | Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year | $63,141 $2,949 | $28,100 $1,091 | 6.00% | 30,013 | 1,500 | 91.00% | 16 to 1 |
| 66 6 | Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year | $63,061 $2,926 | $46,318 $1,528 | 42.00% | 22,698 | 1,340 | 83.00% | 15 to 1 |
| 67 4 | Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year | $62,982 $2,392 | $62,366 $1,776 | 12.00% | 17,012 | 1,540 | 93.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 68 2 | Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year | $62,840 $2,360 | $65,956 $2,994 | 8.00% | 31,275 | 1,550 | 94.00% | 6 to 1 |
| 69 8 | Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate, 4-year | $62,784 $2,112 | $38,604 $1,001 | 56.00% | 10,014 | 1,340 | 83.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 70 44 | Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year | $62,740 $70 | - | 12.00% | 2,072 | 1,490 | 92.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 71 2 | University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year | $62,693 $2,392 | $62,502 $2,386 | 12.00% | 13,105 | 1,500 | 96.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 72 8 | Pitzer College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | $62,692 $2,114 | - | 17.00% | 1,212 | - | 85.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 73 5 | University of Richmond University of Richmond, VAPrivate, 4-year | $62,600 $2,270 | $27,852 $1,572 | 23.00% | 3,876 | 1,470 | 87.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 74 3 | Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PAPrivate, 4-year | $62,560 $3,230 | $52,506 $1,776 | 30.99% | 1,742 | 1,390 | 82.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 75 11 | Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year | $62,484 $4,068 | $59,499 $2,289 | 4.00% | 18,283 | 1,550 | 95.00% | 5 to 1 |
| 76 2 | Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year | $62,412 $3,084 | - | 7.00% | 1,625 | 1,530 | 93.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 77 1 | Lewis & Clark College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year | $62,350 $2,666 | $19,134 $684 | 75.01% | 3,595 | 1,310 | 73.00% | 13 to 1 |
| 78 1 | Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year | $62,326 $3,088 | - | 7.00% | 1,716 | 1,520 | 94.00% | 7 to 1 |
| 79 4 | Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year | $62,180 $2,250 | $28,020 $820 | 29.00% | 7,394 | 1,430 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 80 10 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MAPrivate, 4-year | $62,080 $1,850 | - | 70.99% | 1,667 | 1,310 | 79.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 81 8 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYPrivate, 4-year | $61,884 $1,810 | $61,873 $200 | 58.00% | 6,968 | 1,410 | 83.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 82 2 | Lafayette College Easton, PAPrivate, 4-year | $61,824 $3,206 | - | 31.00% | 2,729 | 1,410 | 89.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 83 2 | Smith College Northampton, MAPrivate, 4-year | $61,568 $2,800 | $61,260 $2,780 | 20.00% | 2,873 | 1,480 | 88.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 84 5 | Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year | $61,567 $3,485 | $25,954 $2,004 | 56.00% | 16,556 | 1,400 | 83.00% | 14 to 1 |
| 85 2 | Whitman College Walla Walla, WAPrivate, 4-year | $61,492 $2,870 | - | 50.01% | 1,493 | 1,360 | 90.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 86 4 | Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJPrivate, 4-year | $60,952 $2,328 | $42,988 $2,048 | 43.00% | 9,314 | 1,440 | 87.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 87 - | College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year | $60,850 $2,490 | - | 21.00% | 3,083 | 1,340 | 91.00% | 10 to 1 |
| 88 4 | Providence College Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year | $60,848 $2,920 | $12,210 $1,140 | 49.00% | 4,473 | 1,330 | 85.00% | 11 to 1 |
| 89 2 | Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year | $60,774 $2,826 | $47,722 $1,022 | 11.00% | 14,841 | 1,520 | 89.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 90 10 | Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year | $60,663 $1,698 | $37,074 - | 78.00% | 22,344 | 1,330 | 78.00% | 9 to 1 |
| 91 3 | New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year | $60,438 $2,270 | $41,124 $1,532 | 9.00% | 59,144 | 1,530 | 87.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 92 2 | Muhlenberg College Allentown, PAPrivate, 4-year | $60,240 $2,235 | $16,480 $2,720 | 64.01% | 1,959 | 1,310 | 82.00% | 8 to 1 |
| 93 - | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year | $60,107 ($18,309) $2,834 | $55,052 ($27,524) $2,596 | 18.00% | 51,225 | 1,470 | 93.00% | 12 to 1 |
| 94 - | Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year | $60,050 $2,960 | - | 14.01% | 1,927 | 1,455 | 91.00% | 9 to 1 |
| Average | $64,323 ($18,309) | $44,210 ($27,524) | 25.67% | 9,664 | 1,455 | 87.85% | 9 to 1 |