2024 Most Expensive 4-Years Colleges

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, 110 colleges' tuition & fees is over $60,000. MGH Institute of Health Professions is the most expensive college with tuition & fees of $93,980.

Brookline College-Phoenix ($89,404) and Brookline College-Albuquerque ($88,847) are following it in the list of 4-Years Colleges with the Highest Tuition & Fees.

The average acceptance rate is 26.68% and the average SAT score is 1,456 at the schools.

Table. 4-Years Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees Comparison
School NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesAcceptance RateTotal PopulationSAT ScoreGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
2		MGH Institute of Health Professions Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year $93,980
$7,585		$66,815
$8,745		-1,353--10 to 1
2
-		Brookline College-Phoenix Phoenix, AZPrivate, 4-year $89,404
-		--888-57.00%24 to 1
3
2		Brookline College-Albuquerque Albuquerque, NMPrivate, 4-year $88,847
$2,954		--528-64.00%18 to 1
4
104		Laurus College San Luis Obispo, CAPrivate, 4-year $83,400
$39,550		--641-47.00%14 to 1
5
1		Glendale Career College Glendale, CAPrivate, 4-year $76,757
-		--661-65.00%14 to 1
5
1		North-West College-San Diego San Diego, CAPrivate, 4-year $76,757
-		--471--26 to 1
7
1		Career Networks Institute Santa Ana, CAPrivate, 4-year $75,380
-		--714-77.00%30 to 1
8
1		Nightingale College Salt Lake City, UTPrivate, 4-year $70,800
-		--2,994-68.00%12 to 1
9
-		California Career College Canoga Park, CAPrivate, 4-year $70,000
$3,000		--150-88.00%7 to 1
10
2		Jewish Theological Seminary of America New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $69,916
$1,551		$39,460
$2,340		45.07%3181,50080.00%7 to 1
11
99		Eagle Gate College-Layton Layton, UTPrivate, 4-year $69,541
$52,429		--223-46.00%32 to 1
12
2		Kenyon College Gambier, OHPrivate, 4-year $69,330
$2,840		-31.01%1,8851,44087.00%9 to 1
13
2		Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,380
$2,536		-32.00%1,9901,39085.00%9 to 1
14
5		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year $68,237
$3,511		$68,128
$3,462		10.00%48,9451,51092.00%9 to 1
15
1		Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year $68,230
$3,184		$67,006
$3,140		5.00%11,1891,54094.00%6 to 1
16
4		Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $68,171
$2,663		$56,279
$1,652		4.00%34,7821,54095.00%6 to 1
17
12		Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,020
$4,672		-13.00%1,4211,49091.00%8 to 1
18
3		Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year $67,932
$2,904		$28,900
$1,300		19.99%2,2031,45086.00%10 to 1
19
6		Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,844
$2,622		$49,476
$5,804		10.00%13,4311,51093.00%10 to 1
20
3		Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,805
$3,005		$67,805
$3,005		18.00%2,4591,51091.00%7 to 1
21
-		Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,680
$3,504		$35,900
$1,872		16.00%15,2871,49090.00%12 to 1
22
3		Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,420
$3,490		$18,880
-		34.01%2,2051,39083.00%8 to 1
23
1		Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,280
$3,180		-10.00%1,8981,50091.00%7 to 1
24
4		Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,024
$2,734		$67,024
$2,734		12.00%3,1411,48091.00%9 to 1
25
7		Reed College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year $67,020
$2,260		-27.00%1,5341,41079.00%9 to 1
26
3		Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,016
$2,994		$66,736
$2,994		17.00%3,2531,51093.00%7 to 1
27
4		Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,742
$3,600		$42,020
$2,300		50.00%10,0301,36083.00%13 to 1
28
2		Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year $66,600
$3,080		-7.00%2,2991,51088.00%10 to 1
29
13		Bard College at Simon's Rock Great Barrington, MAPrivate, 4-year $66,593
$1,642		-97.21%298-64.00%6 to 1
30
6		Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,456
$2,502		-44.00%2,1071,40084.00%9 to 1
31
3		Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,255
$3,438		-13.00%9221,53092.00%8 to 1
32
8		Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,246
$3,721		-8.00%3,4421,51091.00%10 to 1
33
5		University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year $66,104
$2,652		$46,034
$1,872		6.00%28,2011,54096.00%8 to 1
34
4		Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,014
$2,814		$30,085
$66		8.00%25,8981,52095.00%9 to 1
35
8		Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,997
$2,529		$53,871
$847		7.00%23,1611,53096.00%6 to 1
36
-		Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year $65,805
$3,117		$63,985
$2,463		7.00%18,0231,55096.00%6 to 1
37
5		University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,619
$2,679		$66,543
$51		5.00%18,3391,55095.00%5 to 1
38
5		Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate, 4-year $65,538
$2,694		$66,046
$2,802		15.00%14,0271,45087.00%8 to 1
39
4		Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year $65,511
$3,081		$64,068
$3,012		6.00%6,7441,54094.00%7 to 1
40
2		Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year $65,457
$2,823		-22.00%2,0591,50090.00%8 to 1
41
1		Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year $65,280
$2,820		$14,550
-		10.00%2,8431,49093.00%9 to 1
42
2		Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year $65,168
$2,808		$64,712
$2,788		11.00%36,7141,47088.00%11 to 1
43
5		Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year $65,081
$3,030		$59,306
$2,257		13.00%20,9841,50095.00%11 to 1
44
1		Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,946
$2,624		$61,578
$6,354		35.00%5,5811,47087.00%10 to 1
45
16		Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year $64,910
$3,382		-8.00%1,9151,51094.00%9 to 1
46
5		Macalester College Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year $64,908
$2,408		-28.00%2,1751,41087.00%10 to 1
47
15		Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year $64,862
$3,382		-13.00%1,7591,49088.00%9 to 1
48
5		Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,860
$3,090		$64,540
$2,765		10.00%2,2221,53095.00%6 to 1
49
10		Connecticut College New London, CTPrivate, 4-year $64,812
$2,192		$13,950
-		38.00%1,9481,40084.00%10 to 1
50
17		George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year $64,798
$3,852		$35,154
$1,170		44.00%25,9391,43084.00%12 to 1
51
5		Bucknell University Lewisburg, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,772
$3,026		$28,280
$1,320		32.00%3,7871,37086.00%9 to 1
52
5		Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year $64,758
$2,630		$39,350
$22		22.00%8,9631,46089.00%10 to 1
53
6		Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,701
$3,083		$21,361
$54		25.00%10,3831,46090.00%10 to 1
54
8		Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year $64,700
$2,450		$48,300
$1,400		5.00%14,7761,54097.00%6 to 1
55
5		Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,678
$3,094		$52,402
$1,524		29.00%12,2011,49085.00%9 to 1
56
7		Oberlin College Oberlin, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,646
$2,622		$29,995
-		33.00%2,9921,44083.00%9 to 1
57
6		Bennington College Bennington, VTPrivate, 4-year $64,644
$3,196		$24,617
-		48.00%8801,35069.00%9 to 1
58
3		Washington and Lee University Lexington, VAPrivate, 4-year $64,525
$2,775		$47,437
-		16.99%2,2431,49094.00%7 to 1
59
8		Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year $64,460
$2,480		$37,062
$198		61.00%12,0531,41082.00%11 to 1
60
2		University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year $64,348
$2,670		$38,863
$3,805		36.00%12,1971,48089.00%9 to 1
61
9		Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,320
$2,400		-14.00%2,4471,51090.00%7 to 1
62
27		Landmark College Putney, VTPrivate, 4-year $64,290
$1,570		-44.06%624-34.00%8 to 1
63
9		Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,230
$2,470		$4,500
$2,250		48.00%2,8541,35081.00%10 to 1
64
6		Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $64,150
$3,435		$68,525
$2,951		11.00%1,3891,51091.00%8 to 1
65
31		Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,142
$5,644		$32,710
$5,292		37.99%2,3921,42082.00%9 to 1
66
19		Denison University Granville, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,000
$4,000		-17.00%2,4161,38084.00%9 to 1
67
11		Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year $63,946
$3,598		$56,128
$2,406		6.00%13,7101,54092.00%7 to 1
68
18		St Lawrence University Canton, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,870
$1,850		$23,840
$720		58.00%2,1751,33083.00%11 to 1
69
4		Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,678
$2,444		$34,730
$1,176		59.00%1,6961,34571.00%11 to 1
70
3		Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,612
$2,990		$42,620
$1,990		52.01%2,7061,37071.00%9 to 1
71
5		Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate, 4-year $63,478
$2,412		-13.00%1,7901,45092.00%10 to 1
72
8		Dickinson College Carlisle, PAPrivate, 4-year $63,450
$2,124		$3,750
-		43.01%2,137-83.00%9 to 1
73
3		Occidental College Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year $63,446
$2,880		$63,446
$2,880		40.00%1,9421,45082.00%9 to 1
74
3		Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $63,434
$2,722		$48,598
-		34.00%1,0991,48084.00%10 to 1
75
6		Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year $63,274
$2,420		$49,450
$893		11.00%16,0021,54091.00%5 to 1
76
19		Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,268
$1,543		$26,295
$1,163		57.00%1,6071,29073.00%8 to 1
77
9		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
78
4		Northeastern University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year $63,141
$2,949		$28,100
$1,091		6.00%30,0131,50091.00%16 to 1
79
4		Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,061
$2,926		$46,318
$1,528		42.00%22,6981,34083.00%15 to 1
80
6		Washington University in St Louis Saint Louis, MOPrivate, 4-year $62,982
$2,392		$62,366
$1,776		12.00%17,0121,54093.00%7 to 1
81
4		Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year $62,840
$2,360		$65,956
$2,994		8.00%31,2751,55094.00%6 to 1
82
10		Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,784
$2,112		$38,604
$1,001		56.00%10,0141,34083.00%12 to 1
83
46		Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year $62,740
$70		-12.00%2,0721,49092.00%9 to 1
84
4		University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year $62,693
$2,392		$62,502
$2,386		12.00%13,1051,50096.00%9 to 1
85
10		Pitzer College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,692
$2,114		-17.00%1,212-85.00%10 to 1
86
7		University of Richmond University of Richmond, VAPrivate, 4-year $62,600
$2,270		$27,852
$1,572		23.00%3,8761,47087.00%8 to 1
87
1		Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,560
$3,230		$52,506
$1,776		30.99%1,7421,39082.00%8 to 1
88
9		Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,484
$4,068		$59,499
$2,289		4.00%18,2831,55095.00%5 to 1
89
-		Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,412
$3,084		-7.00%1,6251,53093.00%8 to 1
90
3		Lewis & Clark College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year $62,350
$2,666		$19,134
$684		75.01%3,5951,31073.00%13 to 1
91
1		Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,326
$3,088		-7.00%1,7161,52094.00%7 to 1
92
6		Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,180
$2,250		$28,020
$820		29.00%7,3941,43091.00%10 to 1
93
12		Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MAPrivate, 4-year $62,080
$1,850		-70.99%1,6671,31079.00%11 to 1
94
15		Western Technical College El Paso, TXPrivate, 4-year $62,046
$24,778		--623-74.00%30 to 1
95
11		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYPrivate, 4-year $61,884
$1,810		$61,873
$200		58.00%6,9681,41083.00%12 to 1
96
1		Lafayette College Easton, PAPrivate, 4-year $61,824
$3,206		-31.00%2,7291,41089.00%10 to 1
97
4		Franklin W Olin College of Engineering Needham, MAPrivate, 4-year $61,802
$3,692		-21.98%3861,53093.00%8 to 1
98
6		Smith College Northampton, MAPrivate, 4-year $61,568
$2,800		$61,260
$2,780		20.00%2,8731,48088.00%8 to 1
99
3		Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year $61,567
$3,485		$25,954
$2,004		56.00%16,5561,40083.00%14 to 1
100
6		Whitman College Walla Walla, WAPrivate, 4-year $61,492
$2,870		-50.01%1,4931,36090.00%9 to 1
101
1		Webb Institute Glen Cove, NYPrivate, 4-year $61,060
$2,910		-20.00%1021,48089.00%9 to 1
102
9		Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJPrivate, 4-year $60,952
$2,328		$42,988
$2,048		43.00%9,3141,44087.00%11 to 1
103
5		College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year $60,850
$2,490		-21.00%3,0831,34091.00%10 to 1
104
1		Providence College Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year $60,848
$2,920		$12,210
$1,140		49.00%4,4731,33085.00%11 to 1
105
1		Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year $60,774
$2,826		$47,722
$1,022		11.00%14,8411,52089.00%9 to 1
106
15		Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year $60,663
$1,698		$37,074
-		78.00%22,3441,33078.00%9 to 1
107
8		New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $60,438
$2,270		$41,124
$1,532		9.00%59,1441,53087.00%8 to 1
108
5		Muhlenberg College Allentown, PAPrivate, 4-year $60,240
$2,235		$16,480
$2,720		64.01%1,9591,31082.00%8 to 1
109
3		University of Michigan-Ann Arbor Ann Arbor, MIPublic, 4-year $60,107
($18,309)
$2,834		$55,052
($27,524)
$2,596		18.00%51,2251,47093.00%12 to 1
110
3		Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year $60,050
$2,960		-14.01%1,9271,45591.00%9 to 1
Average$65,699
($18,309)		$44,462
($27,524)		26.68%8,3581,45685.22%10 to 1