2024 Most Expensive Private Colleges

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 16.49% and the average SAT score is 1,486 at the schools.

Table. Private Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees Comparison
School NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesAcceptance RateTotal PopulationSAT ScoreGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
-		Kenyon College Gambier, OHPrivate, 4-year $69,330
$2,840		-30.71%1,8851,44087.00%9 to 1
2
-		Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,380
$2,536		-31.83%1,9901,39085.00%9 to 1
3
6		University of Southern California Los Angeles, CAPrivate, 4-year $68,237
$3,511		$68,128
$3,462		10.02%48,9451,51092.00%9 to 1
4
1		Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year $68,230
$3,184		$67,006
$3,140		5.23%11,1891,54094.00%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		4.23%34,7821,54095.00%6 to 1
6
13		Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,020
$4,672		-12.91%1,4211,49091.00%8 to 1
7
1		Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year $67,932
$2,904		$28,900
$1,300		20.03%2,2031,45086.00%10 to 1
8
4		Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,844
$2,622		$49,476
$5,804		10.13%13,4311,51093.00%10 to 1
9
2		Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,805
$3,005		$67,805
$3,005		17.73%2,4591,51091.00%7 to 1
10
1		Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,680
$3,504		$35,900
$1,872		15.65%15,2871,49090.00%12 to 1
11
4		Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,420
$3,490		$18,880
-		33.52%2,2051,39083.00%8 to 1
12
-		Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,280
$3,180		-9.82%1,8981,50091.00%7 to 1
13
3		Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,024
$2,734		$67,024
$2,734		11.95%3,1411,48091.00%9 to 1
14
6		Reed College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year $67,020
$2,260		-27.16%1,5341,41079.00%9 to 1
15
2		Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,016
$2,994		$66,736
$2,994		17.10%3,2531,51093.00%7 to 1
16
5		Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,742
$3,600		$42,020
$2,300		49.85%10,0301,36083.00%13 to 1
17
1		Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year $66,600
$3,080		-6.83%2,2991,51088.00%10 to 1
18
4		Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,456
$2,502		-43.79%2,1071,40084.00%9 to 1
19
5		Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,255
$3,438		-13.06%9221,53092.00%8 to 1
20
9		Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,246
$3,721		-7.96%3,4421,51091.00%10 to 1
21
3		University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year $66,104
$2,652		$46,034
$1,872		5.87%28,2011,54096.00%8 to 1
22
2		Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,014
$2,814		$30,085
$66		8.16%25,8981,52095.00%9 to 1
23
6		Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,997
$2,529		$53,871
$847		7.15%23,1611,53096.00%6 to 1
24
1		Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year $65,805
$3,117		$63,985
$2,463		6.78%18,0231,55096.00%6 to 1
25
3		University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,619
$2,679		$66,543
$51		4.79%18,3391,55095.00%5 to 1
Average$67,169$51,79216.49%11,1221,48690.28%8 to 1