2024 Most Expensive 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, 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.

Table. 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		-31.01%1,8851,44087.00%9 to 1
2
-		Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,380
$2,536		-32.00%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		10.00%48,9451,51092.00%9 to 1
4
1		Brown University Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year $68,230
$3,184		$67,006
$3,140		5.00%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		4.00%34,7821,54095.00%6 to 1
6
13		Haverford College Haverford, PAPrivate, 4-year $68,020
$4,672		-13.00%1,4211,49091.00%8 to 1
7
1		Colorado College Colorado Springs, COPrivate, 4-year $67,932
$2,904		$28,900
$1,300		19.99%2,2031,45086.00%10 to 1
8
4		Tufts University Medford, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,844
$2,622		$49,476
$5,804		10.00%13,4311,51093.00%10 to 1
9
2		Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,805
$3,005		$67,805
$3,005		18.00%2,4591,51091.00%7 to 1
10
1		Boston College Chestnut Hill, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,680
$3,504		$35,900
$1,872		16.00%15,2871,49090.00%12 to 1
11
4		Trinity College Hartford, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,420
$3,490		$18,880
-		34.01%2,2051,39083.00%8 to 1
12
-		Amherst College Amherst, MAPrivate, 4-year $67,280
$3,180		-10.00%1,8981,50091.00%7 to 1
13
3		Colgate University Hamilton, NYPrivate, 4-year $67,024
$2,734		$67,024
$2,734		12.00%3,1411,48091.00%9 to 1
14
6		Reed College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year $67,020
$2,260		-27.00%1,5341,41079.00%9 to 1
15
2		Wesleyan University Middletown, CTPrivate, 4-year $67,016
$2,994		$66,736
$2,994		17.00%3,2531,51093.00%7 to 1
16
5		Pepperdine University Malibu, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,742
$3,600		$42,020
$2,300		50.00%10,0301,36083.00%13 to 1
17
1		Colby College Waterville, MEPrivate, 4-year $66,600
$3,080		-7.00%2,2991,51088.00%10 to 1
18
4		Union College Schenectady, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,456
$2,502		-44.00%2,1071,40084.00%9 to 1
19
5		Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $66,255
$3,438		-13.00%9221,53092.00%8 to 1
20
9		Barnard College New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,246
$3,721		-8.00%3,4421,51091.00%10 to 1
21
3		University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year $66,104
$2,652		$46,034
$1,872		6.00%28,2011,54096.00%8 to 1
22
2		Cornell University Ithaca, NYPrivate, 4-year $66,014
$2,814		$30,085
$66		8.00%25,8981,52095.00%9 to 1
23
6		Northwestern University Evanston, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,997
$2,529		$53,871
$847		7.00%23,1611,53096.00%6 to 1
24
1		Duke University Durham, NCPrivate, 4-year $65,805
$3,117		$63,985
$2,463		7.00%18,0231,55096.00%6 to 1
25
3		University of Chicago Chicago, ILPrivate, 4-year $65,619
$2,679		$66,543
$51		5.00%18,3391,55095.00%5 to 1
26
3		Tulane University of Louisiana New Orleans, LAPrivate, 4-year $65,538
$2,694		$66,046
$2,802		15.00%14,0271,45087.00%8 to 1
27
5		Dartmouth College Hanover, NHPrivate, 4-year $65,511
$3,081		$64,068
$3,012		6.00%6,7441,54094.00%7 to 1
28
1		Carleton College Northfield, MNPrivate, 4-year $65,457
$2,823		-22.00%2,0591,50090.00%8 to 1
29
2		Middlebury College Middlebury, VTPrivate, 4-year $65,280
$2,820		$14,550
-		10.00%2,8431,49093.00%9 to 1
30
3		Boston University Boston, MAPrivate, 4-year $65,168
$2,808		$64,712
$2,788		11.00%36,7141,47088.00%11 to 1
31
6		Georgetown University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year $65,081
$3,030		$59,306
$2,257		13.00%20,9841,50095.00%11 to 1
32
2		Brandeis University Waltham, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,946
$2,624		$61,578
$6,354		35.00%5,5811,47087.00%10 to 1
33
17		Bowdoin College Brunswick, MEPrivate, 4-year $64,910
$3,382		-8.00%1,9151,51094.00%9 to 1
34
4		Macalester College Saint Paul, MNPrivate, 4-year $64,908
$2,408		-28.00%2,1751,41087.00%10 to 1
35
16		Grinnell College Grinnell, IAPrivate, 4-year $64,862
$3,382		-13.00%1,7591,49088.00%9 to 1
36
6		Williams College Williamstown, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,860
$3,090		$64,540
$2,765		10.00%2,2221,53095.00%6 to 1
37
9		Connecticut College New London, CTPrivate, 4-year $64,812
$2,192		$13,950
-		38.00%1,9481,40084.00%10 to 1
38
18		George Washington University Washington, DCPrivate, 4-year $64,798
$3,852		$35,154
$1,170		44.00%25,9391,43084.00%12 to 1
39
6		Bucknell University Lewisburg, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,772
$3,026		$28,280
$1,320		32.00%3,7871,37086.00%9 to 1
40
4		Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, NCPrivate, 4-year $64,758
$2,630		$39,350
$22		22.00%8,9631,46089.00%10 to 1
41
7		Villanova University Villanova, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,701
$3,083		$21,361
$54		25.00%10,3831,46090.00%10 to 1
42
7		Yale University New Haven, CTPrivate, 4-year $64,700
$2,450		$48,300
$1,400		5.00%14,7761,54097.00%6 to 1
43
6		Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,678
$3,094		$52,402
$1,524		29.00%12,2011,49085.00%9 to 1
44
6		Oberlin College Oberlin, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,646
$2,622		$29,995
-		33.00%2,9921,44083.00%9 to 1
45
7		Bennington College Bennington, VTPrivate, 4-year $64,644
$3,196		$24,617
-		48.00%8801,35069.00%9 to 1
46
2		Washington and Lee University Lexington, VAPrivate, 4-year $64,525
$2,775		$47,437
-		16.99%2,2431,49094.00%7 to 1
47
7		Southern Methodist University Dallas, TXPrivate, 4-year $64,460
$2,480		$37,062
$198		61.00%12,0531,41082.00%11 to 1
48
1		University of Rochester Rochester, NYPrivate, 4-year $64,348
$2,670		$38,863
$3,805		36.00%12,1971,48089.00%9 to 1
49
8		Wellesley College Wellesley, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,320
$2,400		-14.00%2,4471,51090.00%7 to 1
50
7		Gettysburg College Gettysburg, PAPrivate, 4-year $64,230
$2,470		$4,500
$2,250		48.00%2,8541,35081.00%10 to 1
51
8		Claremont McKenna College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $64,150
$3,435		$68,525
$2,951		11.00%1,3891,51091.00%8 to 1
52
33		Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, MAPrivate, 4-year $64,142
$5,644		$32,710
$5,292		37.99%2,3921,42082.00%9 to 1
53
21		Denison University Granville, OHPrivate, 4-year $64,000
$4,000		-17.00%2,4161,38084.00%9 to 1
54
13		Vanderbilt University Nashville, TNPrivate, 4-year $63,946
$3,598		$56,128
$2,406		6.00%13,7101,54092.00%7 to 1
55
16		St Lawrence University Canton, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,870
$1,850		$23,840
$720		58.00%2,1751,33083.00%11 to 1
56
2		Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,678
$2,444		$34,730
$1,176		59.00%1,6961,34571.00%11 to 1
57
5		Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,612
$2,990		$42,620
$1,990		52.01%2,7061,37071.00%9 to 1
58
3		Bates College Lewiston, MEPrivate, 4-year $63,478
$2,412		-13.00%1,7901,45092.00%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%1,9421,45082.00%9 to 1
61
1		Scripps College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $63,434
$2,722		$48,598
-		34.00%1,0991,48084.00%10 to 1
62
4		Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PAPrivate, 4-year $63,274
$2,420		$49,450
$893		11.00%16,0021,54091.00%5 to 1
63
17		Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,268
$1,543		$26,295
$1,163		57.00%1,6071,29073.00%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%30,0131,50091.00%16 to 1
66
6		Syracuse University Syracuse, NYPrivate, 4-year $63,061
$2,926		$46,318
$1,528		42.00%22,6981,34083.00%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%17,0121,54093.00%7 to 1
68
2		Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MDPrivate, 4-year $62,840
$2,360		$65,956
$2,994		8.00%31,2751,55094.00%6 to 1
69
8		Chapman University Orange, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,784
$2,112		$38,604
$1,001		56.00%10,0141,34083.00%12 to 1
70
44		Hamilton College Clinton, NYPrivate, 4-year $62,740
$70		-12.00%2,0721,49092.00%9 to 1
71
2		University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, INPrivate, 4-year $62,693
$2,392		$62,502
$2,386		12.00%13,1051,50096.00%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%3,8761,47087.00%8 to 1
74
3		Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,560
$3,230		$52,506
$1,776		30.99%1,7421,39082.00%8 to 1
75
11		Stanford University Stanford, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,484
$4,068		$59,499
$2,289		4.00%18,2831,55095.00%5 to 1
76
2		Swarthmore College Swarthmore, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,412
$3,084		-7.00%1,6251,53093.00%8 to 1
77
1		Lewis & Clark College Portland, ORPrivate, 4-year $62,350
$2,666		$19,134
$684		75.01%3,5951,31073.00%13 to 1
78
1		Pomona College Claremont, CAPrivate, 4-year $62,326
$3,088		-7.00%1,7161,52094.00%7 to 1
79
4		Lehigh University Bethlehem, PAPrivate, 4-year $62,180
$2,250		$28,020
$820		29.00%7,3941,43091.00%10 to 1
80
10		Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Norton, MAPrivate, 4-year $62,080
$1,850		-70.99%1,6671,31079.00%11 to 1
81
8		Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Troy, NYPrivate, 4-year $61,884
$1,810		$61,873
$200		58.00%6,9681,41083.00%12 to 1
82
2		Lafayette College Easton, PAPrivate, 4-year $61,824
$3,206		-31.00%2,7291,41089.00%10 to 1
83
2		Smith College Northampton, MAPrivate, 4-year $61,568
$2,800		$61,260
$2,780		20.00%2,8731,48088.00%8 to 1
84
5		Fordham University Bronx, NYPrivate, 4-year $61,567
$3,485		$25,954
$2,004		56.00%16,5561,40083.00%14 to 1
85
2		Whitman College Walla Walla, WAPrivate, 4-year $61,492
$2,870		-50.01%1,4931,36090.00%9 to 1
86
4		Stevens Institute of Technology Hoboken, NJPrivate, 4-year $60,952
$2,328		$42,988
$2,048		43.00%9,3141,44087.00%11 to 1
87
-		College of the Holy Cross Worcester, MAPrivate, 4-year $60,850
$2,490		-21.00%3,0831,34091.00%10 to 1
88
4		Providence College Providence, RIPrivate, 4-year $60,848
$2,920		$12,210
$1,140		49.00%4,4731,33085.00%11 to 1
89
2		Emory University Atlanta, GAPrivate, 4-year $60,774
$2,826		$47,722
$1,022		11.00%14,8411,52089.00%9 to 1
90
10		Drexel University Philadelphia, PAPrivate, 4-year $60,663
$1,698		$37,074
-		78.00%22,3441,33078.00%9 to 1
91
3		New York University New York, NYPrivate, 4-year $60,438
$2,270		$41,124
$1,532		9.00%59,1441,53087.00%8 to 1
92
2		Muhlenberg College Allentown, PAPrivate, 4-year $60,240
$2,235		$16,480
$2,720		64.01%1,9591,31082.00%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%51,2251,47093.00%12 to 1
94
-		Davidson College Davidson, NCPrivate, 4-year $60,050
$2,960		-14.01%1,9271,45591.00%9 to 1
Average$64,323
($18,309)		$44,210
($27,524)		25.67%9,6641,45587.85%9 to 1