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99 Institutions Charged $50K or More in 2010-11

August 21, 2011

HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011SECTIONS: ▶ Finance▶ The Profession▶ Student Demographics
▶ Access and Equity▶ Technology▶ International

Only 58 institutions published prices that high for tuition, fees, room, and board the previous year. Many students paid less after receiving financial aid.

Published tuition, fees, room, and board

Institution 2010-11 2009-10 1-year increase
Sarah Lawrence College $57,384 $55,788 2.9%
Landmark College $56,500 $53,900 4.8%
Columbia U. School of General Studies $54,782 $51,930 5.5%

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HOME: ▶ Almanac 2011 SECTIONS: ▶ Finance ▶ The Profession ▶ Student Demographics
▶ Access and Equity ▶ Technology ▶ International

Only 58 institutions published prices that high for tuition, fees, room, and board the previous year. Many students paid less after receiving financial aid.

Published tuition, fees, room, and board

Institution 2010-11 2009-10 1-year increase
Sarah Lawrence College $57,384 $55,788 2.9%
Landmark College $56,500 $53,900 4.8%
Columbia U. School of General Studies $54,782 $51,930 5.5%
Wesleyan U. $53,976 $51,432 4.9%
Columbia U. $53,874 $51,544 4.5%
Johns Hopkins U. $53,690 $51,690 3.9%
Georgetown U. $53,591 $52,161 2.7%
New York U. $53,589 $51,993 3.1%
Harvey Mudd College $53,588 $51,137 4.8%
Barnard College $53,496 $50,969 5.0%
Bard College $53,480 $51,180 4.5%
Trinity College (Conn.) $53,330 $51,400 3.8%
Washington U. in St. Louis $53,315 $51,193 4.1%
Bates College $53,300 $51,300 3.9%
U. of Chicago $53,244 $51,078 4.2%
Claremont McKenna College $53,230 $51,035 4.3%
Connecticut College $53,110 $51,115 3.9%
Fordham U. $53,093 $50,598 4.9%
Vassar College $53,090 $51,470 3.1%
Pitzer College $53,080 $50,770 4.5%
George Washington U. $53,025 $51,775 2.4%
Vanderbilt U. $52,990 $51,228 3.4%
Haverford College $52,970 $50,975 3.9%
Stevens Institute of Technology $52,965 $50,750 4.4%
Bennington College $52,900 $50,860 4.0%
Scripps College $52,900 $50,550 4.6%
Bowdoin College $52,880 $50,900 3.9%
New School Parsons School of Design $52,870 $51,270 3.1%
Tufts U. $52,866 $51,088 3.5%
Occidental College $52,815 $49,702 6.3%
Carnegie Mellon U. $52,690 $51,068 3.2%
Boston College $52,624 $50,970 3.2%
Bard College at Simon’s Rock $52,610 $50,340 4.5%
U. of Southern California $52,602 $50,732 3.7%
Oberlin College $52,587 $50,484 4.2%
Middlebury College $52,500 $50,780 3.4%
Northwestern U. $52,463 $50,164 4.6%
Dartmouth College $52,445 $50,084 4.7%
Eastman School of Music of U. of Rochester $52,372 $50,326 4.1%
Williams College $52,340 $49,880 4.9%
Union College $52,329 $50,439 3.7%
Cornell U. $52,316 $50,114 4.4%
Bucknell U. $52,280 $50,320 3.9%
Hampshire College $52,202 $50,450 3.5%
St. John’s College (Md.) $52,176 $50,352 3.6%
St. John’s College (N.M.) $52,176 $49,992 4.4%
Skidmore College $52,170 $51,196 1.9%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges $52,168 $50,245 3.8%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute $52,145 $50,310 3.6%
Boston U. $52,124 $50,288 3.7%
Carleton College $52,110 $50,205 3.8%
Franklin & Marshall College $52,110 $50,410 3.4%
Tulane U. $52,110 $50,190 3.8%
Colgate U. $52,060 $50,940 2.2%
Mount Holyoke College $52,036 $50,576 2.9%
Colby College $51,990 $50,320 3.3%
Boston Conservatory $51,985 $49,856 4.3%
Dickinson College $51,975 $50,219 3.5%
Wellesley College $51,950 $49,848 4.2%
U. of Pennsylvania $51,944 $49,986 3.9%
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering $51,925 $50,025 3.8%
U. of Rochester $51,922 $49,890 4.1%
Babson College $51,916 $50,324 3.2%
Smith College $51,898 $50,380 3.0%
Duke U. $51,865 $49,895 3.9%
Reed College $51,850 $49,950 3.8%
Bryn Mawr College $51,780 $50,034 3.5%
Lafayette College $51,774 $50,289 3.0%
St. Lawrence U. $51,770 $49,925 3.7%
Hamilton College (N.Y.) $51,760 $49,860 3.8%
Amherst College $51,520 $49,078 5.0%
Swarthmore College $51,500 $49,600 3.8%
Brandeis U. $51,488 $49,562 3.9%
Chapman U. $51,481 $49,596 3.8%
Fairfield U. $51,430 $49,410 4.1%
Gettysburg College $51,390 $48,460 6.0%
Brown U. $51,360 $49,128 4.5%
New School Eugene Lang College $51,350 $49,810 3.1%
Berklee College of Music $51,335 $48,733 5.3%
Pomona College $51,330 $49,668 3.3%
Wheaton College (Mass.) $51,264 $49,440 3.7%
Providence College $51,125 $44,480 14.9%
Wake Forest U. $50,980 $49,032 4.0%
College of the Holy Cross $50,832 $49,342 3.0%
U. of Notre Dame $50,785 $48,845 4.0%
Harvard College $50,724 $48,684 4.2%
U. of California at Berkeley (out-of-state residents) $50,649 $47,726 6.1%
Drew U. $50,647 $48,385 4.7%
Washington and Lee U. $50,630 $48,702 4.0%
Stanford U. $50,576 $48,843 3.5%
Villanova U. $50,550 $49,330 2.5%
Pepperdine U. $50,470 $48,750 3.5%
West Coast U. $50,453 n/a n/a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $50,446 $49,142 2.7%
U. of Richmond $50,420 $48,490 4.0%
Kenyon College $50,400 $48,240 4.5%
New School Mannes College of Music $50,360 $48,860 3.1%
Emory U. $50,356 $48,932 2.9%
Lehigh U. $50,300 $48,830 3.0%
Worcester Polytechnic Institute $50,240 $48,868 2.8%
American U. $50,165 $47,903 4.7%
Cleveland Institute of Music $50,005 $47,157 6.0%
Loyola U. Maryland $50,000 $47,810 4.6%

Note: The designation “n/a” means data were not available. Students incur additional costs not included in these figures, such as for books and transportation. Many students pay less than the published price because of financial aid. This list includes units of institutions that are also shown on the list.

Source: “Annual Survey of Colleges 2010.” © 2010, the College Board. This material may not be copied, published, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.

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