Colleges That Charged $50,000 or More in 2012-13
The number of institutions that charge students $50,000 or more for tuition, fees, room, and board rose from 123 in 2011-12 to 149 in 2012-13. Sixty percent of the institutions in the high-cost group are in four states: New York, Massachusetts, California, and Pennsylvania.
| Rank | Institution | 2012-13 | 2011-12 | 1-year increase |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Sarah Lawrence College | $61,236 | $59,170 | 3.5% |
| 2 | Landmark College | $59,370 | $57,330 | 3.6% |
| 3 | New York U. | $59,337 | $56,787 | 4.5% |
| 4 | Harvey Mudd College | $58,913 | $56,268 | 4.7% |
| 5 | Columbia U. Columbia College | $58,742 | $56,310 | 4.3% |
| 6 | Wesleyan U. | $58,502 | $56,006 | 4.5% |
| 7 | Claremont McKenna College | $58,065 | $55,865 | 3.9% |
| 8 | Dartmouth College | $57,996 | $55,365 | 4.8% |
| 9 | New School Parsons School of Design | $57,910 | $54,610 | 6.0% |
| 10 | Johns Hopkins U. | $57,820 | $55,742 | 3.7% |
| 11 | U. of Chicago | $57,711 | $55,416 | 4.1% |
| 12 | Bard College | $57,580 | $55,592 | 3.6% |
| 13 | Trinity College (Conn.) | $57,530 | $55,450 | 3.8% |
| 14 | Barnard College | $57,312 | $55,566 | 3.1% |
| 15 | Carnegie Mellon U. | $57,310 | $54,922 | 4.3% |
| 16 | Washington U. in St. Louis | $57,285 | $55,111 | 3.9% |
| 17 | Pitzer College | $57,266 | $54,988 | 4.1% |
| 18 | Bates College | $57,235 | $55,300 | 3.5% |
| 19 | Northwestern U. | $57,108 | $54,763 | 4.3% |
| 20 | Fordham U. | $57,106 | $54,893 | 4.0% |
| 21 | Cornell U. | $57,091 | $54,695 | 4.4% |
| 22 | Scripps College | $57,088 | $54,900 | 4.0% |
| 23 | Vassar College | $57,070 | $55,135 | 3.5% |
| 24 | Stevens Institute of Technology | $57,056 | $55,276 | 3.2% |
| 25 | Oberlin College | $57,025 | $54,760 | 4.1% |
| 26 | Occidental College | $56,998 | $54,950 | 3.7% |
| 27 | Haverford College | $56,992 | $55,050 | 3.5% |
| 28 | Bennington College | $56,990 | $54,960 | 3.7% |
| 29 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $56,925 | $54,679 | 4.1% |
| 30 | U. of Southern California | $56,903 | $54,896 | 3.7% |
| 31 | Connecticut College | $56,790 | $54,970 | 3.3% |
| 32 | Tulane U. | $56,780 | $54,284 | 4.6% |
| 33 | Williams College | $56,770 | $54,560 | 4.1% |
| 34 | Brandeis U. | $56,716 | $53,954 | 5.1% |
| 35 | Georgetown U. | $56,706 | $54,936 | 3.2% |
| 36 | Tufts U. | $56,644 | $54,474 | 4.0% |
| 37 | Vanderbilt U. | $56,612 | $55,556 | 1.9% |
| 38 | U. of Rochester | $56,544 | $53,922 | 4.9% |
| 39 | Eastman School of Music of U. of Rochester | $56,510 | $54,621 | 3.5% |
| 40 | Boston College | $56,486 | $54,528 | 3.6% |
| 41 | Boston Conservatory | $56,380 | $54,160 | 4.1% |
| 42 | New School | $56,340 | $53,070 | 6.2% |
| 43 | Bard College at Simon’s Rock | $56,335 | $54,960 | 2.5% |
| 44 | Hampshire College | $56,320 | $54,060 | 4.2% |
| 45 | George Washington U. | $56,310 | $54,473 | 3.4% |
| 46 | Union College (N.Y.) | $56,289 | $54,273 | 3.7% |
| 47 | Amherst College | $56,260 | $54,098 | 4.0% |
| 48 | Bucknell U. | $56,190 | $54,240 | 3.6% |
| 49 | Boston U. | $56,184 | $54,130 | 3.8% |
| 50 | Bowdoin College | $56,128 | $54,470 | 3.0% |
| 51 | Franklin & Marshall College | $56,110 | $54,110 | 3.7% |
| 52 | Duke U. | $56,056 | $53,932 | 3.9% |
| 53 | Carleton College | $55,998 | $54,180 | 3.4% |
| 54 | Middlebury College | $55,950 | $53,800 | 4.0% |
| 55 | U. of Pennsylvania | $55,934 | $53,976 | 3.6% |
| 56 | Reed College | $55,920 | $53,850 | 3.8% |
| 57 | St. Lawrence U. | $55,825 | $53,740 | 3.9% |
| 58 | Columbia U. School of General Studies | $55,822 | $53,853 | 3.7% |
| 59 | Skidmore College | $55,764 | $53,684 | 3.9% |
| 60 | Dickinson College | $55,754 | $53,885 | 3.5% |
| 61 | Swarthmore College | $55,750 | $53,250 | 4.7% |
| 62 | Colgate U. | $55,715 | $53,570 | 4.0% |
| 63 | Colby College | $55,700 | $53,800 | 3.5% |
| 64 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $55,699 | $53,767 | 3.6% |
| 65 | Lafayette College | $55,688 | $53,720 | 3.7% |
| 66 | St. John’s College (N.M.) | $55,648 | $53,990 | 3.1% |
| 67 | Hamilton College (N.Y.) | $55,620 | $53,470 | 4.0% |
| 68 | Babson College | $55,618 | $53,730 | 3.5% |
| 69 | St. John’s College (Md.) | $55,598 | $53,990 | 3.0% |
| 70 | Bryn Mawr College | $55,586 | $53,714 | 3.5% |
| 71 | Pepperdine U. | $55,372 | $52,596 | 5.3% |
| 72 | Smith College | $55,320 | $53,460 | 3.5% |
| 73 | Yale U. | $55,300 | $52,700 | 4.9% |
| 74 | New School Mannes College of Music | $55,290 | $52,040 | 6.2% |
| 75 | Southern Methodist U. | $55,289 | $52,645 | 5.0% |
| 76 | Fairfield U. | $55,280 | $53,260 | 3.8% |
| 77 | College of the Holy Cross | $55,130 | $52,758 | 4.5% |
| 78 | Wellesley College | $55,114 | $53,250 | 3.5% |
| 79 | Emory U. | $54,980 | $52,792 | 4.1% |
| 80 | Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $54,975 | $53,450 | 2.9% |
| 81 | Brown U. | $54,974 | $53,136 | 3.5% |
| 82 | Pomona College | $54,964 | $53,110 | 3.5% |
| 83 | Wheaton College (Mass.) | $54,934 | $52,564 | 4.5% |
| 84 | U. of Notre Dame | $54,905 | $52,805 | 4.0% |
| 85 | Wake Forest U. | $54,860 | $52,986 | 3.5% |
| 86 | Gettysburg College | $54,770 | $52,790 | 3.8% |
| 87 | Kenyon College | $54,760 | $52,650 | 4.0% |
| 88 | Providence College | $54,646 | $53,115 | 2.9% |
| 89 | Loyola U. Maryland | $54,550 | $52,485 | 3.9% |
| 90 | Harvard U. | $54,496 | $52,650 | 3.5% |
| 91 | Washington and Lee U. | $54,368 | $52,614 | 3.3% |
| 92 | Chapman U. | $54,288 | $53,191 | 2.1% |
| 93 | Villanova U. | $54,260 | $52,200 | 3.9% |
| 94 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $54,238 | $52,507 | 3.3% |
| 95 | Drew U. | $54,216 | $52,454 | 3.4% |
| 96 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $54,030 | $51,964 | 4.0% |
| 97 | Stanford U. | $53,971 | $52,341 | 3.1% |
| 98 | U. of Richmond | $53,970 | $52,420 | 3.0% |
| 99 | Ursinus College | $53,850 | $51,950 | 3.7% |
| 100 | Cleveland Institute of Music | $53,818 | $51,445 | 4.6% |
| 101 | Mount Holyoke College | $53,596 | $53,596 | 0.0% |
| 102 | Lehigh U. | $53,450 | $51,800 | 3.2% |
| 103 | Berklee College of Music | $53,440 | $51,300 | 4.2% |
| 104 | American U. | $53,419 | $51,719 | 3.3% |
| 105 | Macalester College | $53,419 | $51,417 | 3.9% |
| 106 | Northeastern U. | $53,356 | $51,472 | 3.7% |
| 107 | Rhode Island School of Design | $53,312 | $51,429 | 3.7% |
| 108 | U. of Miami (Fla.) | $53,102 | $51,182 | 3.8% |
| 109 | Polytechnic Institute of New York U. | $53,064 | $47,962 | 10.6% |
| 110 | Dominican U. of California | $52,990 | $51,810 | 2.3% |
| 111 | Case Western Reserve U. | $52,926 | $51,058 | 3.7% |
| 112 | Santa Clara U. | $52,848 | $51,045 | 3.5% |
| 113 | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | $52,830 | $51,360 | 2.9% |
| 114 | Syracuse U. | $52,696 | $50,921 | 3.5% |
| 115 | Whitman College | $52,666 | $50,656 | 4.0% |
| 116 | Denison U. | $52,640 | $50,160 | 4.9% |
| 117 | Bentley U. | $52,588 | $50,848 | 3.4% |
| 118 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $52,413 | $50,902 | 3.0% |
| 119 | Rollins College | $52,370 | $50,400 | 3.9% |
| 120 | Loyola Marymount U. | $52,325 | $50,850 | 2.9% |
| 121 | Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins U. | $52,295 | $50,325 | 3.9% |
| 122 | Davidson College | $52,155 | $49,723 | 4.9% |
| 123 | Furman U. | $52,041 | $49,752 | 4.6% |
| 124 | U. of San Diego | $51,880 | $50,334 | 3.1% |
| 125 | Quinnipiac U. | $51,800 | $49,560 | 4.5% |
| 126 | Saint Mary’s College of California | $51,720 | $49,990 | 3.5% |
| 127 | California Institute of Technology | $51,672 | $49,380 | 4.6% |
| 128 | Mills College | $51,660 | $50,570 | 2.2% |
| 129 | Pratt Institute | $51,598 | $49,520 | 4.2% |
| 130 | U. of San Francisco | $51,524 | $49,674 | 3.7% |
| 131 | Princeton U. | $51,280 | $49,069 | 4.5% |
| 132 | U. of Redlands | $51,262 | $48,508 | 5.7% |
| 133 | Pace U. New York Campus | $51,164 | $49,262 | 3.9% |
| 134 | Clarkson U. (N.Y.) | $51,144 | $48,830 | 4.7% |
| 135 | Muhlenberg College | $50,865 | $48,955 | 3.9% |
| 136 | New England Conservatory of Music | $50,805 | $48,800 | 4.1% |
| 137 | Catholic U. of America | $50,794 | $49,284 | 3.1% |
| 138 | St. John’s U. (N.Y.) | $50,790 | $48,475 | 4.8% |
| 139 | Lewis & Clark College | $50,688 | $48,514 | 4.5% |
| 140 | U. of Puget Sound | $50,640 | $48,740 | 3.9% |
| 141 | Saint Joseph’s U. | $50,630 | $48,846 | 3.7% |
| 142 | Grinnell College | $50,618 | $49,144 | 3.0% |
| 143 | Willamette U. | $50,594 | $48,362 | 4.6% |
| 144 | San Francisco Art Institute | $50,462 | $48,101 | 4.9% |
| 145 | Ithaca College | $50,400 | $48,132 | 4.7% |
| 146 | U. of the Pacific | $50,358 | $47,978 | 5.0% |
| 147 | Drexel U. | $50,265 | $47,900 | 4.9% |
| 148 | U. of Scranton | $50,260 | $48,474 | 3.7% |
| 149 | Maryland Institute College of Art | $50,220 | $48,240 | 4.1% |
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