A college has broken the $75,000 barrier for total published costs, and many elite institutions trail not far behind. See which colleges charge the most, along with the growth in tuition discount rates.
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NewsGetting the Price Just Right
To slash or not to slash, college officials wonder when their tuition pricing isn’t bringing the desired results. -
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Most-Expensive 4-Year Private Nonprofit Institutions
More than half of the 100 colleges that had the greatest overall cost for tuition, fees, and room and board were in three states. -
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Most-Expensive 4-Year Public Institutions
Relatively high room-and-board costs helped put nine University of California campuses near the top of the list. -
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Colleges With the Greatest Gaps Between Instruction Spending and Tuition Revenue
Colleges with high shares of online students tended to take in far more in tuition and fees than they spent on instruction. -
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Change in Average Published Tuition and Fees, by Sector Since 1988
The average published tuition and fees for four-year public institutions more than tripled over 30 years. -
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Change in Average Tuition-Discount Rates at Private Nonprofit Colleges Since 2007
The share of tuition revenue that went back to first-time, full-time freshmen in discounts surpassed 50 percent in the last two academic years.
