Private Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees

The 2024 average tuition & fees is $37,229 over 855 4-years private colleges. It is a 3.78% increase compared to last year. Compared to last year, tuition at 750 private colleges increased, and tuition at 27 colleges decreased.
Kenyon College is the most expensive private college with tuition & fees of $69,330.
Columbia University in the City of New York ($69,045) and Franklin and Marshall College ($68,380) are following it in the list of Private Colleges with the Highest Tuition & Fees.

Key Admission and Academic Facts of Private Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees

The average acceptance rate is 17.04% and the average SAT score is 1,478 at the schools.
The following table compares the tuition and other academic characteristics between 25 Private Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees.
Table. Private Colleges With The Highest Tuition & Fees Comparison
School NameUndergraduate Tuition & FeesGraduate Tuition & FeesAcceptance RateTotal PopulationSAT ScoreGraduation RateStudents to Faculty Ratio
1
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Kenyon College Gambier, OH
Private, four-years
$69,330
$2,840
-34.30%1,8851,42087.00%9 to 1
2
1
Columbia University in the City of New York New York, NY
Private, four-years
$69,045
$3,537
$56,279 $1,6523.95%34,7821,53095.00%6 to 1
3
1
Franklin and Marshall College Lancaster, PA
Private, four-years
$68,380
$2,536
-36.23%1,9901,37885.00%9 to 1
4
16
Haverford College Haverford, PA
Private, four-years
$68,300
$4,952
-14.21%1,4211,50091.00%8 to 1
5
5
University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA
Private, four-years
$68,237
$3,511
$68,128 $3,46212.02%48,9451,52092.00%9 to 1
6
1
Brown University Providence, RI
Private, four-years
$68,230
$3,184
$67,006 $3,1405.06%11,1891,54094.00%6 to 1
7
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Colorado College Colorado Springs, CO
Private, four-years
$67,932
$2,904
$28,900 $1,30016.30%2,2031,37086.00%10 to 1
8
4
Tufts University Medford, MA
Private, four-years
$67,844
$2,622
$49,476 $5,8049.69%13,4311,51093.00%10 to 1
9
1
Vassar College Poughkeepsie, NY
Private, four-years
$67,805
$3,005
$67,805 $3,00518.66%2,4591,49091.00%7 to 1
10
2
Boston College Chestnut Hill, MA
Private, four-years
$67,680
$3,504
$35,900 $1,87216.66%15,2871,49090.00%12 to 1
11
5
Trinity College Hartford, CT
Private, four-years
$67,420
$3,490
$18,880-36.14%2,2051,38083.00%8 to 1
12
2
Wesleyan University Middletown, CT
Private, four-years
$67,316
$3,294
$66,736 $2,99414.43%3,2531,42093.00%7 to 1
13
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Amherst College Amherst, MA
Private, four-years
$67,280
$3,180
-7.26%1,8981,51091.00%7 to 1
14
3
Colgate University Hamilton, NY
Private, four-years
$67,024
$2,734
$67,024 $2,73412.43%3,1411,48091.00%9 to 1
15
6
Reed College Portland, OR
Private, four-years
$67,020
$2,260
-30.80%1,5341,41079.00%9 to 1
16
7
University of Chicago Chicago, IL
Private, four-years
$66,939
$3,999
$66,543 $515.43%18,3391,54095.00%5 to 1
17
5
Pepperdine University Malibu, CA
Private, four-years
$66,742
$3,600
$42,020 $2,30048.71%10,0301,39083.00%13 to 1
18
1
Colby College Waterville, ME
Private, four-years
$66,600
$3,080
-7.61%2,2991,49088.00%10 to 1
19
4
Union College Schenectady, NY
Private, four-years
$66,456
$2,502
-46.51%2,1071,39084.00%9 to 1
20
5
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, CA
Private, four-years
$66,255
$3,438
-13.36%9221,53092.00%8 to 1
21
9
Barnard College New York, NY
Private, four-years
$66,246
$3,721
-8.79%3,4421,50591.00%10 to 1
22
3
University of Pennsylvania Philadelphia, PA
Private, four-years
$66,104
$2,652
$46,034 $1,8726.50%28,2011,54096.00%8 to 1
23
2
Cornell University Ithaca, NY
Private, four-years
$66,014
$2,814
$30,085 $667.47%25,8981,53095.00%9 to 1
24
6
Northwestern University Evanston, IL
Private, four-years
$65,997
$2,529
$53,871 $8477.21%23,1611,53096.00%6 to 1
25
1
Duke University Durham, NC
Private, four-years
$65,805
$3,117
$63,985 $2,4636.35%18,0231,55096.00%6 to 1
Average$67,280$51,79217.04%11,1221,47890.28%8 to 1
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