The Most Expensive Colleges in America

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We all know college is expensive, but these schools really take the cake.

Wondering which colleges are the most expensive colleges in America?

Our list of the 100 Most Expensive Colleges in the U.S. is broken down by net price, which means it’s what the average student will pay for everything — tuition, room & board, and fees — after accounting for scholarships and grants.

rank	name	Price	Niche Grade	Location	Total Students	Acceptance Rate
rank 1	name List College - The Jewish Theological Seminary	Price $53,557	Niche Grade A	Location New York, NY	Total Students 147	Acceptance Rate 47%
rank 2	name California Institute of the Arts	Price $52,656	Niche Grade B	Location Valencia, CA	Total Students 997	Acceptance Rate 23%
rank 3	name Ringling College of Art & Design	Price $50,594	Niche Grade B-	Location Sarasota, FL	Total Students 1519	Acceptance Rate 67%
rank 4	name The New School	Price $48,447	Niche Grade A-	Location New York, NY	Total Students 6624	Acceptance Rate 57%
rank 5	name San Francisco Art Institute	Price $47,947	Niche Grade C	Location San Francisco, CA	Total Students 267	Acceptance Rate 95%
rank 6	name New England Conservatory of Music	Price $47,881	Niche Grade B+	Location Boston, MA	Total Students 438	Acceptance Rate 36%
rank 7	name School of the Art Institute of Chicago	Price $47,785	Niche Grade B	Location Chicago, IL	Total Students 2746	Acceptance Rate 59%
rank 8	name Emerson College	Price $46,054	Niche Grade B+	Location Boston, MA	Total Students 3779	Acceptance Rate 36%
rank 9	name Pratt Institute	Price $44,920	Niche Grade B	Location Brooklyn, NY	Total Students 3536	Acceptance Rate 51%
rank 10	name Otis College of Art and Design	Price $44,855	Niche Grade B-	Location Los Angeles, CA	Total Students 1068	Acceptance Rate 94%
rank 11	name Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology	Price $44,063	Niche Grade A+	Location Terre Haute, IN	Total Students 2063	Acceptance Rate 68%
rank 12	name Worcester Polytechnic Institute	Price $43,815	Niche Grade A+	Location Worcester, MA	Total Students 4527	Acceptance Rate 42%
rank 13	name Berklee College of Music	Price $43,799	Niche Grade B	Location Boston, MA	Total Students 4962	Acceptance Rate 48%
rank 14	name Loyola Marymount University	Price $43,779	Niche Grade A	Location Los Angeles, CA	Total Students 6466	Acceptance Rate 47%
rank 15	name Art Center College of Design	Price $43,416	Niche Grade B	Location Pasadena, CA	Total Students 1731	Acceptance Rate 68%
rank 16	name Oberlin College	Price $43,407	Niche Grade A	Location Oberlin, OH	Total Students 2758	Acceptance Rate 36%
rank 17	name American Musical & Dramatic Academy	Price $43,399	Niche Grade B	Location New York, NY	Total Students 1676	Acceptance Rate 24%
rank 18	name Manhattan School of Music	Price $43,393	Niche Grade B	Location New York, NY	Total Students 507	Acceptance Rate 38%
rank 19	name Savannah College of Art & Design	Price $43,331	Niche Grade B-	Location Savannah, GA	Total Students 9752	Acceptance Rate 70%
rank 20	name University of Miami	Price $43,305	Niche Grade A+	Location Coral Gables, FL	Total Students 10484	Acceptance Rate 32%
rank 21	name Maryland Institute College of Art	Price $42,314	Niche Grade B-	Location Baltimore, MD	Total Students 1689	Acceptance Rate 64%
rank 22	name Santa Clara University	Price $41,545	Niche Grade A+	Location Santa Clara, CA	Total Students 5440	Acceptance Rate 50%
rank 23	name Chapman University	Price $41,463	Niche Grade A	Location Orange, CA	Total Students 6785	Acceptance Rate 54%
rank 24	name Sacred Heart University	Price $41,403	Niche Grade B-	Location Fairfield, CT	Total Students 5130	Acceptance Rate 60%
rank 25	name Bard College at Simon's Rock	Price $40,985	Niche Grade B-	Location Great Barrington, MA	Total Students 385	Acceptance Rate 81%
rank 26	name Pepperdine University	Price $40,941	Niche Grade A	Location Malibu, CA	Total Students 3336	Acceptance Rate 36%
rank 27	name California College of the Arts	Price $40,665	Niche Grade B-	Location San Francisco, CA	Total Students 1406	Acceptance Rate 88%
rank 28	name Quinnipiac University	Price $40,208	Niche Grade B	Location Hamden, CT	Total Students 7051	Acceptance Rate 72%
rank 29	name Sarah Lawrence College	Price $40,022	Niche Grade B+	Location Bronxville, NY	Total Students 1396	Acceptance Rate 56%
rank 30	name University of Puget Sound	Price $39,990	Niche Grade A-	Location Tacoma, WA	Total Students 2348	Acceptance Rate 88%
rank 31	name New York University	Price $39,935	Niche Grade A+	Location New York, NY	Total Students 25725	Acceptance Rate 20%
rank 32	name Stevens Institute of Technology	Price $39,862	Niche Grade A	Location Hoboken, NJ	Total Students 3420	Acceptance Rate 41%
rank 33	name Spelman College	Price $39,822	Niche Grade A-	Location Atlanta, GA	Total Students 2123	Acceptance Rate 39%
rank 34	name San Francisco Conservatory of Music	Price $39,799	Niche Grade B+	Location San Francisco, CA	Total Students 221	Acceptance Rate 45%
rank 35	name Fairfield University	Price $39,791	Niche Grade A-	Location Fairfield, CT	Total Students 3989	Acceptance Rate 60%
rank 36	name Brandeis University	Price $39,735	Niche Grade A	Location Waltham, MA	Total Students 3619	Acceptance Rate 31%
rank 37	name Massachusetts College of Pharmacy & Health Sciences	Price $39,665	Niche Grade B	Location Boston, MA	Total Students 3727	Acceptance Rate 93%
rank 38	name George Washington University	Price $39,600	Niche Grade A	Location Washington, DC	Total Students 11334	Acceptance Rate 42%
rank 39	name Union College - New York	Price $39,538	Niche Grade A	Location Schenectady, NY	Total Students 2195	Acceptance Rate 39%
rank 40	name Lynn University	Price $39,401	Niche Grade B-	Location Boca Raton, FL	Total Students 2049	Acceptance Rate 70%
rank 41	name University of the Arts	Price $39,387	Niche Grade B-	Location Philadelphia, PA	Total Students 1712	Acceptance Rate 75%
rank 42	name Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute	Price $39,308	Niche Grade A+	Location Troy, NY	Total Students 6607	Acceptance Rate 43%
rank 43	name Rhode Island School of Design	Price $39,289	Niche Grade A	Location Providence, RI	Total Students 1994	Acceptance Rate 24%
rank 44	name High Point University	Price $39,229	Niche Grade B-	Location High Point, NC	Total Students 4504	Acceptance Rate 77%
rank 45	name Scripps College	Price $39,070	Niche Grade A	Location Claremont, CA	Total Students 1046	Acceptance Rate 24%
rank 46	name College for Creative Studies	Price $39,067	Niche Grade B	Location Detroit, MI	Total Students 1136	Acceptance Rate 42%
rank 47	name Kettering University	Price $39,036	Niche Grade B+	Location Flint, MI	Total Students 1825	Acceptance Rate 70%
rank 48	name Loyola University Maryland	Price $39,027	Niche Grade A-	Location Baltimore, MD	Total Students 3833	Acceptance Rate 79%
rank 49	name Fordham University	Price $39,011	Niche Grade A-	Location Bronx, NY	Total Students 9149	Acceptance Rate 46%
rank 50	name Syracuse University	Price $39,005	Niche Grade A	Location Syracuse, NY	Total Students 14655	Acceptance Rate 50%
rank 51	name Connecticut College	Price $38,890	Niche Grade A-	Location New London, CT	Total Students 1798	Acceptance Rate 38%
rank 52	name Morehouse College	Price $38,878	Niche Grade B-	Location Atlanta, GA	Total Students 2146	Acceptance Rate 58%
rank 53	name Harvey Mudd College	Price $38,768	Niche Grade A+	Location Claremont, CA	Total Students 887	Acceptance Rate 14%
rank 54	name Vaughn College of Aeronautics and Technology	Price $38,702	Niche Grade C+	Location Flushing, NY	Total Students 1294	Acceptance Rate 100%
rank 55	name Champlain College	Price $38,577	Niche Grade B	Location Burlington, VT	Total Students 2488	Acceptance Rate 75%
rank 56	name Southern Methodist University	Price $38,562	Niche Grade A+	Location Dallas, TX	Total Students 6273	Acceptance Rate 51%
rank 57	name Hobart and William Smith Colleges	Price $38,311	Niche Grade A-	Location Geneva, NY	Total Students 2208	Acceptance Rate 57%
rank 58	name Bentley University	Price $38,270	Niche Grade A	Location Waltham, MA	Total Students 4185	Acceptance Rate 43%
rank 59	name Whitman College	Price $38,109	Niche Grade A	Location Walla Walla, WA	Total Students 1436	Acceptance Rate 50%
rank 60	name Bryant University	Price $38,102	Niche Grade B+	Location Smithfield, RI	Total Students 3453	Acceptance Rate 76%
rank 61	name Marymount Manhattan College	Price $37,989	Niche Grade C	Location New York, NY	Total Students 1861	Acceptance Rate 78%
rank 62	name Butler University	Price $37,954	Niche Grade A-	Location Indianapolis, IN	Total Students 4520	Acceptance Rate 68%
rank 63	name Providence College	Price $37,842	Niche Grade A-	Location Providence, RI	Total Students 3904	Acceptance Rate 49%
rank 64	name Tulane University	Price $37,692	Niche Grade A+	Location New Orleans, LA	Total Students 6898	Acceptance Rate 17%
rank 65	name Marist College	Price $37,421	Niche Grade A-	Location Poughkeepsie, NY	Total Students 5139	Acceptance Rate 46%
rank 66	name Texas Christian University	Price $37,344	Niche Grade A	Location Fort Worth, TX	Total Students 9162	Acceptance Rate 41%
rank 67	name Occidental College	Price $37,173	Niche Grade A	Location Los Angeles, CA	Total Students 1907	Acceptance Rate 37%
rank 68	name Roger Williams University	Price $37,138	Niche Grade B-	Location Bristol, RI	Total Students 3962	Acceptance Rate 86%
rank 69	name Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts	Price $36,988	Niche Grade C+	Location Philadelphia, PA	Total Students 197	Acceptance Rate 90%
rank 70	name Villanova University	Price $36,958	Niche Grade A+	Location Villanova, PA	Total Students 6565	Acceptance Rate 29%
rank 71	name Drexel University	Price $36,727	Niche Grade A-	Location Philadelphia, PA	Total Students 13942	Acceptance Rate 77%
rank 72	name University of Scranton	Price $36,725	Niche Grade A-	Location Scranton, PA	Total Students 3565	Acceptance Rate 73%
rank 73	name Cleveland Institute of Music	Price $36,703	Niche Grade B	Location Cleveland, OH	Total Students 231	Acceptance Rate 37%
rank 74	name Belmont University	Price $36,694	Niche Grade B	Location Nashville, TN	Total Students 6367	Acceptance Rate 82%
rank 75	name Muhlenberg College	Price $36,541	Niche Grade A-	Location Allentown, PA	Total Students 2248	Acceptance Rate 62%
rank 76	name Bucknell University	Price $36,305	Niche Grade A+	Location Lewisburg, PA	Total Students 3581	Acceptance Rate 33%
rank 77	name University of Southern California	Price $36,161	Niche Grade A+	Location Los Angeles, CA	Total Students 19194	Acceptance Rate 13%
rank 78	name Laguna College of Art & Design	Price $36,133	Niche Grade B-	Location Laguna Beach, CA	Total Students 618	Acceptance Rate 81%
rank 79	name Catholic University of America	Price $36,080	Niche Grade B+	Location Washington, DC	Total Students 3198	Acceptance Rate 84%
rank 80	name University of San Diego	Price $35,931	Niche Grade A	Location San Diego, CA	Total Students 5678	Acceptance Rate 53%
rank 81	name Dominican University of California	Price $35,801	Niche Grade B	Location San Rafael, CA	Total Students 1135	Acceptance Rate 87%
rank 82	name Denison University	Price $35,694	Niche Grade A	Location Granville, OH	Total Students 2365	Acceptance Rate 34%
rank 83	name Wentworth Institute of Technology	Price $35,661	Niche Grade B-	Location Boston, MA	Total Students 3940	Acceptance Rate 76%
rank 84	name Gonzaga University	Price $35,612	Niche Grade A-	Location Spokane, WA	Total Students 5237	Acceptance Rate 66%
rank 85	name Seattle University	Price $35,577	Niche Grade A-	Location Seattle, WA	Total Students 4469	Acceptance Rate 76%
rank 86	name Lewis & Clark College	Price $35,559	Niche Grade A-	Location Portland, OR	Total Students 2058	Acceptance Rate 74%
rank 87	name Endicott College	Price $35,472	Niche Grade B-	Location Beverly, MA	Total Students 2793	Acceptance Rate 80%
rank 88	name University of Rochester	Price $35,452	Niche Grade A+	Location Rochester, NY	Total Students 6293	Acceptance Rate 29%
rank 89	name Saint Joseph's University	Price $35,344	Niche Grade B+	Location Philadelphia, PA	Total Students 4350	Acceptance Rate 76%
rank 90	name Saint Mary's College of California	Price $35,332	Niche Grade B+	Location Moraga, CA	Total Students 2618	Acceptance Rate 77%
rank 91	name Stonehill College	Price $35,271	Niche Grade B+	Location Easton, MA	Total Students 2513	Acceptance Rate 70%
rank 92	name Erskine College	Price $35,268	Niche Grade C+	Location Due West, SC	Total Students 561	Acceptance Rate 58%
rank 93	name Gettysburg College	Price $35,197	Niche Grade A	Location Gettysburg, PA	Total Students 2433	Acceptance Rate 45%
rank 94	name Baylor University	Price $35,158	Niche Grade A	Location Waco, TX	Total Students 13976	Acceptance Rate 39%
rank 95	name Cornish College of the Arts	Price $35,079	Niche Grade B-	Location Seattle, WA	Total Students 617	Acceptance Rate 77%
rank 96	name Loyola University Chicago	Price $35,033	Niche Grade A-	Location Chicago, IL	Total Students 11189	Acceptance Rate 68%
rank 97	name Southern New Hampshire University	Price $34,984	Niche Grade B-	Location Manchester, NH	Total Students 24575	Acceptance Rate 73%
rank 98	name Elon University	Price $34,974	Niche Grade B+	Location Elon, NC	Total Students 6029	Acceptance Rate 72%
rank 99	name Ithaca College	Price $34,827	Niche Grade B+	Location Ithaca, NY	Total Students 5991	Acceptance Rate 69%
rank 100	name Tuskegee University	Price $34,743	Niche Grade B-	Location Tuskegee, AL	Total Students 2462	Acceptance Rate 52%

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