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Most Expensive U.S. Colleges and Universities

These are the colleges and universities in the United States that cost the most to attend. The table includes data on enrollment, the percent of women enrolled, and the percent of students accepted. Enrollment data pertains to undergraduate, graduate, full-time, and part-time students.

Institution name; city, state Tuition
and fees		 Room
and board		 Total
enrolled
students1		 Percent
women2		 Percent
students
accepted3
Landmark College; Putney, VT $40,500 $7,500 460 27% 72%
The Cooking and Hospitality Institute of Chicago; Chicago, IL 39,950 — 898 42 —
The George Washington University; Washington, DC 39,210 11,520 10,813 55 38
Bucknell University; Lewisburg, PA 37,934 8,052 3,550 51 33
University of Richmond; Richmond, Virginia 37,610 7,200 2,857 49 46
Vassar College; Poughkeepsie, N.Y. 37,570 8,570 2,423 60 30
Colgate University; Hamilton, N.Y. 37,405 9,170 2,782 52 28
Hamilton College; Clinton, N.Y. 36,500 9,350 1,821 50 33
Franklin & Marshall College; Lancaste, PA. 36,430 9,174 2,028 49 46
Wheaton College; Norton, MA. 36,430 8,640 1,561 62 41
St. John's College; Santa Fe, NM 36,346 8,684 434 44 80
St. John's College; Annapolis, MD. 36,346 8,684 510 45 81
Reed College; Portland, OR. 36,190 9,460 1,407 55 40
Skidmore College; Saratoga Springs, N.Y. 36,126 9,836 2,759 60 39
Bowdoin College; Brunswick, ME 35,990 9,890 1,734 51 22
Johns Hopkins University; Baltimore, Maryland 35,900 11,092 4,478 47 27
Bennington College; Bennington, Vermont 35,850 9,380 523 66 66
Tufts University; Medford, Mass. 35,842 10,160 4,995 51 27
Hampshire College; Amherst, MA. 35,785 9,545 1,448 59 56
Bard College; Annandale-on-Hudson, N.Y. 35,784 10,346 1,735 56 29
Mount Holyoke College; South Hadley, MA. 35,760 10,520 2,149 100 53
Brown University; Providence, R.I. 35,584 9,606 6,010 52 14
Georgetown University; Washington, D.C. 35,568 12,146 6,853 54 22
Dickinson College; Carlisle, Penn. 35,450 8,980 2,400 56 43
Williams College; Williamstown, Mass. 35,438 9,470 2,003 51 19
NOTES: Includes accredited four-year universities offering at least a bachelor's degree and having at least 800 students. Ranking is by tuition and fees, excluding room and board.
1. Includes undergraduate, graduate, full-time, and part-time students.
2. Percentage of full-time undergraduates.
3. Percentage of first-time, first-year, undergraduate applicants who are accepted as full-time undergraduates.
Source: Peterson's Database, copyright 2007. Peterson's, a part of the Thomson Corporation. Web: http://petersons.com/ .

Information Please® Database, © 2007 Pearson Education, Inc. All rights reserved.

The Big Ten Conference Higher Education Largest Colleges and Universities by Enrollment, Fall 2003
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