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Most Expensive U.S. Colleges and Universities

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.

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