How much does college cost?
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We used data from the National Center for Education Statistics to rank the 50 most expensive four-year colleges and universities in the country by their published out-of-state tuition and fees. (Note: All of the prices listed here are before need- and merit-based scholarships.)
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute costs out-of-state students $52,305 in annual tuition and fees.
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The sticker price is $52,320 annually at St. John’s College in Annapolis, Maryland.
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Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota, lists its price as $52,464 per year.
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Middlebury College in Vermont has a list price of $52,496 annually.
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An out-of-state student at Southern Methodist University in Texas is charged a retail price of $52,498 per year.
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Skidmore College in Saratoga Springs, New York, has a list price of $52,596 per school year.
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Pennsylvania’s Gettysburg College charges a list price of $52,640 annually.
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A student at Barnard in New York City can face a starting price of $52,662 for a year of school.
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Northwestern University in Illinois charges $52,678 per year.
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For a retail price, Hamilton College in Clinton, New York, charges 5,277 “Hamiltons” per year — that’s $52,770.
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Out-of-state tuition and fees for Carleton College in Minnesota total $52,782 annually.
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As a student at Wesleyan University in Connecticut, before scholarships, you’ll pay $52,804 for a year of school.
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Colorado College charges its out-of-state students $52,818 annually.
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Claremont McKenna College in Claremont, California, costs $52,825 per year.
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Just down the road in Los Angeles, out-of-state students pay $52,838 for a year at Occidental College.
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Before financial aid, students pay $52,850 for a year at Connecticut College.
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Cornell University, a member of the Ivy League, charges out-of-state students $52,853 per year.
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Upstate New York’s Bard College costs $52,906 per year.
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Dickinson College in Pennsylvania charges students $52,955 for a year.
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Tulane University in New Orleans costs out-of-state students $52,960 per year.
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The women of California’s Scripps College pay up to $52,966 per year.
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St. Lawrence University in upstate New York costs $52,990 per year.
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Haverford College in Pennsylvania charges its out-of-state students $52,994 annually.
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Colby College in Maine costs $53,120 each year.
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If you want to call yourself a Boston College Eagle, you’ll need to pay up to $53,346 per year.
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Dartmouth College, an Ivy League university in New Hampshire, costs out-of-state students $53,368 per year.
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Another Ivy League school, Brown University, costs $53,419 annually.
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An out-of-state student at Oberlin College in Ohio faces tuition and fees of $53,460 per school year.
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As a student at Union College in Schenectady, New York, you’ll pay $53,490 annually.
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Out-of-state students at Duke University pay $53,500 for a year on the neo-Gothic campus.
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George Washington University, located in the nation’s capital, costs its students $53,518 per year.
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Attending one of these two sister schools — they’ve been one corporate entity since 1943 — will cost you $53,525 per year.
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Another Ivy League school, the University of Pennsylvania, costs its out-of-state students $53,534 annually.
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Brandeis University in Massachusetts costs $53,537 per school year.
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Out-of-state students at Williams College in northwestern Massachusetts pay $53,550 for a year of school.
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Kenyon College is the most expensive college in Ohio. It costs students $53,560 per year.
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A student at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh pays $53,910 each year.
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As a student at Colgate University in central New York, you’ll pay $53,980 annually.
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Out-of-state tuition and fees for Bucknell University in Pennsylvania is $53,986 annually.
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Sarah Lawrence College charges its out-of-state students $54,010 annually.
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Reed College in Portland, Oregon, costs $54,200 each year.
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Out-of-state Trojans pay $54,259 for a year of school at USC.
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Amherst College in central Massachusetts costs $54,310 per school year.
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An out-of-state student at Tufts University in Medford, Massachusetts, pays $54,318 per year.
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Students pay $54,380 annually at Franklin and Marshall College in Lancaster, Pennsylvania.
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Harvey Mudd is California’s most expensive college. The school in Claremont costs students $54,636 per year.
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A student at Connecticut’s Trinity College shells out $54,770 for a year of school.
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Out-of-state students at Vassar College in Poughkeepsie, New York, pay $55,210 per year.
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An out-of-state student at the University of Chicago pays $56,034 per year.
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And the most expensive college in the country is Columbia University in New York City. Out-of-state students pay $57,208 per year to attend this Ivy League university.
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