Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by tuition for the 2010-2011 school year. This year 43 colleges now charge over $40,000/year for tuition, compared to just 11 last year.
| College | Tuition |
| 1. Middlebury College | $45,185 |
| 2. Connecticut College | $43,990 |
| 3. The George Washington University | $42,860 |
| 4. Sarah Lawrence College | $42,600 |
| 5. Vassar College | $42,560 |
| 6. Bucknell University | $42,112 |
| 7. Wesleyan University | $41,814 |
| 8. St. John's College | $41,792 |
| 9. University of Richmond | $41,610 |
| 10. Colgate University | $41,585 |
| 11. Union College (NY) | $41,571 |
| 12. Carnegie Mellon University | $41,500 |
| 13. Oberlin College | $41,234 |
| 14. Williams College | $41,190 |
| 15. Dickinson College | $41,170 |
| 16. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $41,160 |
| 16. Columbia University | $41,160 |
| 18. Bowdoin College | $41,150 |
| 19. Bates College | $41,120 |
| 20. Franklin & Marshall College | $41,090 |
| 21. Carleton College | $41,076 |
| 22. Gettysburg College | $41,070 |
| 23. Reed College | $40,940 |
| 24. St. Lawrence University | $40,905 |
| 25. Hamilton College | $40,870 |
| 26. Bard College | $40,840 |
| 27. Wheaton College (MA) | $40,790 |
| 28. Johns Hopkins University | $40,680 |
| 29. Tufts University | $40,664 |
| 30. Hobart and William Smith College | $40,592 |
| 31. Duke University | $40,575 |
| 32. Hampshire College | $40,481 |
| 33. Trinity College (CT) | $40,410 |
| 34. University of Southern California | $40,384 |
| 35. Skidmore College | $40,350 |
| 36. Bennington College | $40,280 |
| 37. Haverford College | $40,260 |
| 38. Scripps College | $40,236 |
| 39. University of Chicago | $40,188 |
| 40. Amherst College | $40,160 |
| 41. Harvey Mudd College | $40,133 |
| 42. New York University | $40,082 |
| 43. Mount Holyoke College | $40,070 |
| 44. Claremont McKenna College | $39,995 |
| 45. Dartmouth College | $39,978 |
| 46. Ursinus College | $39,950 |
| 47. Brown University | $39,928 |
| 48. Boston College | $39,880 |
| 49. Occidental College | $39,870 |
| 50. Macalester College | $39,846 |
| 51. Northwestern University | $39,840 |
| 52. Georgetown University | $39,768 |
| 53. Colby College | $39,640 |
| 54. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $39,600 |
| 55. Wake Forest University | $39,544 |
| 56. Washington and Lee University | $39,500 |
| 57. University of Rochester | $39,480 |
| 57. Lehigh University | $39,480 |
| 59. Cornell University | $39,450 |
| 60. Wellesley College | $39,420 |
| 60. Kenyon College | $39,420 |
| 62. University of Notre Dame | $39,412 |
| 63. Washington University in St. Louis | $39,400 |
| 64. Villanova University | $39,350 |
| 65. College of the Holy Cross | $39,330 |
| 66. Boston University | $39,314 |
| 67. Swarthmore College | $39,260 |
| 68. Babson College | $39,040 |
| 69. Brandeis University | $38,994 |
| 70. Pepperdine University | $38,960 |
| 71. Vanderbilt University | $38,952 |
| 72. MIT | $38,940 |
| 73. Barnard College | $38,868 |
| 74. Lafayette College | $38,810 |
| 75. Drew University | $38,765 |
| 76. Colorado College | $38,748 |
| 77. Stanford University | $38,700 |
| 78. Smith College | $38,640 |
| 79. Providence College | $38,610 |
| 80. Emory University | $38,600 |
| 81. Fairfield University | $38,450 |
| 81. Whitman College | $38,450 |
| 83. Bryn Mawr College | $38,420 |
| 84. Stevens Institute of Technology | $38,400 |
| 85. Yale University | $38,300 |
| 85. Tulane University | $38,300 |
| 87. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $38,140 |
| 88. Muhlenberg College | $38,110 |
| 89. Pomona College | $38,087 |
| 90. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $38,000 |
| 90. Drexel University | $38,000 |
| 92. Loyola University Maryland | $37,950 |
| 93. Furman University | $37,728 |
| 94. Rollins College | $37,640 |
| 95. Fordham University | $37,545 |
| 96. Pitzer College | $37,520 |
| 97. Chapman University | $37,500 |
| 98. Santa Clara University | $37,368 |
| 99. Case Western Reserve | $37,300 |
| 100. Denison University | $37,270 |
Notes:
Some colleges like Bates College, Colby College, Middlebury College, and Union College have a comprehensive fee (tuition + room/board). Their tuition numbers were taken by taking their total comprehensive fee and subtracting by the amount of rebate the college gives to students who choose to live off campus.
Data compiled by CampusGrotto.com. These numbers were taken directly from the college's website in October of 2010.