Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by total cost of tuition + room/board for the 2010-2011 school year. Also included is the school's rank in last year's most expensive colleges list and the number of spots moved.
Cost = Tuition + Room and Board
| College | Cost | '09-'10 Rank | Change |
| 1. Sarah Lawrence College | $56,420 | 1 | - |
| 2. New York University | $53,589 | 2 | - |
| 3. Wesleyan University | $53,406 | 11 | +8 |
| 4. Harvey Mudd College | $53,331 | 9 | +5 |
| 5. Bates College | $53,300 | 4 | -1 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins University | $53,190 | 6 | - |
| 7. Connecticut College | $53,110 | 8 | +1 |
| 8. Claremont McKenna College | $52,995 | 12 | +4 |
| 9. The George Washington University | $52,980 | 3 | -6 |
| 10. Scripps College | $52,686 | 23 | +13 |
| 11. Bard College | $52,650 | 19 | +8 |
| 12. Vassar College | $52,640 | 10 | -2 |
| 13. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $52,610 | 22 | +9 |
| 14. Haverford College | $52,606 | 15 | +1 |
| 15. Georgetown University | $52,526 | 7 | -8 |
| 16. Bowdoin College | $52,465 | 16 | - |
| 17. Eugene Lang College | $52,440 | 41 | +24 |
| 18. Duke University | $52,405 | 27 | +9 |
| 19. University of Chicago | $52,341 | 28 | +9 |
| 20. Union College (NY) | $52,329 | 35 | +15 |
| 21. Carnegie Mellon University | $52,250 | 14 | -7 |
| 22. Oberlin College | $52,244 | 30 | +8 |
| 23. Fordham University - Lincoln Center | $52,159 | 47 | +24 |
| 24. Middlebury College | $52,120 | 17 | -7 |
| 25. Cornell University | $52,100 | 32 | +7 |
| 26. Williams College | $52,096 | 48 | +22 |
| 27. Northwestern University | $52,080 | 43 | +16 |
| 28. Bucknell University | $52,050 | 33 | +5 |
| 29. Fordham University - Rose Hill | $52,036 | 53 | +24 |
| 30. Franklin & Marshall College | $52,010 | 21 | -9 |
| 30. Vanderbilt University | $52,010 | 26 | -4 |
| 32. Colby College | $51,990 | 25 | -7 |
| 33. Boston College | $51,962 | 20 | -13 |
| 34. Tufts University | $51,932 | 29 | -5 |
| 35. Washington University in St. Louis | $51,918 | 38 | +3 |
| 36. Babson College | $51,916 | 24 | -12 |
| 37. Carleton College | $51,882 | 36 | -1 |
| 38. Mount Holyoke College | $51,850 | 18 | -20 |
| 39. University of Southern California | $51,842 | 34 | -5 |
| 40. Bennington College | $51,830 | 40 | - |
| 41. Barnard College | $51,818 | 58 | +17 |
| 42. Dartmouth College | $51,816 | 36 | -6 |
| 43. St. John's College | $51,776 | 51 | +8 |
| 44. Colgate University | $51,775 | 13 | -31 |
| 45. Columbia University | $51,730 | 54 | +9 |
| 46. Wellesley College | $51,704 | 50 | +4 |
| 47. Smith College | $51,640 | 31 | -16 |
| 48. Dickinson College | $51,600 | 38 | -10 |
| 49. Reed College | $51,590 | 45 | -4 |
| 50. Boston University | $51,574 | 44 | -6 |
| 51. St. Lawrence University | $51,520 | 46 | -5 |
| 52. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $51,500 | 49 | -3 |
| 53. Trinity College (CT) | $51,370 | 56 | +3 |
| 54. Hamilton College | $51,350 | 55 | +1 |
| 55. Skidmore College | $51,336 | 5 | -50 |
| 56. Hampshire College | $51,279 | 52 | -4 |
| 57. Occidental College | $51,230 | 72 | +15 |
| 58. Swarthmore College | $51,160 | 61 | +3 |
| 59. Stevens Institute of Technology | $51,130 | 42 | -17 |
| 60. Drexel University | $51,125 | 57 | -3 |
| 61. University of Rochester | $51,120 | 67 | +6 |
| 62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $51,065 | 62 | - |
| 63. Hobart and William Smith College | $51,050 | 64 | +1 |
| 64. Pomona College | $51,023 | 59 | -5 |
| 65. Chapman University | $51,010 | 63 | -2 |
| 66. Wheaton College (MA) | $50,970 | 65 | -1 |
| 67. Gettysburg College | $50,880 | 84 | +17 |
| 68. Bryn Mawr College | $50,840 | 66 | -2 |
| 69. Amherst College | $50,820 | 78 | +9 |
| 70. Lafayette College | $50,769 | 60 | -10 |
| 71. Brandeis University | $50,596 | 80 | +9 |
| 72. Stanford University | $50,576 | 70 | -2 |
| 73. Wake Forest University | $50,554 | 75 | +2 |
| 74. Brown University | $50,468 | 81 | +7 |
| 75. University of Richmond | $50,420 | 77 | +2 |
| 76. Providence College | $50,390 | NR | - |
| 77. Pepperdine University | $50,350 | 74 | -3 |
| 78. University of Notre Dame | $50,282 | 69 | -9 |
| 79. College of the Holy Cross | $50,270 | 71 | -8 |
| 80. Fairfield University | $50,190 | 82 | +2 |
| 81. MIT | $50,174 | 68 | -13 |
| 82. Lehigh University | $50,000 | 76 | -6 |
| 83. Villanova University | $49,990 | 72 | -11 |
| 84. Yale University | $49,800 | 89 | +5 |
| 85. Emory University | $49,798 | 79 | -6 |
| 86. Washington and Lee University | $49,743 | 94 | +8 |
| 87. Ursinus College | $49,700 | 86 | -1 |
| 88. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $49,680 | 85 | -3 |
| 89. American University | $49,610 | 91 | +2 |
| 90. University of San Diego | $49,552 | 83 | -7 |
| 91. Drew University | $49,537 | 87 | -4 |
| 92. Pitzer College | $49,470 | 92 | - |
| 93. Rollins College | $49,400 | 88 | -5 |
| 94. Santa Clara University | $49,110 | 90 | -4 |
| 95. Macalester College | $48,924 | 97 | +2 |
| 96. Kenyon College | $48,920 | 95 | -1 |
| 97. Case Western Reserve | $48,700 | 101 | +4 |
| 98. Northeastern University | $48,670 | 100 | +2 |
| 99. Loyola University Maryland | $48,600 | 93 | -6 |
| 100. Princeton University | $48,580 | 96 | -4 |
Notes:
These totals are taken by adding tuition + room and board. We do not include fees when figuring this cost. This is because many fees can be optional and can vary per student and per major. A Student Health Insurance Fee, for example, is obviously not going to be required for a student already on their parents insurance plan. Some colleges also charge fees to certain majors. Including fees in the 'Total Cost' would have led to too many 'What Ifs'.
These numbers were taken directly from the college's website in October of 2010. In the case that the University does not provide an estimated cost of room and board (because some dorms on campus are priced differently), we took the price of a dorm a typical freshman would find themselves in.