Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by tuition and required fees for the 2011-2012 school year.
| College | Tuition + Fees |
| 1. Middlebury College | $46,315 |
| 2. Columbia University | $45,290 |
| 3. Sarah Lawrence College | $45,212 |
| 4. Vassar College | $44,705 |
| 5. The George Washington University | $44,148 |
| 6. Trinity College (CT) | $44,070 |
| 7. Connecticut College | $43,990 |
| 8. Bucknell University | $43,866 |
| 9. Carnegie Mellon University | $43,812 |
| 10. Wesleyan University | $43,674 |
| 11. St. John's College | $43,656 |
| 12. Union College (NY) | $43,602 |
| 13. Tulane University | $43,434 |
| 14. Bard College | $43,331 |
| 15. University of Southern California | $43,306 |
| 16. Bowdoin College | $43,246 |
| 17. Hobart and William Smith College | $43,220 |
| 18. Oberlin College | $43,210 |
| 19. Williams College | $43,190 |
| 20. University of Richmond | $43,170 |
| 21. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $43,150 |
| 22. Dickinson College | $43,060 |
| 23. Dartmouth College | $42,996 |
| 24. Tufts University | $42,962 |
| 25. Occidental College | $42,960 |
| 26. Carleton College | $42,942 |
| 27. Colgate University | $42,920 |
| 28. Amherst College | $42,898 |
| 29. Reed College | $42,800 |
| 29. Bennington College | $42,800 |
| 31. University of Chicago | $42,783 |
| 32. St. Lawrence University | $42,735 |
| 33. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $42,704 |
| 34. Hamilton College | $42,640 |
| 35. Kenyon College | $42,630 |
| 36. Gettysburg College | $42,610 |
| 37. Franklin & Marshall College | $42,560 |
| 38. Pitzer College | $42,550 |
| 38. Bates College | $42,550 |
| 40. Duke University | $42,410 |
| 41. Skidmore College | $42,380 |
| 42. Johns Hopkins University | $42,280 |
| 43. Claremont McKenna College | $42,240 |
| 44. Brown University | $42,230 |
| 45. Haverford College | $42,208 |
| 46. Boston College | $42,204 |
| 47. Barnard College | $42,184 |
| 48. Harvey Mudd College | $42,140 |
| 49. Penn | $42,098 |
| 50. Macalester College | $42,021 |
| 51. Washington University in St. Louis | $41,992 |
| 52. Northwestern University | $41,983 |
| 53. Scripps College | $41,950 |
| 54. Drexel University | $41,940 |
| 55. Washington and Lee University | $41,927 |
| 56. Hampshire College | $41,900 |
| 57. Wheaton College (MA) | $41,894 |
| 58. Brandeis University | $41,860 |
| 59. University of Rochester | $41,802 |
| 60. Stevens Institute of Technology | $41,782 |
| 61. Ursinus College | $41,650 |
| 62. New York University | $41,606 |
| 63. Wake Forest University | $41,576 |
| 64. Cornell University | $41,541 |
| 65. College of the Holy Cross | $41,488 |
| 66. Mount Holyoke College | $41,456 |
| 67. Boston University | $41,420 |
| 68. University of Notre Dame | $41,417 |
| 69. Georgetown University | $41,393 |
| 70. Vanderbilt University | $41,332 |
| 71. Emory University | $41,164 |
| 72. Swarthmore College | $41,150 |
| 73. Villanova University | $41,110 |
| 74. Colby College | $41,020 |
| 75. Drew University | $41,010 |
| 76. Providence College | $40,975 |
| 77. Lehigh University | $40,960 |
| 78. Loyola University Maryland | $40,870 |
| 79. Bryn Mawr College | $40,824 |
| 80. Pepperdine University | $40,752 |
| 81. MIT | $40,732 |
| 82. Wellesley College | $40,660 |
| 83. Lafayette College | $40,658 |
| 84. Fairfield University | $40,580 |
| 85. Stanford University | $40,569 |
| 86. Yale University | $40,500 |
| 87. Whitman College | $40,496 |
| 88. Babson College | $40,400 |
| 89. Denison University | $40,210 |
| 90. Smith College | $40,070 |
| 91. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $40,030 |
| 92. Fordham University | $39,967 |
| 93. Muhlenberg College | $39,915 |
| 94. Colorado College | $39,900 |
| 95. Pomona College | $39,883 |
| 96. Harvard College | $39,851 |
| 97. Grinnell College | $39,810 |
| 98. University of Miami | $39,654 |
| 99. Chapman University | $39,564 |
| 100. Furman University | $39,560 |
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Notes:
The fees included in these numbers only include fees that are required for all undergraduates. These fees typically include items like the Student Activity Fee, a Facilities Fee, and a Technology fee. You won't see any fees by major, orientation fees for incoming students, or medical insurance fees included in these costs. Many other fees can be optional and can vary per student and per major.
Tuition numbers were taken directly from each college's website during the last week of September of 2011.