Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board + Required Fees
| College | Total Cost |
| 1. Sarah Lawrence College | $59,170 |
| 2. New York University | $56,787 |
| 3. Columbia University | $56,310 |
| 4. Harvey Mudd College | $55,998 |
| 5. Eugene Lang College (The New School) | $55,890 |
| 6. Claremont McKenna College | $55,865 |
| 7. Wesleyan University | $55,706 |
| 8. Bard College | $55,617 |
| 9. Barnard College | $55,566 |
| 10. Trinity College (CT) | $55,450 |
| 11. University of Chicago | $55,416 |
| 12. University of Southern California | $55,384 |
| 13. Dartmouth College | $55,365 |
| 14. Drexel University | $55,335 |
| 15. Bates College | $55,300 |
| 16. Johns Hopkins University | $55,242 |
| 17. Vassar College | $55,135 |
| 18. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $55,110 |
| 19. Haverford College | $55,050 |
| 20. Pitzer College | $54,988 |
| 21. Fordham University - Lincoln Center | $54,972 |
| 22. Connecticut College | $54,970 |
| 23. Bennington College | $54,960 |
| 24. Occidental College | $54,950 |
| 25. Carnegie Mellon University | $54,922 |
| 26. Bowdoin College | $54,900 |
| 26. Scripps College | $54,900 |
| 28. Fordham University - Rose Hill | $54,893 |
| 29. Vanderbilt University | $54,892 |
| 30. Northwestern University | $54,763 |
| 31. Oberlin College | $54,760 |
| 32. Cornell University | $54,695 |
| 33. Stevens Institute of Technology | $54,682 |
| 34. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $54,679 |
| 35. Washington University in St. Louis | $54,666 |
| 36. Williams College | $54,560 |
| 37. Boston College | $54,528 |
| 38. Tufts University | $54,474 |
| 39. The George Washington University | $54,473 |
| 40. Georgetown University | $54,443 |
| 41. Tulane University | $54,284 |
| 42. Union College (NY) | $54,273 |
| 43. Bucknell University | $54,240 |
| 44. Carleton College | $54,180 |
| 45. Boston University | $54,130 |
| 46. Amherst College | $54,098 |
| 47. Hobart and William Smith College | $54,072 |
| 48. Franklin & Marshall College | $54,060 |
| 49. St. John's College | $53,990 |
| 50. Penn | $53,976 |
| 51. University of Rochester | $53,922 |
| 52. Brandeis University | $53,916 |
| 53. Dickinson College | $53,860 |
| 54. Reed College | $53,850 |
| 55. Colby College | $53,800 |
| 56. Duke University | $53,760 |
| 57. St. Lawrence University | $53,740 |
| 58. Babson College | $53,730 |
| 59. Bryn Mawr College | $53,714 |
| 60. Skidmore College | $53,684 |
| 61. Mount Holyoke College | $53,596 |
| 62. Colgate University | $53,570 |
| 63. Hamilton College | $53,470 |
| 64. Smith College | $53,460 |
| 65. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $53,450 |
| 66. Middlebury College | $53,420 |
| 67. Wellesley College | $53,250 |
| 67. Swarthmore College | $53,250 |
| 69. Brown University | $53,136 |
| 70. Providence College | $53,115 |
| 71. Pomona College | $53,110 |
| 72. Hampshire College | $53,080 |
| 73. Lafayette College | $53,020 |
| 74. Wake Forest University | $52,986 |
| 75. Stanford University | $52,860 |
| 76. University of Notre Dame | $52,805 |
| 77. Emory University | $52,792 |
| 78. Gettysburg College | $52,790 |
| 78. Fairfield University | $52,790 |
| 80. College of the Holy Cross | $52,758 |
| 81. Yale University | $52,700 |
| 82. Harvard College | $52,652 |
| 83. Kenyon College | $52,650 |
| 84. Southern Methodist University | $52,646 |
| 85. Washington and Lee University | $52,614 |
| 86. Pepperdine University | $52,596 |
| 87. Wheaton College (MA) | $52,564 |
| 88. Chapman University | $52,521 |
| 89. MIT | $52,507 |
| 90. University of Richmond | $52,420 |
| 91. Loyola University Maryland | $52,320 |
| 92. Drew University | $52,160 |
| 93. Villanova University | $52,070 |
| 94. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $51,964 |
| 95. Ursinus College | $51,950 |
| 96. Lehigh University | $51,800 |
| 97. American University | $51,719 |
| 98. Macalester College | $51,417 |
| 99. Dominican University of California | $51,250 |
| 100. University of Miami | $51,182 |
Back to the original article: Most Expensive Colleges for 2011-2012
Notes:
Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board + Required Fees
The fees included in the total cost 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. 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 have their yearly budget for students listed slightly higher than what you see here. This is because some colleges also add in estimated costs of books, personal expenses, and transportation costs.
Tuition numbers were taken directly from each college's website during the last week of September of 2011.
This list only takes into account colleges that offer bachelor's (BA) degrees, so you will not see schools like Landmark College (costs over $55K) who only offer students an Associate of Arts (AA) degree.