Cost & value
Most expensive room and board
Where a year of on-campus food and housing costs the most.
$23,270
#1 · Pepperdine University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA
$12,954
Median
of 1,063 schools, all divisions
1.8×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
$20,786
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, all divisions
#1 · Pepperdine Universityevery school
The spread across 1,063 schools; the median is $12,954.
How it is measured
The school’s reported charges.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | On-campus food and housing | Setting | Sticker (out-of-state) | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA | $23,270 | Suburb | $94k | |
| 2 | Fordham University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Bronx, NY | $23,075 | City | $90k | |
| 3 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | $22,786 | City | $88k | |
| 4 | University of California, Berkeley Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Berkeley, CA | $22,692 | City | $76k | |
| 5 | Pace University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Pleasantville, NY | $21,790 | City | $76k | |
| 6 | San Diego State University Division I · Pac-12 Conference · San Diego, CA | $21,630 | City | $46k | |
| 7 | University of Miami (Florida) Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL | $21,580 | Suburb | $88k | |
| 8 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | $21,310 | City | $86k | |
| 9 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | $21,054 | City | $90k | |
| 10 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | $20,786 | Suburb | $80k | |
| 11 | Washington University in St. Louis Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO | $20,778 | Suburb | $88k | |
| 12 | Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $20,713 | City | $85k | |
| 13 | College of Staten Island Division II · East Coast Conference · Staten Island, NY | $20,535 | City | $41k | |
| 14 | Harvard University Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA | $20,374 | City | $87k | |
| 15 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $20,374 | Suburb | $85k | |
| 16 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | $20,334 | City | $91k | |
| 17 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | $20,310 | City | $81k | |
| 18 | University of California, Merced Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Merced, CA | $20,293 | Suburb | $71k | |
| 19 | Adelphi University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Garden City, NY | $20,028 | Suburb | $72k | |
| 20 | Merrimack College Division I · Metro Conference · North Andover, MA | $19,995 | Suburb | $74k | |
| 21 | University of New Haven Division I · Northeast Conference · West Haven, CT | $19,954 | Suburb | $70k | |
| 22 | St. John's University (New York) Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Queens, NY | $19,926 | City | $74k | |
| 23 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | $19,922 | Suburb | $88k | |
| 24 | Wellesley College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA | $19,920 | Suburb | $86k | |
| 25 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | $19,910 | City | $86k | |
| 26 | San Jose State University Division I · Mountain West Conference · San Jose, CA | $19,866 | City | $44k | |
| 27 | Georgetown University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC | $19,750 | City | $89k | |
| 28 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $19,650 | Suburb | $87k | |
| 29 | Suffolk University Division III · Conference of New England · Boston, MA | $19,562 | City | $68k | |
| 30 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | $19,503 | City | $87k | |
| 31 | University of California, Riverside Division I · Big West Conference · Riverside, CA | $19,433 | City | $71k | |
| 32 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | $19,390 | City | $83k | |
| 33 | Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ | $19,380 | City | $84k | |
| 34 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | $19,221 | City | $90k | |
| 35 | Bentley University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Waltham, MA | $19,200 | City | $80k | |
| 36 | University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $19,198 | City | $90k | |
| 37 | Dean College Division III · Great Northeast Athletic Conference · Franklin, MA | $19,192 | Suburb | $67k | |
| 38 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | $19,180 | City | $88k | |
| 39 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | $19,096 | City | $86k | |
| 40 | University of California, Davis Division I · Mountain West Conference · Davis, CA | $19,068 | Suburb | $72k | |
| 41 | Lesley University Division III · North Atlantic Conference · Cambridge, MA | $19,060 | City | $56k | |
| 42 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | $19,034 | City | $89k | |
| 43 | Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH | $19,009 | Town | $88k | |
| 44 | Santa Clara University Division I · West Coast Conference · Santa Clara, CA | $18,984 | City | $83k | |
| 45 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | $18,972 | City | $84k | |
| 46 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | $18,964 | Suburb | $84k | |
| 47 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | $18,942 | Town | $87k | |
| 48 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | $18,924 | City | $86k | |
| 49 | Willamette University Division III · Northwest Conference · Salem, OR | $18,912 | City | $70k | |
| 50 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | $18,880 | Suburb | $90k | |
| 51 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | $18,838 | Suburb | $85k | |
| 52 | Mount Saint Mary College (New York) Division III · Skyline Conference · Newburgh, NY | $18,820 | City | $63k | |
| 53 | Northeastern University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA | $18,790 | City | $85k | |
| 54 | University of California, Santa Cruz Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Santa Cruz, CA | $18,785 | City | $71k | |
| 55 | Johnson & Wales University Charlotte Division III · Coast-To-Coast Athletic Conference · Charlotte, NC | $18,776 | City | $62k | |
| 56 | Johnson & Wales University (Providence) Division III · Conference of New England · Providence, RI | $18,776 | City | $62k | |
| 57 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | $18,690 | Suburb | $83k | |
| 58 | Baruch College Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | $18,684 | City | $39k | |
| 59 | University of California, Santa Barbara Division I · Big West Conference · Santa Barbara, CA | $18,684 | Suburb | $71k | |
| 60 | Wentworth Institute of Technology Division III · Conference of New England · Boston, MA | $18,670 | City | $63k | |
| 61 | California State University, Los Angeles Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · Los Angeles, CA | $18,658 | City | $45k | |
| 62 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | $18,650 | Suburb | $82k | |
| 63 | Lafayette College Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA | $18,640 | Suburb | $83k | |
| 64 | Cornell University Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY | $18,554 | City | $88k | |
| 65 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | $18,496 | City | $89k | |
| 66 | Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA | $18,475 | City | $90k | |
| 67 | DePaul University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Chicago, IL | $18,468 | City | $67k | |
| 68 | High Point University Division I · Big South Conference · High Point, NC | $18,462 | City | $66k | |
| 69 | Sacred Heart University Division I · Metro Conference · Fairfield, CT | $18,450 | Suburb | $71k | |
| 70 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | $18,444 | City | $85k | |
| 71 | Manhattan University Division I · Metro Conference · The Bronx, NY | $18,440 | City | $73k | |
| 72 | University of California, Irvine Division I · Big West Conference · Irvine, CA | $18,423 | City | $70k | |
| 73 | California State University, Fullerton Division I · Big West Conference · Fullerton, CA | $18,348 | Suburb | $43k | |
| 74 | Binghamton University Division I · America East Conference · Vestal, NY | $18,294 | Suburb | $50k | |
| 75 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | $18,284 | City | $85k | |
| 76 | Iona University Division I · Metro Conference · New Rochelle, NY | $18,270 | Suburb | $67k | |
| 77 | Loyola University Maryland Division I · Patriot League · Baltimore, MD | $18,240 | City | $76k | |
| 78 | Southern Methodist University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX | $18,230 | Suburb | $86k | |
| 79 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | $18,202 | City | $86k | |
| 80 | Boston University Division I · Patriot League · Boston, MA | $18,110 | City | $86k | |
| 81 | The City College of New York Division III · City University of New York Athletic Conference · New York, NY | $18,104 | City | $39k | |
| 82 | Tulane University Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA | $18,088 | City | $87k | |
| 83 | University of San Diego Division I · West Coast Conference · San Diego, CA | $18,084 | City | $79k | |
| 84 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | $18,072 | City | $80k | |
| 85 | Bard College Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | $18,040 | Rural | $85k | |
| 86 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | $17,990 | City | $88k | |
| 87 | University of Washington Division I · Big Ten Conference · Seattle, WA | $17,982 | City | $64k | |
| 88 | San Francisco State University Division II · California Collegiate Athletic Association · San Francisco, CA | $17,955 | City | $42k | |
| 89 | University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth Division III · Little East Conference · Dartmouth, MA | $17,940 | Suburb | $53k | |
| 90 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | $17,904 | City | $84k | |
| 91 | Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT | $17,885 | City | $85k | |
| 92 | Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC | $17,848 | City | $88k | |
| 93 | Molloy University Division II · East Coast Conference · Rockville Centre, NY | $17,760 | Suburb | $59k | |
| 94 | College of the Holy Cross Division I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA | $17,750 | City | $81k | |
| 95 | Monmouth University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · West Long Branch, NJ | $17,738 | Suburb | $68k | |
| 96 | California Lutheran University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Thousand Oaks, CA | $17,734 | City | $73k | |
| 97 | Hofstra University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Hempstead, NY | $17,720 | Suburb | $76k | |
| 98 | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology Division III · Heartland Collegiate Athletic Conference · Terre Haute, IN | $17,718 | City | $78k | |
| 99 | Marist University Division I · Metro Conference · Poughkeepsie, NY | $17,710 | Suburb | $68k | |
| 100 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | $17,690 | Town | $85k |
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