Cost & value
Highest sticker price
Tuition, fees, food, housing, books and expenses for an out-of-state student living on campus, before any aid.
$93,512
#1 · Pepperdine University
Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA
$49,998
Median
of 1,064 schools, all divisions
1.9×
Top vs median
how far the leader sits above the middle
$89,028
10th place
the cut for a top-ten list
Top 15
Every school, all divisions
#1 · Pepperdine Universityevery school
The spread across 1,064 schools; the median is $49,998.
How it is measured
Cost of attendance, on campus, out of state.
Related
The full list · top 100
| # | School | Cost of attendance, out of state | Net price | Admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pepperdine University Division I · West Coast Conference · Malibu, CA | $93,512 | $52k | 50% | |
| 2 | Northwestern University Division I · Big Ten Conference · Evanston, IL | $91,290 | $23k | 7% | |
| 3 | University of Southern California Division I · Big Ten Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $90,453 | $41k | 10% | |
| 4 | Haverford College Division III · Centennial Conference · Haverford, PA | $90,382 | $23k | 13% | |
| 5 | University of Chicago Division III · University Athletic Association · Chicago, IL | $90,360 | $28k | 5% | |
| 6 | Boston College Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Chestnut Hill, MA | $89,605 | $33k | 16% | |
| 7 | Vanderbilt University Division I · Southeastern Conference · Nashville, TN | $89,590 | $27k | 6% | |
| 8 | Columbia University-Barnard College Division I · The Ivy League · New York, NY | $89,587 | $21k | 4% | |
| 9 | Fordham University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Bronx, NY | $89,575 | $45k | 56% | |
| 10 | University of Pennsylvania Division I · The Ivy League · Philadelphia, PA | $89,028 | $26k | 6% | |
| 11 | Wesleyan University (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Middletown, CT | $89,020 | $20k | 17% | |
| 12 | Georgetown University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Washington, DC | $88,741 | $38k | 13% | |
| 13 | Washington University in St. Louis Division III · University Athletic Association · St. Louis, MO | $88,488 | $22k | 12% | |
| 14 | University of Miami (Florida) Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Coral Gables, FL | $88,440 | $41k | 19% | |
| 15 | Tufts University Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Medford, MA | $88,300 | $33k | 10% | |
| 16 | Yale University Division I · The Ivy League · New Haven, CT | $88,300 | $26k | 5% | |
| 17 | Cornell University Division I · The Ivy League · Ithaca, NY | $88,140 | $26k | 8% | |
| 18 | Trinity College (Connecticut) Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Hartford, CT | $87,910 | $32k | 34% | |
| 19 | Stanford University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Stanford, CA | $87,833 | $18k | 4% | |
| 20 | Dartmouth College Division I · The Ivy League · Hanover, NH | $87,793 | $17k | 6% | |
| 21 | New York University Division III · University Athletic Association · New York, NY | $87,752 | $31k | 9% | |
| 22 | Brown University Division I · The Ivy League · Providence, RI | $87,648 | $27k | 5% | |
| 23 | Amherst College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Amherst, MA | $87,640 | $18k | 10% | |
| 24 | Kenyon College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Gambier, OH | $87,590 | $44k | 31% | |
| 25 | Wake Forest University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Winston-Salem, NC | $87,556 | $28k | 22% | |
| 26 | Vassar College Division III · Liberty League · Poughkeepsie, NY | $87,470 | $30k | 18% | |
| 27 | Tulane University Division I · American Conference · New Orleans, LA | $87,446 | $51k | 15% | |
| 28 | Oberlin College Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Oberlin, OH | $87,404 | $50k | 33% | |
| 29 | Colorado College Division III · Southern Collegiate Athletic Conference · Colorado Springs, CO | $87,128 | $35k | 20% | |
| 30 | Duke University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Durham, NC | $87,072 | $23k | 7% | |
| 31 | Colgate University Division I · Patriot League · Hamilton, NY | $87,070 | $27k | 12% | |
| 32 | Washington and Lee University Division III · Old Dominion Athletic Conf. · Lexington, VA | $87,000 | $25k | 17% | |
| 33 | California Institute of Technology Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Pasadena, CA | $86,886 | $23k | 3% | |
| 34 | Harvard University Division I · The Ivy League · Boston, MA | $86,705 | $18k | 3% | |
| 35 | Claremont McKenna-Harvey Mudd-Scripps Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $86,500 | $30k | 11% | |
| 36 | Boston University Division I · Patriot League · Boston, MA | $86,363 | $28k | 11% | |
| 37 | Wellesley College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Wellesley, MA | $86,290 | $22k | 14% | |
| 38 | Brandeis University Division III · University Athletic Association · Waltham, MA | $86,242 | $45k | 35% | |
| 39 | Southern Methodist University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Dallas, TX | $86,090 | $46k | 61% | |
| 40 | Case Western Reserve University Division III · University Athletic Association · Cleveland, OH | $86,073 | $41k | 29% | |
| 41 | Johns Hopkins University Division III · Centennial Conference · Baltimore, MD | $86,065 | $23k | 8% | |
| 42 | Smith College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Northampton, MA | $86,030 | $28k | 20% | |
| 43 | Franklin & Marshall College Division III · Centennial Conference · Lancaster, PA | $86,018 | $37k | 32% | |
| 44 | University of Rochester Division III · University Athletic Association · Rochester, NY | $85,962 | $41k | 36% | |
| 45 | Colby College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Waterville, ME | $85,420 | $15k | 7% | |
| 46 | Pomona-Pitzer Colleges Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Claremont, CA | $85,300 | $17k | 7% | |
| 47 | Skidmore College Division III · Liberty League · Saratoga Springs, NY | $85,270 | $32k | 23% | |
| 48 | Syracuse University Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Syracuse, NY | $85,147 | $52k | 42% | |
| 49 | Bowdoin College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Brunswick, ME | $85,100 | $23k | 8% | |
| 50 | Chapman University Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Orange, CA | $85,080 | $48k | 56% | |
| 51 | Villanova University Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Villanova, PA | $84,997 | $38k | 25% | |
| 52 | Mount Holyoke College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · South Hadley, MA | $84,980 | $36k | 38% | |
| 53 | Carleton College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · Northfield, MN | $84,893 | $29k | 22% | |
| 54 | Union College (New York) Division III · Liberty League · Schenectady, NY | $84,870 | $43k | 44% | |
| 55 | Williams College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Williamstown, MA | $84,860 | $17k | 10% | |
| 56 | Bard College Division III · Liberty League · Annandale-On-Hudson, NY | $84,852 | $25k | 52% | |
| 57 | Occidental College Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Los Angeles, CA | $84,800 | $47k | 40% | |
| 58 | Northeastern University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Boston, MA | $84,731 | $35k | 6% | |
| 59 | Connecticut College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · New London, CT | $84,697 | $43k | 38% | |
| 60 | Loyola Marymount University Division I · West Coast Conference · Los Angeles, CA | $84,603 | $54k | 40% | |
| 61 | George Washington University Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Washington, DC | $84,315 | $45k | 44% | |
| 62 | Hamilton College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Clinton, NY | $84,230 | $26k | 12% | |
| 63 | Swarthmore College Division III · Centennial Conference · Swarthmore, PA | $84,103 | $18k | 7% | |
| 64 | Princeton University Division I · The Ivy League · Princeton, NJ | $84,040 | $20k | 4% | |
| 65 | Bucknell University Division I · Patriot League · Lewisburg, PA | $83,790 | $38k | 32% | |
| 66 | Carnegie Mellon University Division III · University Athletic Association · Pittsburgh, PA | $83,697 | $33k | 11% | |
| 67 | Emory University Division III · University Athletic Association · Atlanta, GA | $83,622 | $28k | 11% | |
| 68 | Bates College Division III · New England Small College Athletic Conference · Lewiston, ME | $83,532 | $27k | 13% | |
| 69 | Grinnell College Division III · Midwest Conference · Grinnell, IA | $83,490 | $33k | 13% | |
| 70 | Lafayette College Division I · Patriot League · Easton, PA | $83,364 | $35k | 31% | |
| 71 | University of Notre Dame Division I · Atlantic Coast Conference · Notre Dame, IN | $83,271 | $29k | 12% | |
| 72 | Bryn Mawr College Division III · Centennial Conference · Bryn Mawr, PA | $83,250 | $39k | 31% | |
| 73 | Dickinson College Division III · Centennial Conference · Carlisle, PA | $83,227 | $40k | 43% | |
| 74 | Santa Clara University Division I · West Coast Conference · Santa Clara, CA | $83,142 | $50k | 44% | |
| 75 | Macalester College Division III · Minnesota Intercollegiate Athletic Conference · St. Paul, MN | $82,991 | $39k | 28% | |
| 76 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Cambridge, MA | $82,730 | $22k | 5% | |
| 77 | Sarah Lawrence College Division III · Skyline Conference · Bronxville, NY | $82,624 | $44k | 59% | |
| 78 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges Division III · Liberty League · Geneva, NY | $82,602 | $33k | 57% | |
| 79 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute Division III · Liberty League · Troy, NY | $82,404 | $36k | 58% | |
| 80 | St. Lawrence University Division III · Liberty League · Canton, NY | $82,000 | $36k | 58% | |
| 81 | Gettysburg College Division III · Centennial Conference · Gettysburg, PA | $81,960 | $36k | 48% | |
| 82 | Denison University Division III · North Coast Athletic Conference · Granville, OH | $81,900 | $42k | 17% | |
| 83 | Stevens Institute of Technology Division III · Middle Atlantic Conference Freedom · Hoboken, NJ | $81,852 | $44k | 43% | |
| 84 | University of San Francisco Division I · West Coast Conference · San Francisco, CA | $81,426 | $44k | 51% | |
| 85 | Drexel University Division I · Coastal Athletic Association · Philadelphia, PA | $81,413 | $42k | 78% | |
| 86 | University of Richmond Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Richmond, VA | $81,320 | $35k | 23% | |
| 87 | Lehigh University Division I · Patriot League · Bethlehem, PA | $81,150 | $33k | 29% | |
| 88 | Pratt Institute Division III · Atlantic East Conference · Brooklyn, NY | $80,993 | $52k | 53% | |
| 89 | Providence College Division I · BIG EAST Conference · Providence, RI | $80,640 | $47k | 49% | |
| 90 | Emerson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Boston, MA | $80,612 | $51k | 47% | |
| 91 | University of Denver Division I · West Coast Conference · Denver, CO | $80,536 | $43k | 71% | |
| 92 | College of the Holy Cross Division I · Patriot League · Worcester, MA | $80,500 | $35k | 21% | |
| 93 | University of Redlands Division III · Southern California Intercollegiate Athletic Conf. · Redlands, CA | $80,474 | $28k | 81% | |
| 94 | Lewis & Clark College Division III · Northwest Conference · Portland, OR | $80,454 | $38k | 75% | |
| 95 | Babson College Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Babson Park, MA | $80,192 | $30k | 20% | |
| 96 | Bentley University Division II · Northeast 10 Conference · Waltham, MA | $79,960 | $44k | 48% | |
| 97 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Worcester, MA | $79,542 | $48k | 58% | |
| 98 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) Division III · New England Women's and Men's Athletic Conference · Norton, MA | $79,510 | $32k | 71% | |
| 99 | Davidson College Division I · Atlantic 10 Conference · Davidson, NC | $79,475 | $27k | 14% | |
| 100 | University of San Diego Division I · West Coast Conference · San Diego, CA | $79,444 | $38k | 47% |
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