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Top 100 Private Colleges and Universities with the Highest Credit Hour Charge for Undergraduates in United States for 2010
RANK
COLLEGE
CREDIT HOUR CHARGE
1
College of the Holy Cross
Worcester, MA
$39,330
2
Virginia College-Columbia
Columbia, SC
$10,720
3
Mills College
Oakland, CA
$6,072
4
Dartmouth College
Hanover, NH
$5,330
5
Hamilton College
Clinton, NY
$5,109
6
Pitzer College
Claremont, CA
$5,108
7
Middlebury College
Middlebury, VT
$5,060
8
Northwestern University
Evanston, IL
$4,726
9
Williams College
Williamstown, MA
$4,577
10
Gustavus Adolphus College
Saint Peter, MN
$4,520
11
Harvard University
Cambridge, MA
$4,372
12
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
$3,920
13
Coe College
Cedar Rapids, IA
$3,690
14
Knox College
Galesburg, IL
$3,631
15
St John's College
Annapolis, MD
$3,483
16
Wilson College
Chambersburg, PA
$2,765
17
University of Richmond
Richmond, VA
$2,080
18
University of Chicago
Chicago, IL
$1,876
19
Lewis & Clark College
Portland, OR
$1,832
20
Reed College
Portland, OR
$1,750
21
West Coast University-Ontario
Ontario, CA
$1,740
22
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
$1,710
23
Claremont McKenna College
Claremont, CA
$1,666
24
Occidental College
Los Angeles, CA
$1,661
25
Georgetown University
Washington, DC
$1,657
26
Lehigh University
Bethlehem, PA
$1,650
26
Bard College at Simon's Rock
Great Barrington, MA
$1,650
27
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
$1,646
28
Washington University in St Louis
Saint Louis, MO
$1,642
28
University of Notre Dame
Notre Dame, IN
$1,642
29
Wake Forest University
Winston Salem, NC
$1,640
29
Longy School of Music
Cambridge, MA
$1,640
30
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
$1,623
31
Colorado College
Colorado Springs, CO
$1,615
31
Drew University
Madison, NJ
$1,615
32
Emory University
Atlanta, GA
$1,608
33
West Coast University-Orange County
Anaheim, CA
$1,605
34
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA
$1,602
35
Tulane University of Louisiana
New Orleans, LA
$1,596
36
Pomona College
Claremont, CA
$1,587
37
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland, OH
$1,554
38
San Francisco Conservatory of Music
San Francisco, CA
$1,540
39
University of Miami
Coral Gables, FL
$1,538
40
Syracuse University
Syracuse, NY
$1,522
41
Samuel Merritt University
Oakland, CA
$1,504
42
Washington College
Chestertown, MD
$1,503
43
Boston College
Chestnut Hill, MA
$1,502
44
Cleveland Institute of Music
Cleveland, OH
$1,500
45
Whittier College
Whittier, CA
$1,490
45
Loyola Marymount University
Los Angeles, CA
$1,490
46
West Coast University-Los Angeles
Los Angeles, CA
$1,482
47
Dominican University of California
San Rafael, CA
$1,470
48
California College of the Arts
Oakland, CA
$1,453
49
Roanoke College
Salem, VA
$1,450
50
Maryland Institute College of Art
Baltimore, MD
$1,440
50
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
$1,440
50
Vassar College
Poughkeepsie, NY
$1,440
51
Allegheny College
Meadville, PA
$1,437
52
St Lawrence University
Canton, NY
$1,421
53
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
$1,420
53
Sarah Lawrence College
Bronxville, NY
$1,420
54
Wagner College
Staten Island, NY
$1,416
55
Washington and Lee University
Lexington, VA
$1,411
56
Augustana College
Rock Island, IL
$1,400
57
Ringling College of Art and Design
Sarasota, FL
$1,389
58
Union College
Schenectady, NY
$1,386
59
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
$1,381
59
Menlo College
Atherton, CA
$1,381
60
Rice University
Houston, TX
$1,380
61
New England College
Henniker, NH
$1,377
62
Thunderbird School of Global Management
Glendale, AZ
$1,368
63
Wabash College
Crawfordsville, IN
$1,367
64
Wells College
Aurora, NY
$1,365
65
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
$1,360
66
Wartburg College
Waverly, IA
$1,350
67
Trinity College
Hartford, CT
$1,348
68
Skidmore College
Saratoga Springs, NY
$1,345
69
Boston Architectural College
Boston, MA
$1,344
70
Bennington College
Bennington, VT
$1,340
71
Lawrence University
Appleton, WI
$1,335
71
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA
$1,335
72
Columbia University in the City of New York
New York, NY
$1,330
73
The University of the Arts
Philadelphia, PA
$1,329
74
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX
$1,320
75
Catholic University of America
Washington, DC
$1,315
76
College of Saint Benedict
Saint Joseph, MN
$1,309
77
Wesleyan University
Middletown, CT
$1,306
78
Johns Hopkins University
Baltimore, MD
$1,305
79
Albion College
Albion, MI
$1,303
80
Colgate University
Hamilton, NY
$1,300
80
Manhattan School of Music
New York, NY
$1,300
81
Agnes Scott College
Decatur, GA
$1,295
81
Barnard College
New York, NY
$1,295
81
Valparaiso University
Valparaiso, IN
$1,295
82
Saint Johns University
Collegeville, MN
$1,292
83
Pacific University
Forest Grove, OR
$1,290
83
Sewanee-The University of the South
Sewanee, TN
$1,290
83
Cleveland Institute of Art
Cleveland, OH
$1,290
84
Dickinson College
Carlisle, PA
$1,286
85
Franklin and Marshall College
Lancaster, PA
$1,284
SOURCE: Integrated Postsecondary Education Data System (IPEDS), U.S. Department of Education
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