i thought that GW was the most expensive from last year so this is something new and good my SIL went there and my bosses daughter is looking at the school.

Went to Kenyon - worth every penny!

Yikes... Columbia is up there. I had thought it was pretty much in line with similar schools.

This is per year?

Hmmm...I'm glad my nephews opted for cheaper State university here in CA.

I remember when my dad was crapping bricks over my brother tuition cost at USC. He totally rebelled when I said I wanted to go to USC too and wanted him to foot the bill like he did for my brother.

My dad mysteriously disappeared for about 2 years and when he came back he asked me how USC was. I told him I suppose its fine however my higher education is coming from working at the local record store. My dad said what you're not in college, I sent a check? Yeah, dad you sent a check for $12 I think the tuition is more than $12.

Oh, Kenyon, my beloved alma mater. Still in the top 5. I kind of feel bad for my friends who are still attending (I graduated in May).

But, as OHmeetsBK says, it was definitely worth every penny

Isn't NYU like $50K by now?!

CNN made a correction to their original list that ranked Wesleyan as the most expensive school, so now the university is ranked at number 10.

I went to the University of Richmond. Stats from their website:

Tuition, Room, Board and Fees (2008-09)

* Undergraduate tuition: $38,850
* Room, board and fees: $8,200
* Total: $47,050

Just missed the list!

SO glad I went to my public high school, state college, and state law school. And .... I'm a lawyer, just like those that went to $$$$$$ schools

I was surprised to see Kenyon on the list. I'm actually surprised to see so many small schools on the list. I thought the bigger private schools would be more expensive.

This is pathetic. The cost of college tuition in the States is out-of-control. The funny thing is is that these schools could lower their tuitions if they wanted to - with all the endowments these private colleges have...it's pretty shameful of them. The other funny thing is is that going to university in the UK and Ireland is free, bitches...and the tuition for a non-European Union student (such as an American student) is much, much cheaper....try in the range of $10,000 a year. I'll take Oxford and Trinity over American universities any day!

There are plenty of very good state universities that cost less than $10,000 a year. My alma mater has many highly-ranked programs, including business, law, and engineering.

I went to the University of Denver:

(from the DU website)
Tuition: $32,976
Room & Board: $9,670
Fees: $834
Total: $43,480

Apparently it's all in the room and board!

What's interesting about it is that private universities have much more access to scholarship money. State colleges (in Colorado at least) absolutely don't, so while they maybe technically be less expensive, it's possible that you would pay less by going to the more expensive school. Granted, even with a scholarship, I didn't pay less than I would have at CU... but I knew people who did.

Mine just missed the list... it's crazy to think that my entire graduate education at a state university will cost less than half of what a year at my private undergrad school was!

The larger private schools have larger endowments, making their schools have smaller tuitions. Kenyon, and small private schools like it, tend to have smaller endowments so they cost more to attend.

It's also important to remember that a lot of these schools do give out a significant amount of scholarship money, not just financial need based. I went to GW undergrad, and did not qualify for any financial need money, but had over half my tuition covered by an academic scholarship, and even more through a music scholarship, which brings the cost down significantly. I don't regret it one bit... especially since I was able to go to school in D.C. and had internship opportunities that I wouldn't have had elsewhere.

WOW! I live in mt vernon, right next to Kenyon College, i had NO IDEA it was so expensive!

Interesting, my alma mater, Vanderbilt, is over $50k a year, and it didn't make this list. Perhaps they're not counting room and board.

And for the people who want to gripe about the prices-- many of these schools, like Vanderbilt, offer excellent financial support for a variety of students. I actually graduated in the black.

yikes.

I have to keep this list as where not to apply..

I went to Colgate...guess this means I should be extra nice to my parents this week

My cost of tuition raised every single semester since I enrolled... but at least they're not on the list- a "mere" $32,480 is the current estimated cost of tuition for new students. And I'm surprised to see that Stanford isn't on here- aren't they like way up there?

If you include housing, NYU will top just about all of those on the list at $52,202. Even without housing, it just barely misses the cut at $38,722. I am SO glad I transferred out of there!

gatsby-esque:

Not true on the cost of tuition in the UK. My Husband got into PhD programs at Cambridge and Imperial in the UK-- cost of attendance: $40k/year. His cost of attendance at Carnegie Mellon (where he is almost finished with his degree) $0/year with a stipend.