America's 10 Most Expensive Colleges
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Costliest Colleges in the U.S.
According to data from The Chronicle of Higher Education, which tracks college costs, the 10 most expensive schools in the country, averaged a tuition rise of 52% from 1999 to 2006 -- nearly triple the 21% rise in the U.S. cost of living during the same period.
Click through our gallery to see which colleges in America charge the most tuition. (And this doesn't even include room & board, books ... )
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Next: No. 1 Most Expensive College -
The George Washington University
No. 1:
George Washington UniversityLocation: Washington, D.C.
2006-07 Tuition: $37,820
One-Year Increase: 4%
Seven-Year Increase: 58%
Parents of incoming freshmen pay the most tuition in the country -- even more than parents of Harvard-bound kids -- though a flat tuition schedule eases the pain by keeping the cost steady over four years.
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Next: No. 2 Most Expensive College -
University of Richmond
No. 2:
University of Richmond
Location: Richmond, Va.
2006-07 Tuition: $36,550
One-Year Increase: 5%
Seven-Year Increase: 84%
The school awards full tuition merit scholarships to one in every 15 incoming freshmen.
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Next: No. 3 Most Expensive College -
Sarah Lawrence College
No. 3:
Sarah Lawrence College
Location: Bronxville, N.Y.
2006-07 Tuition: $36,088
One-Year Increase: 6%
Seven-Year Increase: 43%
Three quarters of the 1,339 undergrads are women.
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Next: No. 4 Most Expensive College -
Kenyon College
No. 4:
Kenyon College
Location: Gambier, Ohio
2006-07 Tuition: $36,050
One-Year Increase: 6%
Seven-Year Increase: 47%
The school encourages one year of study abroad, which about 200 of the roughly 1,700 undergrads do each year.
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Next: No. 5 Most Expensive College -
Vassar College
No. 5:
Vassar College
Location: Poughkeepsie, N.Y.
2006-07 Tuition: $36,030
One-Year Increase: 7%
Seven-Year Increase: 50%
Encouraging flexible education, the school shuns any formal core curriculum and allows students to design an independent major.
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Elliot8 06:58:06 PM Jul 11 2008
you idiots who will vote republican just are either bigots.or idiots. It will take years to undo what this current reupuclican president has done to this country as he and his VP padded their own pockets and you all must barely have a high school diploma
JDRabe 12:55:10 AM Mar 22 2008
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LarryFarma 04:15:16 AM Mar 19 2008
Obviously, one of the main reasons for the sky-high tuition figures is the tuition grants -- those who can afford to pay full price are subsidizing those who can't.
Drtljonesged 10:47:19 PM Mar 18 2008
The questin here really is if one can actually "purchase" a quality education...and what does that mean in the first place....Certainly no one is gonna confuse Harvard with like Upper Iowa University..or Bob Jones..or Oral Roberts (Be healed..be healed)...Frankly about 10% of higher ed is just that...the rest are mostly inflated teachers colleges ("normal schools), nursng schools, provinvial theological seminaries, land grant colleges, business "schools" and the like. ...As some note as well...we see rather obvious attempts to assure and sutain class structures while promoting "educational" access and opporunity.
kdhershman 09:48:36 PM Mar 18 2008
The feds were nice enough to give this parent a plus loan at 8.5% fixed, when the lending rate to banks is at an all time low...you can get a loan in the 4.75% range(home equity line). They sure know how to make money on the middle class with two in college!!!
KriS10IU87 12:55:53 PM Mar 18 2008
I go to Indiana University and am only a junior... already in over $25,000 of debt. The kids whose parents have the money to pay, don't have to b/c their kids get grants! Wtf? what is wrong with this picture. Oh I get it, make the working class people pay and have their children struggle and eventually have to take time off or quit b/c they can't afford the bill. Now that's F*ed up.
NYGiants4213 12:38:49 PM Mar 18 2008
LCCC 1383......were going to hell anyways...vote your party and we MIGHT have a chance...
LCCC 1383 10:21:05 AM Mar 18 2008
Im a Republican, but Im voting Democrat. To crazy of times to have another Bush in the office.
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