Good news: while we do have one of the highest tuitions in the country, that does NOT make us the most expensive college to attend, when you lump in room and board. We’re all the way down at #17, so spread the word, and breathe easy.
Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by total cost for the 2009-2010 school year.
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Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board
| College | Cost |
| 1. Sarah Lawrence College | $54,410 |
| 2. New York University | $51,991 |
| 3. The George Washington University | $51,730 |
| 4. Bates College | $51,300 |
| 5. Skidmore College | $51,196 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins University | $51,190 |
| 7. Georgetown University | $51,122 |
| 8. Connecticut College | $51,115 |
| 9. Harvey Mudd College | $51,037 |
| 10. Vassar College | $50,875 |
| 11. Wesleyan University | $50,862 |
| 12. Claremont McKenna College | $50,800 |
| 13. Colgate University | $50,660 |
| 14. Carnegie Mellon University | $50,640 |
| 15. Haverford College | $50,625 |
| 16. Bowdoin College | $50,485 |
| 17. Middlebury College | $50,400 |
| 18. Mount Holyoke College | $50,390 |
| 19. Bard College | $50,380 |
| 20. Boston College | $50,370 |
| 21. Franklin & Marshall College | $50,360 |
| 22. Bard College at Simon’s Rock | $50,340 |
| 23. Scripps College | $50,336 |
| 24. Babson College | $50,324 |
| 25. Colby College | $50,320 |
| 26. Vanderbilt University | $50,282 |
| 27. Duke University | $50,250 |
| 28. University of Chicago | $50,247 |
| 29. Tufts University | $50,178 |
| 30. Oberlin College | $50,166 |
| 31. Smith College | $50,132 |
| 32. Cornell University | $50,114 |
| 33. Bucknell University | $50,098 |
| 34. University of Southern California | $50,028 |
| 35. Union College (NY) | $49,983 |
| 36. Dartmouth College | $49,974 |
| 36. Carleton College | $49,974 |
| 38. Dickinson College | $49,860 |
| 38. Washington University in St. Louis | $49,860 |
| 40. Bennington College | $49,830 |
| 41. Eugene Lang College | $49,800 |
| 42. Stevens Institute of Technology | $49,800 |
| 43. Northwestern University | $49,791 |
| 44. Boston University | $49,758 |
| 45. Reed College | $49,690 |
| 46. St. Lawrence University | $49,680 |
| 47. Fordham University – Lincoln Center | $49,655 |
| 48. Williams College | $49,640 |
| 49. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $49,630 |
| 50. Wellesley College | $49,612 |
| 51. St. John’s College | $49,592 |
| 52. Hampshire College | $49,545 |
| 53. Fordham University – Rose Hill | $49,541 |
| 54. Columbia University | $49,524 |
| 55. Hamilton College | $49,470 |
| 56. Trinity College (CT) | $49,460 |
| 57. Drexel University | $49,381 |
| 58. Barnard College | $49,372 |
| 59. Pomona College | $49,361 |
| 60. Lafayette College | $49,319 |
| 61. Swarthmore College | $49,250 |
| 62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $49,245 |
| 63. Chapman University | $49,174 |
| 64. Hobart and William Smith College | $49,168 |
| 65. Wheaton College (MA) | $49,155 |
| 66. Bryn Mawr College | $49,120 |
| 67. University of Rochester | $49,070 |
| 68. MIT | $48,870 |
| 69. University of Notre Dame | $48,850 |
| 70. Stanford University | $48,843 |
| 71. College of the Holy Cross | $48,800 |
| 72. Occidental College | $48,750 |
| 72. Villanova University | $48,750 |
| 74. Pepperdine University | $48,630 |
| 75. Wake Forest University | $48,618 |
| 76. Lehigh University | $48,530 |
| 77. University of Richmond | $48,490 |
| 78. Amherst College | $48,400 |
| 79. Emory University | $48,396 |
| 80. Brandeis University | $48,368 |
| 81. Brown University | $48,328 |
| 82. Fairfield University | $48,170 |
| 83. University of San Diego | $48,072 |
| 84. Gettysburg College | $48,060 |
| 85. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $48,050 |
| 86. Ursinus College | $47,750 |
| 87. Drew University | $47,678 |
| 88. Rollins College | $47,540 |
| 89. Yale University | $47,500 |
| 90. Santa Clara University | $47,400 |
| 91. American University | $47,386 |
| 92. Pitzer College | $47,278 |
| 93. Loyola University Maryland | $47,190 |
| 94. Washington and Lee University | $47,165 |
| 95. Kenyon College | $47,070 |
| 96. Princeton University | $47,020 |
| 97. Macalester College | $46,942 |
| 98. Colorado College | $46,902 |
| 99. Loyola Marymount University | $46,880 |
| 100. Northeastern University | $46,860 |