List of America's Most Expensive Colleges

As calculated by Business Insider.

#20 Northwestern University

Tuition and Fees: $45,527

Room and Board: $13,862

#19 Pitzer College

Tuition and Fees: $45,018

Room and Board: $14,398

#18 Haverford College

Tuition and Fees: $45,636

Room and Board: $13,810

#17 Oberlin College

Tuition and Fees: $46,870

Room and Board: $12,604



#16 Scripps College

Tuition and Fees: $45,564

Room and Board: $14,006

#15 Occidental College

Tuition and Fees: $46,652

Room and Board: $12,940

#14 University of Southern California

Tuition and Fees: $46,713

Room and Board: $12,902

#13 Carnegie Mellon University

Tuition and Fees: $47,642

Room and Board: $11,990

#12 Fordham College

Tuition and Fees: $43,902

Room and Board: $15,900

#11 Johns Hopkins University

Tuition and Fees: $45,970

Room and Board: $13,832

#10 Trinity College

Tuition and Fees: $47,560

Room and Board: $12,300

#9 Bard College at Simon's Rock

Tuition and Fees: $47,313

Room and Board: $12,690

#8 University of Chicago

Tuition and Fees: $46,386

Room and Board: $13,653

#7 Dartmouth College

Tuition and Fees: $46,752

Room and Board: $13,449

#6 Wesleyan University

Tuition and Fees: $47,274

Room and Board: $12,940

#5 Sarah Lawrence College

Tuition and Fees: $48,696

Room and Board: $11,960

#4 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Tuition and Fees: $47,819

Room and Board: $12,960

#3 Bard College

Tuition and Fees: $47,944

Room and Board: $13,502

#2 Harvey Mudd College

Tuition and Fees: $46,609

Room and Board: $15,151

#1 New York University

Tuition and Fees: $44,845

Room and Board: $16,622

At the same time, real education comes a lot cheaper.