United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution

Below is a college cost ranking of the 1198 private colleges in the United States with the highest in state tution. What is the most expensive college in the United States? University of Pennsylvania leads the list with a tuition and fee total of $76,452. Note these costs do not include room and board or living expenses.

All price data are reprinted from the U.S. Department of Education's IPEDS 2025 survey and reflect reported costs for academic year 2024/2025.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution
College	Tuition In State
Brandeis University Waltham, Massachusetts	$69,078
Harvey Mudd College Claremont, California	$68,964
Williams College Williamstown, Massachusetts	$68,880
Wake Forest University Winston-Salem, North Carolina	$68,814
Villanova University Villanova, Pennsylvania	$68,714
Grinnell College Grinnell, Iowa	$68,652
Skidmore College Saratoga Springs, New York	$68,610
Bowdoin College Brunswick, Maine	$68,466
California Institute of Technology Pasadena, California	$68,394
Macalester College Saint Paul, Minnesota	$68,334
Claremont McKenna College Claremont, California	$68,330
Oberlin College Oberlin, Ohio	$68,322
University of Rochester Rochester, New York	$68,290
Georgetown University Washington, District Of Columbia	$68,210
Bucknell University Lewisburg, Pennsylvania	$68,178
Middlebury College Middlebury, Vermont	$68,100
George Washington University Washington, District Of Columbia	$68,000
Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania	$67,896

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This list is updated annually based on the latest data from the National Center for Education Statistics.
Last updated: March 15, 2026

Data source: IPEDS 2025 survey for academic year 2024/2025 - National Center for Education Statistics.