United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution

List of Private Colleges by In State Tution

Below is a college cost ranking of the 1337 private colleges in the United States with the highest in state tution. What is the most expensive college in the United States? Jewish Theological Seminary of America tops the list with a tuition and fee total of $68,365. 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 2022-2022 IPEDS Survey and reflect reported costs for the 2021/2022 academic year.

List of United States Private Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution
School Tuition In State
Grinnell College

Grinnell, IA

$61,480
Bennington College

Bennington, VT

$61,448
Dickinson College

Carlisle, PA

$61,351
Carnegie Mellon University

Pittsburgh, PA

$61,344
Sarah Lawrence College

Bronxville, NY

$61,234
Bates College

Lewiston, ME

$61,066
California Institute of Technology

Pasadena, CA

$60,864
Olin College of Engineering

Needham, MA

$60,766
Claremont McKenna College

Claremont, CA

$60,715
Scripps College

Claremont, CA

$60,712
Chapman University

Orange, CA

$60,672
Bard College

Annandale-On-Hudson, NY

$60,622
Washington University in St Louis

Saint Louis, MO

$60,590
Pitzer College

Claremont, CA

$60,578
Occidental College

Los Angeles, CA

$60,566
Johns Hopkins University

Baltimore, MD

$60,480
Vanderbilt University

Nashville, TN

$60,348
University of Richmond

University of Richmond, VA

$60,330