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
Connecticut College New London, Connecticut	$67,654
Wellesley College Wellesley, Massachusetts	$67,472
Sarah Lawrence College Bronxville, New York	$67,432
Syracuse University Syracuse, New York	$67,346
Bryn Mawr College Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania	$67,340
Northeastern University Boston, Massachusetts	$67,334
Bard College Annandale-On-Hudson, New York	$67,258
Mount Holyoke College South Hadley, Massachusetts	$67,256
Yale University New Haven, Connecticut	$67,250
Case Western Reserve University Cleveland, Ohio	$67,196
Bennington College Bennington, Vermont	$67,126
Washington University in St Louis St. Louis, Missouri	$67,080
Denison University Granville, Ohio	$67,000
Occidental College Los Angeles, California	$66,870
Fordham University Bronx, New York	$66,840
Hobart William Smith Colleges Geneva, New York	$66,830
Harvard University Cambridge, Massachusetts	$66,802
Stanford University Stanford, California	$66,693

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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.