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
New York University New York, New York	$62,796
University of Denver Denver, Colorado	$62,748
The New England Conservatory of Music Boston, Massachusetts	$62,590
Rose Hulman Institute of Technology Terre Haute, Indiana	$62,578
Worcester Polytechnic Institute Worcester, Massachusetts	$62,230
The College of Wooster Wooster, Ohio	$62,160
Ursinus College Collegeville, Pennsylvania	$62,060
Santa Clara University Santa Clara, California	$61,947
Texas Christian University Fort Worth, Texas	$61,830
Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo, Michigan	$61,647
University of Redlands Redlands, California	$61,628
The Juilliard School New York, New York	$61,500
Beloit College Beloit, Wisconsin	$61,408
California College of the Arts San Francisco, California	$61,076
University of San Francisco San Francisco, California	$61,064
Bentley University Waltham, Massachusetts	$61,000
Susquehanna University Selinsgrove, Pennsylvania	$60,950
Clarkson University Potsdam, New York	$60,738

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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.