United States Public Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution

List of Public Colleges by In State Tution

Below is a college cost ranking of the 656 public colleges in the United States with the highest in state tution. What is the most expensive college in the United States? College of William and Mary tops the list with a tuition and fee total of $23,970. 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 Public Colleges Ranked by Highest In State Tution
School Tuition In State
University of Connecticut Hartford Campus

Hartford, Connecticut

$16,650
University of Connecticut Tri Campus

Waterbury, CT

$16,640
University of Connecticut Avery Point

Groton, CT

$16,640
Eastern Michigan University

Ypsilanti, MI

$16,410
Rutgers University New Brunswick

New Brunswick, NJ

$16,263
University of Massachusetts Lowell

Lowell, MA

$16,182
Rutgers University Camden

Camden, NJ

$16,112
Vermont Technical College

Randolph Center, VT

$16,086
Penn State Erie Behrend College

Erie, PA

$15,904
Penn State Altoona

Altoona, PA

$15,904
Penn State Berks

Reading, PA

$15,904
Penn State Harrisburg

Middletown, PA

$15,904
University of Rhode Island

Kingston, RI

$15,880
Winthrop University

Rock Hill, SC

$15,866
University of Minnesota Twin Cities

Minneapolis, MN

$15,859
Virginia Commonwealth University

Richmond, VA

$15,828
University of New Hampshire at Manchester

Manchester, NH

$15,804
University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Champaign, IL

$15,714