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
College of William and Mary

Williamsburg, VA

$23,970
Temple University

Philadelphia, PA

$21,135
University of Pittsburgh Pittsburgh Campus

Pittsburgh, PA

$21,080
University of Virginia Main Campus

Charlottesville, VA

$20,342
Colorado School of Mines

Golden, CO

$20,040
Virginia Military Institute

Lexington, VA

$19,914
University of Connecticut

Storrs, CT

$19,434
University of New Hampshire Main Campus

Durham, NH

$19,024
Penn State Main Campus

University Park, PA

$18,898
University of Vermont

Burlington, VT

$18,890
New Jersey Institute of Technology

Newark, NJ

$18,512
The College of New Jersey

Ewing, NJ

$17,978
Pennsylvania College of Technology

Williamsport, PA

$17,940
Michigan Technological University

Houghton, MI

$17,614
Miami University

Oxford, OH

$17,264
University of Massachusetts Amherst

Amherst, MA

$16,952
University of Michigan

Ann Arbor, MI

$16,736
University of Connecticut Stamford

Stamford, CT

$16,650