<p>MOST EXPENSIVE COLLEGES
Here's a list of the most expensive tuition bills for 2005-06, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. The figures do not include room, board or other costs of attendance. </p>
<p>College 2005-06
tuition 1-year
increase
Landmark $37,738 2.7%
George Washington U. $36,400 7.0%
U of Richmond $34,850 31.4%
Sarah Lawrence $34,042 5.0%
Kenyon $33,930 5.5%
Vassar $33,800 7.8%
Trinity $33,630 5.3%
Bennington $33,570 8.0%
Simon's Rock College of Bard $33,364 7.0%<br>
Hamilton (NY) $33,350 5.2% </p>
<p>*Figures represent tuition and required fees for first-time, full-time undergrads.</p>
<p>Interesting but in my opinion one cannot look at tuition/fees alone. Housing is big and so is the requirement for additonal cash for eating.......look at the total experience. As an aside some remote campuses require additonal transportation fees in addition to the airfare/trainfare.....a $50 limo/shared ride whatever can add up.</p>
<p>To put the numbers Cama listed in a little bit of perspective, here is the average cost of tuition for all universities and colleges in the U.S., also according to the Chronicle of Higher Education. </p>
<p>Tuition only:</p>
<p>Private college/university: $21,235</p>
<p>Public (4 year):
in-state student: $5,491
out of state student: $13,164</p>
<p>It's hard for me to look at these numbers and come away with anything (well, other than shock at UR's percentage increase -- their motto appears to be "If we want people to consider us in the same league as the insanely overpriced elite schools, by God we need to become an insanely overpriced school") because I don't have an idea of what the "real" cost of attendance is for the average student. That's what I find so frustrating -- each school has such widely varying philsophies about aid. In Richmond's case, for example, I know that they have made a big effort to smooth over their announced increase by insisting that the tuition hike will allow them to provide more grants.</p>
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<p>LOL Iderochi.</p>
<p>But you are absolutely right: since colleges are so closed mouth about their discount rates, we really don't have any idea if these numbers even come close to what the average student pays. It's just the list number. At schools like U of Rochester, where merit money is heavily leveraged to attract high performers and diversity, this could be a particular issue.</p>