55 Colleges With the Highest Application Fees

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"… For some families, that can mean hundreds of dollars in fees if a student is applying to multiple schools. However, application fees may be waived for low-income students. The College Board offers a searchable database of schools that waive application fees. Additionally the National Association for College Admission Counseling provides a waiver request form for first-year applicants and another that can be used by transfer students.

Barring a waiver, applying to multiple schools on the list below can be expensive. Of the 979 schools that reported application fees, 55 charged fees that ranged from a low of $75 to a high of $90 at Stanford University in California. The national average was $43." …

https://www.usnews.com/education/best-colleges/the-short-list-college/articles/colleges-with-the-highest-application-fees

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SCHOOL NAME (STATE) APPLICATION FEE U.S. NEWS RANK AND CATEGORY
Stanford University (CA) $90 7, National Universities
University of Southern California $85 22 (tie), National Universities
Columbia University (NY) $85 3 (tie), National Universities
Duke University (NC) $85 8 (tie), National Universities
North Carolina State University—Raleigh $85 80 (tie), National Universities
Boston College $80 38 (tie), National Universities
Boston University $80 42 (tie), National Universities
Brandeis University (MA) $80 35 (tie), National Universities
Cornell University (NY) $80 16 (tie), National Universities
Dartmouth College (NH) $80 12 (tie), National Universities
New York University $80 30 (tie), National Universities
University of Connecticut $80 63 (tie), National Universities
University of Massachusetts—Amherst $80 70 (tie), National Universities
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill $80 30 (tie), National Universities
University of North Carolina—Wilmington $80 15 (tie), Regional Universities (South)
Villanova University (PA) $80 49 (tie), National Universities
Yale University (CT) $80 3 (tie), National Universities
Barnard College (NY) $75 25 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
Bentley University (MA) $75 3, Regional Universities (North)
Brown University (RI) $75 14 (tie), National Universities
California Institute of Technology $75 12 (tie), National Universities
Carnegie Mellon University (PA) $75 25 (tie), National Universities
College of New Jersey $75 4, Regional Universities (North)
College of William and Mary (VA) $75 38 (tie), National Universities
Cooper Union (NY) $75 1, Regional Colleges (North)
East Carolina University (NC) $75 194 (tie), National Universities
Emory University (GA) $75 21, National Universities
Georgetown University (DC) $75 22 (tie), National Universities
George Washington University (DC) $75 63 (tie), National Universities
Georgia Institute of Technology $75 35 (tie), National Universities
Harvard University (MA) $75 2, National Universities
Kean University (NJ) $75 139 (tie), Regional Universities (North)
Manhattan College (NY) $75 15 (tie), Regional Universities (North)
Massachusetts Institute of Technology $75 3 (tie), National Universities
New Jersey Institute of Technology $75 106 (tie), National Universities
Northeastern University (MA) $75 44 (tie), National Universities
Northwestern University (IL) $75 10 (tie), National Universities
Rice University (TX) $75 16 (tie), National Universities
Syracuse University (NY) $75 53 (tie), National Universities
Texas A&M University—College Station $75 66 (tie), National Universities
Texas State University $75 230-301, National Universities
Texas Tech University $75 187 (tie), National Universities
Tufts University (MA) $75 27 (tie), National Universities
University of Chicago $75 3 (tie), National Universities
University of Delaware $75 89 (tie), National Universities
University of Houston $75 171 (tie), National Universities
University of Maryland—College Park $75 63 (tie), National Universities
University of Michigan—Ann Arbor $75 27 (tie), National Universities
University of North Carolina—Asheville $75 143 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
University of North Texas $75 230-301, National Universities
University of Notre Dame (IN) $75 18, National Universities
University of Pennsylvania $75 8 (tie), National Universities
University of Texas—Austin $75 49 (tie), National Universities
Washington University in St. Louis $75 19 (tie), National Universities
Woodbury University (CA) $75 59 (tie), Regional Universities (West)