<p>Kiplinger</a> News Release</p>
<p>Kiplinger List of Best Values</p>
<p>"Incensed at the price of a private-college education? On the face of it, you have every reason to be. The average cost of a year at a four-year private school has lately run about $36,000, compared with $21,000 a decade ago, according to the College Board. Over the same ten-year period, family incomes have mostly stagnated. Many parents wonder whether a private-school education is attainable at all, much less worth the price.</p>
<p>Dont grab the pitchforks yet, folks. Although the sticker price charged by private colleges may seem more suited to the Ancien Régime than to recession-weary families, the net price -- the cost after financial aid -- puts the total out-of-pocket cost, on average, closer to $22,000. And if you consider only tuition and fees, the net price (in inflation-adjusted dollars) is actually a bit less than it was a decade ago.</p>
<p>Whats more, the colleges currently offering a net price below $20,000 include some of the best institutions in the world, making them a downright bargain -- and putting them at the top of Kiplingers 2010-11 rankings for best values in private colleges and universities. </p>
<p>Princeton, Kiplingers number-one-ranked university, reduces its $49,780 price to a bargain-basement $16,352, on average, for students with need. . . . (continued)"</p>
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<p>Kiplinger's Best Values 2010-2011</p>
<p>1---Princeton
2---Yale
3---Caltech
4---Rice
5---Duke
6---Harvard
7---Penn
8---Columbia
9---Brown
10--Dartmouth</p>