Top 10 Most Expensive Colleges

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College tuition around the country continues to rise with the average student leaving college with 24,000 dollars in student loan debt and that is just the average. If you were to attend any of the schools below that wouldn’t even cover one year of education.

Bates College – $43,950

Bates College is a private liberal arts college located in Lewiston, Maine, founded in 1855. Bates College is one of the first colleges to be coed from establishment. Bates college averages 1,700 students annually.

Middlebury College – $42,910

Middlebury College is a private liberal arts college in Middlebury, Vermont. The college is one of the oldest liberal arts colleges in the United States, founded in 1800. A little known fact about Middlebury College is that it was the first American institution of higher education to grant a bachelor’s degree to an African-merican.

Colby College – $42,730

Colby College is the 12th oldest independent liberal arts college in the United States, founded in 1813. The college is located on Mayflower Hill in Waterville, Maine. Colby College averages 1,800 students annually.

Union College (NY) – $40,953

Union College is a private liberal arts college located in Schenectady, New York. The college was found shortly after the American Revolution and is known as the “Mother of Fraternities”, with three of the earliest fraternities being established there.

Connecticut College – $40,900

Connecticut College (Conn College or Conn) is an American private liberal arts college located in New London, Connecticut, founded in 1911. It is located on the Thames River, and overlooking the Long Island Sound on the highest point in New London.

George Washington University – $40,392

The George Washington University is a private, coeducational, top-tier university located in Washington, D.C. The school was chartered on February 9, 1821 as The Columbian College in the District of Columbia by an Act of Congress.

Vassar College – $39,635

Vassar College is a private liberal arts college situated in the town of Poughkeepsie, New York, founded as a women’s college in 1861.

Sarah Lawrence College – $39,450

Sarah Lawrence is a private liberal arts college in the United States. It is located in southern Westchester County, New York, in the city of Yonkers. Sarah Lawrence was founded in 1926 as a women’s college. The College is known for its rigorous academic standards and low student-to-faculty ratio of 9-to-1.

Bucknell University – $39,434

Bucknell University is a private university located along the West Branch Susquehanna River in Central Pennsylvania in the town of Lewisburg, founded in 1846. The university consists of the College of Arts and Sciences and the College of Engineering.

Colgate University – $39,275

Colgate University is a private liberal arts college located in the Village of Hamilton in Madison County, New York. The school was founded in 1819 as a Baptist seminary, but later became non-denominational. It is named for the Colgate family who greatly contributed to the university’s endowment in the 19th century.