College has not been “cheap” for the most part for a long time, but it’s undoubtedly getting even more expensive. Even families who open college savings plans for their kids may find that it’s getting increasingly harder to afford paying for one child, let alone more than one’s college without some aggressive savings strategies. And in each state, there’s at least one college so expensive that parents might be wishing they could win the lottery to pay for four years.
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GOBankingRates set out to find the most expensive college in every state using the U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings and Niche.com’s College List. For each school, a number of factors were found including school name, location, undergraduate enrollment, tuition and fees cost, room and board cost, and the average student debt each graduate has.
Results vary dramatically from state to state. Although Alaska University, for instance, costs comparatively little — $29,060 including room and board — Illinois’ Northwestern University tops out at a whopping $86,331. Variances in total cost are not just based on tuition, however. The costs for room and board are all over the map, as well, with the University of Miami at $21,580 while the University of Wyoming asks for just $3,420. Take a look at the costs.
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Alabama: Samford College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $38,144 Annual cost of room and board : $12,160 Total cost : $50,304 Find Out: Here’s What the US Minimum Wage Was the Year You Were Born
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Alaska: Alaska Pacific University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $20,760 Annual cost of room and board : $8,300 Total cost : $29,060 Discover More: Net Worth for Baby Boomers: How To Tell Whether You’re Poor, Middle Class, Upper Middle Class or Rich
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Annual cost of tuition and fees : $42,204 Annual cost of room and board : $14,102 Total cost : $56,306 WhisperToMe / Wikimedia Commons Arkansas: Hendrix College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $36,650 Annual cost of room and board : $14,300 Total cost : $50,950 benedek / Getty Images
California: University of Southern California Annual cost of tuition and fees : $68,237 Annual cost of room and board : $19,198 Total cost : $87,435 JAKeeran / Wikimedia Commons Colorado: Colorado College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,028 Annual cost of room and board : $14,376 Total cost : $79,404
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Smaley / Wikimedia Commons Connecticut: Trinity College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $67,420 Annual cost of room and board : $17,990 Total cost : $85,410 Cargoudel / iStock.com Delaware: Goldey-Beacom College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $13,050 Annual cost of room and board : $11,600 Total cost : $24,650 aimintang / Getty Images District of Columbia: Georgetown University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,082 Annual cost of room and board : $20,458 Total cost : $85,540 Harrier233 / Wikimedia Commons Florida: University of Miami Annual cost of tuition and fees : $59,926 Annual cost of room and board : $21,580 Total cost : $81,506 Read Next: Net Worth for US Families: How To Tell if You’re Poor, Middle Class, Upper Middle Class or Rich
EQRoy / Shutterstock.com Georgia: Emory University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $60,774 Annual cost of room and board : $18,972 Total cost : $79,746 Danielle Chang / Flickr.com Hawaii: Hawaii Pacific University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $31,940 Annual cost of room and board : $15,278 Total cost : $47,218 ©Shutterstock.com Idaho: Northwest Nazarene University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $39,370 Annual cost of room and board : $11,550 Total cost : $50,920 BSPollard / iStock.com Illinois: Northwestern University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,997 Annual cost of room and board : $20,334 Total cost : $86,331 Find Out: How Much Does the Average Middle-Class Person Have in Savings?
HunterMatthew / Shutterstock.com Indiana: University of Notre Dame Annual cost of tuition and fees : $62,693 Annual cost of room and board : $17,378 Total cost : $80,071 Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Iowa: Grinnell College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $64,862 Annual cost of room and board : $15,878 Total cost : $80,740 Sean Pavone / Getty Images/iStockphoto Kansas: Southwestern College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $38,480 Annual cost of room and board : $9,850 Total cost : $48,330 ©Berea College Kentucky: Centre College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $50,550 Annual cost of room and board : $13,040 Total cost : $63,590 Learn More: How To Make Passive Income Just By Moving Money in These Ways
Fotoluminate LLC / Shutterstock.com Louisiana: Tulane University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,538 Annual cost of room and board : $18,088 Total cost : $83,626 Sean Pavone / Getty Images/iStockphoto Maine: Colby College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $66,600 Annual cost of room and board : $17,120 Total cost : $83,720 Richard Thornton / Shutterstock.com Maryland: Johns Hopkins University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $63,340 Annual cost of room and board : $19,840 Total cost : $83,180 ©Shutterstock.com Massachusetts: Tufts University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $67,844 Annual cost of room and board : $17,660 Total cost : $85,504 Check Out: 5 Cheapest and Safest Places To Live in Wyoming
DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images/iStockphoto Michigan: Kalamazoo College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $56,562 Annual cost of room and board : $11,340 Total cost : $67,902 tmphoto98 / Shutterstock.com Minnesota: Carleton College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,457 Annual cost of room and board : $16,710 Total cost : $82,167 Social_Stratification / Flickr.com Mississippi: Bellhaven University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $29,195 Annual cost of room and board : $9,400 Total cost : $38,595 Nagel Photography / Shutterstock.com Missouri: Washington University in St. Louis Annual cost of tuition and fees : $62,982 Annual cost of room and board : $20,778 Total cost : $83,760 Explore More: 9 Major US Cities Where Buying a Home Is Surprisingly Cheap
Nagel Photography / Shutterstock.com Montana: Carroll College Annual cost of tuition and fees : Carroll College Annual cost of room and board : $40,352 Total cost : $11,212 Bluejayscholar / Wikimedia Commons Nebraska: Creighton University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $47,000 Annual cost of room and board : $12,790 Total cost : $59,790 Dmiat / Wikimedia Commons Nevada: Roseman University of Health Sciences Annual cost of tuition and fees : $41,667 Annual cost of room and board : N/A Total cost : $41,667 Edward Fielding / Shutterstock.com New Hampshire: Dartmouth College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,511 Annual cost of room and board : $18,759 Total cost : $84,270 Discover More: I’m a Real Estate Agent: Buy Property in These 5 Fast-Growing Cities To Be Rich in 5 Years
Felix Lipov / Shutterstock.com New Jersey: Stevens Institute of Technology Annual cost of tuition and fees : $60,952 Annual cost of room and board : $18,650 Total cost : $79,602 amadeustx / Shutterstock.com New Mexico: St. John’s College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $39,356 Annual cost of room and board : $15,468 Total cost : $54,824 fdastudillo / iStock.com New York: Vassar College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $67,805 Annual cost of room and board : $17,415 Total cost : $85,220 aimintang / Getty Images North Carolina: Duke University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $66,172 Annual cost of room and board : $19,066 Total cost : $85,238 Learn More: Here’s the Salary a Single Person Needs To Live Comfortably in Hawaii
Matthew L. / Yelper North Dakota: University of Jamestown Annual cost of tuition and fees : $24,200 Annual cost of room and board : $8,560 Total cost : $32,760 Cbc717 / Wikimedia Commons Ohio: Kenyon College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $69,330 Annual cost of room and board : $14,410 Total cost : $83,740 jbdphotography / Shutterstock.com Oklahoma: The University of Tulsa Annual cost of tuition and fees : $48,102 Annual cost of room and board : $12,876 Total cost : $60,978 Png Studio Photography / Shutterstock.com Oregon: Reed College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $64,760 Annual cost of room and board : $15,950 Total cost : $80,710 Read More: I’m a Real Estate Agent: Here Are the 4 Florida Cities Where You Should Avoid Buying a Home
©Shutterstock.com Pennsylvania: Franklin & Marshall College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $68,380 Annual cost of room and board : $15,568 Total cost : $83,948 jiawangkun / Shutterstock.com Rhode Island: Brown University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $68,230 Annual cost of room and board : $16,598 Total cost : $84,828 JeffersonDavis / Flickr.com South Carolina: Furman University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $58,312 Annual cost of room and board : $15,868 Total cost : $74,180 Alexius Horatius / Wikimedia Commons South Dakota: Augustana University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $39,190 Annual cost of room and board : $9,470 Total cost : $48,660 Find Out: In Less Than a Decade, You Won’t Be Able To Afford Homes in These ZIP Codes
Sean Pavone / Shutterstock.com Tennessee: Vanderbilt University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $63,946 Annual cost of room and board : $20,978 Total cost : $84,924 Ken Wolter / Shutterstock.com Texas: Southern Methodist University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $64,460 Annual cost of room and board : $18,230 Total cost : $82,690 Livelifelovesnow / Wikimedia Commons Utah: Westminster College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $41,936 Annual cost of room and board : $11,770 Total cost : $53,706 Jd4508 / Wikimedia Commons Vermont: Middlebury College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $65,280 Annual cost of room and board : $18,600 Total cost : $83,880 Discover More: 8 Places Where Houses Are Suddenly Major Bargains
krblokhin / Getty Images Virginia: Washington and Lee University Annual cost of tuition and fees : $64,525 Annual cost of room and board : $17,685 Total cost : $82,210 Sean Pavone / Getty Images/iStockphoto Washington: Whitman College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $61,492 Annual cost of room and board : $14,640 Total cost : $76,132 DenisTangneyJr / Getty Images West Virginia: Wesleyan College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $33,494 Annual cost of room and board : $11,010 Total cost : $44,504 Philip Arno Photography / Shutterstock.com Wisconsin: Beloit College Annual cost of tuition and fees : $58,554 Annual cost of room and board : $10,740 Total cost : $69,294 Check Out: 7 Locations Where Housing Prices Are Plummeting Post-Pandemic
Thecoldmidwest / Wikimedia Commons Wyoming: University of Wyoming Annual cost of tuition and fees : $27,437 Annual cost of room and board : $3,420 Total cost : $30,857 Bob Haegele and Jordan Rosenfeld contributed to the reporting for this article.
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Methodology: For this study, GOBankingRates analyzed each state to find the most expensive private college in every state. First GOBankingRates found the most expensive colleges in each state by using the U.S. News & World Report’s College Rankings and Niche.com’s College List. For each school, a number of factors were found including; school name, location, undergraduate enrollment, tuition & fees cost, room & board cost, and the average student debt each graduate has. The states were sorted from the most to least expensive average total. All data was collected on and is up to date as of May 7, 2024. Wyoming did not have a private 4-year college with data available so a private 2-year college was substituted.
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