Wall Street Journal Top College ranking

Top 30 Private Schools ranked by “Average Net Price” (published cost of attendance inluding, tuition, fees, expenses and room and board) minus the average total of grants and scholarships.

  1. Princeton–$16,302

  2. Stanford–$16,562

  3. Harvard–$17,030

  4. Yale–$18053

  5. Pomona College–$18,427

  6. Amherst College–$19,519

  7. Wellesley College–$20,189

  8. Williams College–$20,380

  9. Swarthmore College–$20,444

  10. Duke–$22,011

  11. MIT–$22,230

  12. Dartmouth College–$22,303

  13. Columbia–$22,824

  14. Vanderbilt–$23,295

  15. Rice–$24,131

  16. CalTech–$24,466

  17. UPenn–$24,539

  18. Brown–$25,651

  19. Northwestern University–$26,099

  20. Emory–$26,867

  21. Georgetown–$27,420

  22. Notre Dame–$27,453

  23. WashUStL–$27,777

  24. Johns Hopkins University–$29,066

  25. Tufts University–$29,449

  26. Carnegie Mellon University–$29,817

  27. Cornell University–$31,449

  28. USC–$32,892

  29. Univ. of Chicago–$34,834

  30. NYU–$36,256