The 50K club is getting crowded: 123 institutions now charge $50,000 or more for tuition, fees, room, and board, according to data released by the College Board. That's up from last year, when 100 colleges and universities charged that much.
Here are the institutions charging $50,000 or more:
| Institution | 2011-12 | 2010-11 | 1-year increase |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sarah Lawrence College | $59,170 | $57,384 | 3.1% |
| Landmark College | $57,330 | $56,500 | 1.5% |
| New York U. | $56,787 | $54,750 | 3.7% |
| Columbia U. School of General Studies | $56,310 | $53,874 | 4.5% |
| Harvey Mudd College | $56,268 | $53,588 | 5.0% |
| Wesleyan U. | $56,006 | $53,976 | 3.8% |
| Claremont McKenna College | $55,865 | $53,230 | 5.0% |
| Johns Hopkins U. | $55,742 | $53,690 | 3.8% |
| Berklee College of Music | $55,615 | $51,335 | 8.3% |
| Bard College | $55,592 | $53,480 | 3.9% |
| Barnard College | $55,566 | $53,496 | 3.9% |
| Vanderbilt U. | $55,556 | $52,990 | 4.8% |
| Trinity College | $55,450 | $53,330 | 4.0% |
| U. of Chicago | $55,416 | $53,244 | 4.1% |
| Dartmouth College | $55,365 | $52,445 | 5.6% |
| Bates College | $55,300 | $53,300 | 3.8% |
| Stevens Institute of Technology | $55,276 | $52,965 | 4.4% |
| Vassar College | $55,135 | $53,090 | 3.9% |
| Washington U. in St. Louis | $55,111 | $53,315 | 3.4% |
| Boston College | $55,079 | $52,624 | 4.7% |
| Haverford College | $55,050 | $52,970 | 3.9% |
| Pitzer College | $54,988 | $53,080 | 3.6% |
| Connecticut College | $54,970 | $53,110 | 3.5% |
| Bard College at Simon's Rock | $54,960 | $52,610 | 4.5% |
| Bennington College | $54,960 | $52,900 | 3.9% |
| Occidental College | $54,950 | $52,815 | 4.0% |
| Georgetown U. | $54,936 | $53,591 | 2.5% |
| Carnegie Mellon U. | $54,922 | $52,690 | 4.2% |
| Scripps College | $54,900 | $52,900 | 3.8% |
| U. of Southern California | $54,896 | $52,602 | 4.4% |
| Fordham U. | $54,893 | $52,768 | 4.0% |
| Tulane U. | $54,884 | $52,110 | 5.3% |
| Northwestern U. | $54,763 | $52,463 | 4.4% |
| Oberlin College | $54,760 | $52,587 | 4.1% |
| Cornell U. | $54,695 | $52,316 | 4.5% |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $54,679 | $52,145 | 4.9% |
| Eastman School of Music of University of Rochester | $54,621 | $52,372 | 4.3% |
| New School Parsons School of Design | $54,610 | $52,870 | 3.3% |
| Williams College | $54,560 | $52,340 | 4.2% |
| Tufts U. | $54,474 | $52,866 | 3.0% |
| George Washington U. | $54,473 | $53,025 | 2.7% |
| Bowdoin College | $54,470 | $52,880 | 3.0% |
| Union College (N.Y.) | $54,273 | $52,329 | 3.7% |
| Bucknell U. | $54,240 | $52,280 | 3.7% |
| Carleton College | $54,180 | $52,110 | 4.0% |
| Boston Conservatory | $54,160 | $51,985 | 4.2% |
| Boston U. | $54,130 | $52,124 | 3.8% |
| Franklin & Marshall College | $54,110 | $52,110 | 3.8% |
| Amherst College | $54,098 | $51,520 | 5.0% |
| Hampshire College | $54,060 | $52,202 | 3.6% |
| St. John's College (Md.) | $53,990 | $52,176 | 3.5% |
| St. John's College (N.M.) | $53,990 | $52,176 | 3.5% |
| U. of Pennsylvania | $53,976 | $51,944 | 3.9% |
| Brandeis U. | $53,954 | $51,488 | 4.8% |
| U. of Rochester | $53,922 | $51,922 | 3.9% |
| Duke U. | $53,905 | $51,865 | 3.9% |
| Dickinson College | $53,885 | $51,975 | 3.7% |
| Columbia U. | $53,853 | $51,677 | 4.2% |
| Reed College | $53,850 | $51,850 | 3.9% |
| Middlebury College | $53,800 | $52,500 | 2.5% |
| Colby College | $53,800 | $51,990 | 3.5% |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $53,767 | $52,168 | 3.1% |
| St. Lawrence U. | $53,740 | $51,770 | 3.8% |
| Babson College | $53,730 | $51,916 | 3.5% |
| Lafayette College | $53,720 | $51,774 | 3.8% |
| Bryn Mawr College | $53,714 | $51,780 | 3.7% |
| Skidmore College | $53,684 | $52,170 | 2.9% |
| Mount Holyoke College | $53,596 | $52,036 | 3.0% |
| Colgate U. | $53,570 | $52,060 | 2.9% |
| Hamilton College (N.Y.) | $53,470 | $51,760 | 3.3% |
| Smith College | $53,460 | $51,898 | 3.0% |
| Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $53,450 | $51,925 | 2.9% |
| Fairfield U. | $53,260 | $51,430 | 3.6% |
| Swarthmore College | $53,250 | $51,500 | 3.4% |
| Wellesley College | $53,250 | $51,950 | 2.5% |
| Chapman U. | $53,191 | $51,481 | 3.3% |
| Brown U. | $53,136 | $51,360 | 3.5% |
| Providence College | $53,115 | $51,125 | 3.9% |
| Pomona College | $53,110 | $51,330 | 3.5% |
| New School | $53,070 | $51,350 | 3.3% |
| Wake Forest U. | $52,986 | $50,980 | 3.9% |
| U. of Notre Dame | $52,805 | $50,785 | 4.0% |
| Emory U. | $52,792 | $50,356 | 4.8% |
| Gettysburg College | $52,790 | $51,390 | 2.7% |
| College of the Holy Cross | $52,758 | $50,832 | 3.8% |
| Yale U. | $52,700 | $49,800 | 5.8% |
| Harvard U. | $52,650 | $50,724 | 3.8% |
| Kenyon College | $52,650 | $50,400 | 4.5% |
| Southern Methodist U. | $52,645 | $49,965 | 5.4% |
| Washington and Lee U. | $52,614 | $50,630 | 3.9% |
| Pepperdine U. | $52,596 | $50,470 | 4.2% |
| Wheaton College (Mass.) | $52,564 | $51,264 | 2.5% |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $52,507 | $50,446 | 4.1% |
| Loyola U. Maryland | $52,485 | $50,000 | 5.0% |
| Drew U. | $52,454 | $50,647 | 3.6% |
| U. of Richmond | $52,420 | $50,420 | 4.0% |
| Stanford U. | $52,341 | $50,576 | 3.5% |
| Villanova U. | $52,200 | $50,550 | 3.3% |
| New School Mannes College of Music | $52,040 | $50,360 | 3.3% |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $51,964 | $50,240 | 3.4% |
| Ursinus College | $51,950 | $49,700 | 4.5% |
| Dominican U. of California | $51,810 | $49,100 | 5.5% |
| Lehigh U. | $51,800 | $50,300 | 3.0% |
| American U. | $51,719 | $50,165 | 3.1% |
| Northeastern U. | $51,472 | $49,552 | 3.9% |
| Cleveland Institute of Music | $51,445 | $50,005 | 2.9% |
| Rhode Island School of Design | $51,429 | $49,605 | 3.7% |
| Macalester College | $51,417 | $49,124 | 4.7% |
| U. of Miami | $51,182 | $48,898 | 4.7% |
| Case Western Reserve U. | $51,058 | $49,048 | 4.1% |
| Santa Clara U. | $51,045 | $49,110 | 3.9% |
| Syracuse U. | $50,921 | $49,152 | 3.6% |
| Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | $50,902 | $48,693 | 4.5% |
| Loyola Marymount U. | $50,850 | $49,189 | 3.4% |
| Bentley U. | $50,848 | $49,238 | 3.3% |
| Whitman College | $50,656 | $48,490 | 4.5% |
| Mills College | $50,570 | $48,529 | 4.2% |
| West Coast U. | $50,453 | $50,453 | 0.0% |
| Colorado College | $50,450 | $48,898 | 3.2% |
| Rollins College | $50,400 | $49,400 | 2.0% |
| U. of San Diego | $50,334 | $48,980 | 2.8% |
| Peabody Institute of Johns Hopkins U. | $50,325 | $48,425 | 3.9% |
| Denison U. | $50,160 | $47,800 | 4.9% |
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology's 2010-11 total for tuition, fees, room, and board was revised on October 27, 2010, to reflect a change made by the College Board.
Source: The College Board collected the figures for 2010-11 in its "Annual Survey of Colleges 2011." © 2011, the College Board. This material may not be copied, published, rewritten, or redistributed without permission.
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