| *Total student charges 2002-03 | Institution Total charges* |
| Sarah Lawrence College | $39,370 |
| New York University | $37,052 |
| George Washington University | $36,930 |
| Columbia College of Columbia University, | $36,752 |
| University of Chicago | $36,552 |
| Tufts University | $36,465 |
| Boston University | $36,390 |
| Brown University | $36,356 |
| Georgetown University | $36,351 |
| Cornell University | $36,322 |
| Johns Hopkins University | $36,220 |
| University of Pennsylvania | $36,212 |
| Washington University | $36,199 |
| Vanderbilt University | $36,147 |
| Stanford University | $36,123 |
| Swarthmore College | $36,092 |
| Wesleyan University | $36,080 |
| Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $36,072 |
| Massachusetts Institute of Technology | $36,060 |
| Brandeis University | $36,014 |
| Harvey Mudd College | $36,008 |
| Bowdoin College | $35,990 |
| Trinity College | $35,982 |
| Harvard University | $35,950 |
| Dartmouth College | $35,903 |
| Middlebury College | $35,900 |
| Haverford College | $35,850 |
| Skidmore College | $35,815 |
| Colby College | $35,800 |
| Hamilton College | $35,800 |
| Duke University | $35,765 |
| Bates College | $35,750 |
| Amherst College | $35,690 |
| Tulane University | $35,688 |
| Northwestern University | $35,674 |
| Mount Holyoke College | $35,640 |
| Connecticut College | $35,625 |
| Pomona College | $35,590 |
| Emory University | $35,558 |
| University of Southern California | $35,468 |
| Barnard College | $35,410 |
| Yale University | $35,370 |
| Vassar College | $35,300 |
| Hampshire College | $35,164 |
| Colgate University | $35,130 |
| Princeton University | $35,072 |
| Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $34,985 |
| Bryn Mawr College | $34,970 |
| Wellesley College | $34,944 |
| Smith College | $34,936 |
| Oberlin College | $34,894 |
| Boston College | $34,852 |
| Carnegie Mellon University | $34,650 |
| Wheaton College | $34,590 |
| Hobart and William Smith Colleges | $34,578 |
| University of Rochester | $34,571 |
| College of the Holy Cross | $34,440 |
| Pepperdine University | $34,300 |
| Union College | $34,252 |
| Saint Lawrence University | $34,235 |
| New School University | $34,146 |
| Lafayette College | $34,113 |
| Scripps College | $34,000 |
| Franklin and Marshall College | $33,860 |
| Williams College | $33,750 |
| Occidental College | $33,728 |
| Lehigh University | $33,710 |
| Dickinson College | $33,495 |
| Kenyon College | $33,400 |
| Bennington College | $33,240 |
| American University | $32,943 |
| Syracuse University | $32,934 |
| Villanova University | $32,895 |
| University of Miami | $32,871 |
| Santa Clara University | $32,829 |
| Loyola College in Maryland | $32,580 |
| Bentley College | $32,510 |
| Carleton College | $32,445 |
| Northeastern University | $32,436 |
| Davidson College | $32,024 |
| University of Notre Dame | $32,020 |