Most Expensive College Dorms

The price of room and board at college continues to increase just as much as the rate of tuition. The average room and board expense for the 2008-2009 school year at public colleges is $7,748 and $8,989 at private colleges, an average cost that has gone up about 5% since last year. Looking at the rankings, many of the most expensive dorms are where you would expect them to be; in the heavily populated areas of California, New York and Washington DC.

Room and board is a huge expense. Take NYU for example, which ranks in with the 42nd highest tuition, but with room and board added in it gives NYU a total cost of over $50,000, placing it as the 3rd most expensive school in the nation. Take Sarah Lawrence College as another example; tuition at Sarah Lawrence is $39,450 making it the 8th highest tuition wise, but add in the whopping $13,716 for room and board and it easily becomes the most expensive college in the country.

These rankings are figured by taking the estimated cost of room and board for the school year. Prices are for a standard double room.

1. Eugene Lang College
   Room and Board: $15,460
   


2. Cooper Union
   Room and Board: $14,000
   
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3. Suffolk University
   Room and Board: $13,970
   


4. Sarah Lawrence College
   Room and Board: $13,716
   
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5. University of California - Berkeley
   Room and Board: $13,170
   


6. Manhattanville College
   Room and Board: $13,040
   


7. University of California - Santa Cruz
   Room and Board: $13,038
   


8. UCLA
   Room and Board: $12,891
   
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9. NYU
   Room and Board: $12,810
   
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10. Marymount Manhattan College
    Room and Board: $12,660
    

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