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Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by total cost of tuition + room/board for the 2010-2011 school year.
Also included is the school's rank in last year's most expensive colleges list and the number of spots moved.
Cost = Tuition + Room and Board
| College | Cost | '09-'10 Rank | Change |
| 1. Sarah Lawrence College | $56,420 | 1 | - |
| 2. New York University | $53,589 | 2 | - |
| 3. Wesleyan University | $53,406 | 11 | +8 |
| 4. Harvey Mudd College | $53,331 | 9 | +5 |
| 5. Bates College | $53,300 | 4 | -1 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins University | $53,190 | 6 | - |
| 7. Connecticut College | $53,110 | 8 | +1 |
| 8. Claremont McKenna College | $52,995 | 12 | +4 |
| 9. The George Washington University | $52,980 | 3 | -6 |
| 10. Scripps College | $52,686 | 23 | +13 |
| 11. Bard College | $52,650 | 19 | +8 |
| 12. Vassar College | $52,640 | 10 | -2 |
| 13. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $52,610 | 22 | +9 |
| 14. Haverford College | $52,606 | 15 | +1 |
| 15. Georgetown University | $52,526 | 7 | -8 |
| 16. Bowdoin College | $52,465 | 16 | - |
| 17. Eugene Lang College | $52,440 | 41 | +24 |
| 18. Duke University | $52,405 | 27 | +9 |
| 19. University of Chicago | $52,341 | 28 | +9 |
| 20. Union College (NY) | $52,329 | 35 | +15 |
| 21. Carnegie Mellon University | $52,250 | 14 | -7 |
| 22. Oberlin College | $52,244 | 30 | +8 |
| 23. Fordham University - Lincoln Center | $52,159 | 47 | +24 |
| 24. Middlebury College | $52,120 | 17 | -7 |
| 25. Cornell University | $52,100 | 32 | +7 |
| 26. Williams College | $52,096 | 48 | +22 |
| 27. Northwestern University | $52,080 | 43 | +16 |
| 28. Bucknell University | $52,050 | 33 | +5 |
| 29. Fordham University - Rose Hill | $52,036 | 53 | +24 |
| 30. Franklin & Marshall College | $52,010 | 21 | -9 |
| 30. Vanderbilt University | $52,010 | 26 | -4 |
| 32. Colby College | $51,990 | 25 | -7 |
| 33. Boston College | $51,962 | 20 | -13 |
| 34. Tufts University | $51,932 | 29 | -5 |
| 35. Washington University in St. Louis | $51,918 | 38 | +3 |
| 36. Babson College | $51,916 | 24 | -12 |
| 37. Carleton College | $51,882 | 36 | -1 |
| 38. Mount Holyoke College | $51,850 | 18 | -20 |
| 39. University of Southern California | $51,842 | 34 | -5 |
| 40. Bennington College | $51,830 | 40 | - |
| 41. Barnard College | $51,818 | 58 | +17 |
| 42. Dartmouth College | $51,816 | 36 | -6 |
| 43. St. John's College | $51,776 | 51 | +8 |
| 44. Colgate University | $51,775 | 13 | -31 |
| 45. Columbia University | $51,730 | 54 | +9 |
| 46. Wellesley College | $51,704 | 50 | +4 |
| 47. Smith College | $51,640 | 31 | -16 |
| 48. Dickinson College | $51,600 | 38 | -10 |
| 49. Reed College | $51,590 | 45 | -4 |
| 50. Boston University | $51,574 | 44 | -6 |
| 51. St. Lawrence University | $51,520 | 46 | -5 |
| 52. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $51,500 | 49 | -3 |
| 53. Trinity College (CT) | $51,370 | 56 | +3 |
| 54. Hamilton College | $51,350 | 55 | +1 |
| 55. Skidmore College | $51,336 | 5 | -50 |
| 56. Hampshire College | $51,279 | 52 | -4 |
| 57. Occidental College | $51,230 | 72 | +15 |
| 58. Swarthmore College | $51,160 | 61 | +3 |
| 59. Stevens Institute of Technology | $51,130 | 42 | -17 |
| 60. Drexel University | $51,125 | 57 | -3 |
| 61. University of Rochester | $51,120 | 67 | +6 |
| 62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $51,065 | 62 | - |
| 63. Hobart and William Smith College | $51,050 | 64 | +1 |
| 64. Pomona College | $51,023 | 59 | -5 |
| 65. Chapman University | $51,010 | 63 | -2 |
| 66. Wheaton College (MA) | $50,970 | 65 | -1 |
| 67. Gettysburg College | $50,880 | 84 | +17 |
| 68. Bryn Mawr College | $50,840 | 66 | -2 |
| 69. Amherst College | $50,820 | 78 | +9 |
| 70. Lafayette College | $50,769 | 60 | -10 |
| 71. Brandeis University | $50,596 | 80 | +9 |
| 72. Stanford University | $50,576 | 70 | -2 |
| 73. Wake Forest University | $50,554 | 75 | +2 |
| 74. Brown University | $50,468 | 81 | +7 |
| 75. University of Richmond | $50,420 | 77 | +2 |
| 76. Providence College | $50,390 | NR | - |
| 77. Pepperdine University | $50,350 | 74 | -3 |
| 78. University of Notre Dame | $50,282 | 69 | -9 |
| 79. College of the Holy Cross | $50,270 | 71 | -8 |
| 80. Fairfield University | $50,190 | 82 | +2 |
| 81. MIT | $50,174 | 68 | -13 |
| 82. Lehigh University | $50,000 | 76 | -6 |
| 83. Villanova University | $49,990 | 72 | -11 |
| 84. Yale University | $49,800 | 89 | +5 |
| 85. Emory University | $49,798 | 79 | -6 |
| 86. Washington and Lee University | $49,743 | 94 | +8 |
| 87. Ursinus College | $49,700 | 86 | -1 |
| 88. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $49,680 | 85 | -3 |
| 89. American University | $49,610 | 91 | +2 |
| 90. University of San Diego | $49,552 | 83 | -7 |
| 91. Drew University | $49,537 | 87 | -4 |
| 92. Pitzer College | $49,470 | 92 | - |
| 93. Rollins College | $49,400 | 88 | -5 |
| 94. Santa Clara University | $49,110 | 90 | -4 |
| 95. Macalester College | $48,924 | 97 | +2 |
| 96. Kenyon College | $48,920 | 95 | -1 |
| 97. Case Western Reserve | $48,700 | 101 | +4 |
| 98. Northeastern University | $48,670 | 100 | +2 |
| 99. Loyola University Maryland | $48,600 | 93 | -6 |
| 100. Princeton University | $48,580 | 96 | -4 |
Notes:
These totals are taken by adding tuition + room and board. We do not include fees when figuring this cost. This is because many fees can be optional and can vary per student and per major. A Student Health Insurance Fee, for example, is obviously not going to be required for a student already on their parents’ insurance plan. Some colleges also charge fees to certain majors. Including fees in the 'Total Cost' would have led to too many 'What Ifs'.
These numbers were taken directly from the college's website in October of 2010. In the case that the University does not provide an estimated cost of room and board (because some dorms on campus are priced differently), we took the price of a dorm a typical freshman would find themselves in.
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Here are the top 100 most expensive colleges by tuition for the 2010-2011 school year.
This year 43 colleges now charge over $40,000/year for tuition, compared to just 11 last year.
| College | Tuition |
| 1. Middlebury College | $45,185 |
| 2. Connecticut College | $43,990 |
| 3. The George Washington University | $42,860 |
| 4. Sarah Lawrence College | $42,600 |
| 5. Vassar College | $42,560 |
| 6. Bucknell University | $42,112 |
| 7. Wesleyan University | $41,814 |
| 8. St. John's College | $41,792 |
| 9. University of Richmond | $41,610 |
| 10. Colgate University | $41,585 |
| 11. Union College (NY) | $41,571 |
| 12. Carnegie Mellon University | $41,500 |
| 13. Oberlin College | $41,234 |
| 14. Williams College | $41,190 |
| 15. Dickinson College | $41,170 |
| 16. Bard College at Simon's Rock | $41,160 |
| 16. Columbia University | $41,160 |
| 18. Bowdoin College | $41,150 |
| 19. Bates College | $41,120 |
| 20. Franklin & Marshall College | $41,090 |
| 21. Carleton College | $41,076 |
| 22. Gettysburg College | $41,070 |
| 23. Reed College | $40,940 |
| 24. St. Lawrence University | $40,905 |
| 25. Hamilton College | $40,870 |
| 26. Bard College | $40,840 |
| 27. Wheaton College (MA) | $40,790 |
| 28. Johns Hopkins University | $40,680 |
| 29. Tufts University | $40,664 |
| 30. Hobart and William Smith College | $40,592 |
| 31. Duke University | $40,575 |
| 32. Hampshire College | $40,481 |
| 33. Trinity College (CT) | $40,410 |
| 34. University of Southern California | $40,384 |
| 35. Skidmore College | $40,350 |
| 36. Bennington College | $40,280 |
| 37. Haverford College | $40,260 |
| 38. Scripps College | $40,236 |
| 39. University of Chicago | $40,188 |
| 40. Amherst College | $40,160 |
| 41. Harvey Mudd College | $40,133 |
| 42. New York University | $40,082 |
| 43. Mount Holyoke College | $40,070 |
| 44. Claremont McKenna College | $39,995 |
| 45. Dartmouth College | $39,978 |
| 46. Ursinus College | $39,950 |
| 47. Brown University | $39,928 |
| 48. Boston College | $39,880 |
| 49. Occidental College | $39,870 |
| 50. Macalester College | $39,846 |
| 51. Northwestern University | $39,840 |
| 52. Georgetown University | $39,768 |
| 53. Colby College | $39,640 |
| 54. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $39,600 |
| 55. Wake Forest University | $39,544 |
| 56. Washington and Lee University | $39,500 |
| 57. University of Rochester | $39,480 |
| 57. Lehigh University | $39,480 |
| 59. Cornell University | $39,450 |
| 60. Wellesley College | $39,420 |
| 60. Kenyon College | $39,420 |
| 62. University of Notre Dame | $39,412 |
| 63. Washington University in St. Louis | $39,400 |
| 64. Villanova University | $39,350 |
| 65. College of the Holy Cross | $39,330 |
| 66. Boston University | $39,314 |
| 67. Swarthmore College | $39,260 |
| 68. Babson College | $39,040 |
| 69. Brandeis University | $38,994 |
| 70. Pepperdine University | $38,960 |
| 71. Vanderbilt University | $38,952 |
| 72. MIT | $38,940 |
| 73. Barnard College | $38,868 |
| 74. Lafayette College | $38,810 |
| 75. Drew University | $38,765 |
| 76. Colorado College | $38,748 |
| 77. Stanford University | $38,700 |
| 78. Smith College | $38,640 |
| 79. Providence College | $38,610 |
| 80. Emory University | $38,600 |
| 81. Fairfield University | $38,450 |
| 81. Whitman College | $38,450 |
| 83. Bryn Mawr College | $38,420 |
| 84. Stevens Institute of Technology | $38,400 |
| 85. Yale University | $38,300 |
| 85. Tulane University | $38,300 |
| 87. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $38,140 |
| 88. Muhlenberg College | $38,110 |
| 89. Pomona College | $38,087 |
| 90. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $38,000 |
| 90. Drexel University | $38,000 |
| 92. Loyola University Maryland | $37,950 |
| 93. Furman University | $37,728 |
| 94. Rollins College | $37,640 |
| 95. Fordham University | $37,545 |
| 96. Pitzer College | $37,520 |
| 97. Chapman University | $37,500 |
| 98. Santa Clara University | $37,368 |
| 99. Case Western Reserve | $37,300 |
| 100. Denison University | $37,270 |
Notes:
Some colleges like Bates College, Colby College, Middlebury College, and Union College have a comprehensive fee (tuition + room/board). Their tuition numbers were taken by taking their total comprehensive fee and subtracting by the amount of rebate the college gives to students who choose to live off campus.
Data compiled by CampusGrotto.com. These numbers were taken directly from the college's website in October of 2010.
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Over the last five years, surveys have shown that an increasing number of college students believe that marijuana should be legalized. Students were surveyed in 2004 and 2009 with results showing an increase from 37.2% to 45.6% for those in favor of marijuana legalization.
One of the more active student groups supporting legalization is Students for Sensible Drug Policy. Students for Sensible Drug Policy is “an international grassroots network of students who are concerned about the impact drug abuse has on our communities, but who also know that the War on Drugs is failing our generation and our society”.
Students for Sensible Drug Policy have joined in a movement across college campuses in support of Proposition 19, California's legalization measure to be voted on in November. The aim of the challenge is to collect signatures in support of the legalization of marijuana which will later be sent to the President to let him know how popular the issue is among students. More than 1,000 college chapters are participating.
California voters will decide in November whether to legalize marijuana, and South Dakota and Arizona will be voting on the use of medical marijuana, which is already permitted in 13 other states (including California). (Regardless of the States, the Federal Government still considers the plant to be illegal).
The “War on Drugs”
The United States has more people in jail per capita than any other nation in the world, in large part because of the War on Drugs. The United States has 5 percent of the world's population, but nearly a quarter of the prisoners in the world. There are now about 480,000 drug offenders in jails and prisons, and about 50 percent of the federal prison population consists of drug offenders.
Since the founding of the DEA in 1973, 15 million Americans have been arrested for marijuana. Police prosecuted 858,408 persons for marijuana violations in 2009, according to the FBI’s annual Uniform Crime Report. The arrest total is the second highest ever reported by the FBI. In 2007, the FBI reported 872,721 marijuana prosecutions in the United States, the highest total on record.
Research by Harvard economist Jeffery Miron shows that the legalization of marijuana would save approximately $13.7 billion per year in government expenditure on enforcement of prohibition and would yield $6.4 Billion per year in tax revenue.
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As more and more students are turning to community colleges to fulfill their higher education goals, students are seeing that learning in a smaller campus atmosphere they can get prompt feedback and better access to instructors.
Students are enrolling in community colleges for a number of reasons: the lower cost, the close location to home, and those recently unemployed are looking to gain new skills for the job market.
Nearly half of all American students begin their college careers at two-year institutions. There are about 1,200 community colleges nationwide educating approximately 12 million students.
Affordable Education
Going to a community college is obviously a cheaper option. Average tuition and fees for 2-year schools in 2009-2010 was $2,544, while the average cost at a 4-year public school was $7,020.
Full-time students at public two-year colleges receive an average of $3,000 in grant aid. This aid covers average tuition and fees and provides about $500 toward living expenses. (Source: College Board 2009 Trends in College Pricing)
Top 25 Community Colleges
The ranking (compiled by Washington Monthly) is based on multiple categories, including: learning environment, academic challenge, graduation rate, and student-faculty interaction.
Apparently all the good community colleges are in Minnesota and North Carolina.
- Saint Paul College (MN)
- Hesston College (KS)
- Carolinas College of Health Sciences (NC)
- Mayland Community College (NC)
- Itasca Community College (MN)
- Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College
- Leech Lake Tribal College (MN)
- Alexandria Technical College (MN)
- Southwestern Community College (NC)
- Chippewa Valley Technical College (WI)
- Washington County Community College District (ME)
- Georgia Military College
- Umpqua Community College (OR)
- Southern West Virginia Community and Technical College
- Western Wyoming Community College
- New Mexico State University - Grants
- Tacoma Community College (WA)
- Hazard Community and Technical College (KY)
- Skagit Valley College (WA)
- Alabama Southern Community College
- Rowan-Cabarrus Community College (NC)
- North Country Community College (NY)
- North Central Missouri College
- Hawaii Community College
- Halifax Community College (NC)
For more see: Washington Monthly
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As if getting into college (and paying for it) wasn’t hard enough, the state of Illinois wants citizens to risk their hard earned dollars in a lottery for college tuition. The new "Cash 4 College" game is a $2 scratch-off ticket that offers full college tuition payments for five top winners. Winners will get to choose from a number of colleges nationwide.
This lottery is basically a tax to raise money for education (which is supposedly where most profits from state-run lotteries go). Lotteries are considered a regressive tax, meaning the tax imposes a greater burden on the poor than on the rich. Poor and middle-class families are having a hard enough time as it is paying for college, and this “Cash 4 College” game will more than likely be marketed to them. Unfortunately, less fortunate high school grads may start seeing these scratch tickets in their graduation cards (instead of cash) from relatives as their one big shot to pay for school.
Speaking of college and lotteries…  Stoughton Hall was funded by a Lottery
In 1774, Harvard College, who was running a little short on cash, received special permission to run a lottery to gather funds to erect Stoughton Hall. Harvard reintroduced this lottery again in 1794, prolonging the drawing for 10 years. After 10 years the lottery produced a net of $18,400 (over $250,000 in today’s dollars). For some reason Harvard purchased $2000 in tickets for itself. The winning ticket was announced as ticket No. 18,547, which just so happened to be one of the tickets Harvard had purchased.
Lotteries also helped establish many other prominent colleges, including Yale, Dartmouth, Williams, Princeton, Penn, and Columbia University. |
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During the 2008-2009 school year there were a total of 662,079 Master's Degrees handed out, according to a recent report released in August. Of those degrees received, over 60% were earned by women.
Most Popular Master's Degrees for Men
Total number of Master’s Degrees earned by Men (2008-2009): 263,538
| Degree | # of degrees | % of total |
| Business Administration and Management | 58,766 | 22.3 |
| Electrical, Electronics and Communications Engineering | 7,462 | 2.8 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | 7,139 | 2.7 |
| Business/Commerce | 6,461 | 2.5 |
| Education | 5,832 | 2.2 |
| Accounting | 5,314 | 2.0 |
| Public Administration | 4,181 | 1.6 |
| Computer Science | 3,980 | 1.5 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 3,929 | 1.5 |
| Computer and Information Sciences | 3,718 | 1.4 |
Most Popular Master's Degrees for Women
Total number of Master’s Degrees earned by Women (2008-2009): 398,541
| Degree | # of degrees | % of total |
| Business Administration and Management | 45,366 | 11.4 |
| Education | 20,225 | 5.1 |
| Social Work | 16,716 | 4.2 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 15,213 | 3.8 |
| Curriculum and Instruction | 14,276 | 3.6 |
| Educational Leadership and Administration | 13,086 | 3.3 |
| Special Education and Teaching | 11,763 | 3.0 |
| Counselor Education/School Counseling | 10,532 | 2.6 |
| Nursing (RN, ASN, BSN, MSN) | 8,276 | 2.1 |
| Reading Teacher Education | 7,948 | 2.0 |
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During the 2008-2009 school year there were a total of 1,601,367 Bachelor's Degrees handed out, according to a recent report released in August. Of those degrees received, nearly 60% were earned by women.
The federal government (Dept. of Education) requires all postsecondary institutions who receive federal aid (Pell Grants, Stafford Loans, etc.) to complete the survey every year. It is this survey data that the public has access to when researching colleges.
Most Popular Bachelor's Degrees for Men
Total number of Bachelor’s Degrees earned by Men (2008-2009): 685,381
| Degree | # of degrees | % of total |
| Business Administration and Management | 66,190 | 9.7 |
| Finance | 22,931 | 3.3 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences | 21,906 | 3.2 |
| Political Science and Government | 20,947 | 3.2 |
| Accounting | 20,446 | 3.0 |
| Psychology | 20,432 | 3.0 |
| History | 20,088 | 2.9 |
| Economics | 17,756 | 2.6 |
| Mechanical Engineering | 15,424 | 2.3 |
| Marketing/Marketing Management | 14,613 | 2.1 |
Most Popular Bachelor’s Degrees for Women
Total number of Bachelor’s Degrees earned by Women (2008-2009): 915,986
| Degree | # of degrees | % of total |
| Psychology | 68,808 | 7.5 |
| Business Administration and Management | 64,122 | 7.0 |
| Nursing (RN,ASN,BSN,MSN) | 61,405 | 6.7 |
| Elementary Education and Teaching | 36,358 | 4.0 |
| Biology/Biological Sciences | 33,950 | 3.7 |
| English Language and Literature | 28,945 | 3.2 |
| Accounting | 24,068 | 2.6 |
| Communication Studies/Speech Communication | 22,000 | 2.4 |
| Sociology | 20,064 | 2.2 |
| Liberal Arts and Sciences/Liberal Studies | 19,396 | 2.1 |
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