The most expensive universities in the world, by published tuition

The 100 universities with the highest published international tuition, from $72,716 a year down, with each figure in the currency the university publishes it in.

Ranked on the lowest rate each university publishes, converted to US dollars at the European Central Bank reference rate for 2026-09-07 so that figures in different currencies can be compared. The rate as the university itself publishes it is in the last column; that is the figure that governs.

UniversityCountryA year, in US$As the university publishes it
China Europe International Business SchoolChina$72,716CN¥488,000 – CN¥598,000
Kenyon CollegeUnited States$71,520$71,520
Northeastern UniversityUnited States$71,050$71,050
Franklin and Marshall CollegeUnited States$70,794$70,794
Haverford CollegeUnited States$70,688$70,688
Amherst CollegeUnited States$70,480$70,480
Brooklyn Law SchoolUnited States$70,356$70,356
Barnard CollegeUnited States$69,888$69,888
Colby CollegeUnited States$69,600$69,600
Reed CollegeUnited States$69,350$69,350
Union CollegeUnited States$69,039$69,039
Hamilton CollegeUnited States$68,960$68,960
Carleton CollegeUnited States$68,892$68,892
Simon's Rock at Bard CollegeUnited States$68,780$68,780
Harvey Mudd CollegeUnited States$68,613$68,613
University of Southern CaliforniaUnited States$68,128$68,128 – $72,097
Grinnell CollegeUnited States$68,106$68,106
Macalester CollegeUnited States$68,104$68,104
American Film Institute ConservatoryUnited States$68,103$68,103
Washington and Lee UniversityUnited States$68,045$68,045
Claremont McKenna CollegeUnited States$67,980$67,980 – $68,525
Bowdoin CollegeUnited States$67,832$67,832
Vassar CollegeUnited States$67,805$67,805 – $71,030
Hull York Medical SchoolUnited Kingdom$67,312£49,750
ESCP Business SchoolFrance$67,294€57,900
Skidmore CollegeUnited States$67,290$67,290
Connecticut CollegeUnited States$67,242$67,242
Wellesley CollegeUnited States$67,176$67,176
Colgate UniversityUnited States$67,024$67,024 – $70,306
Brown UniversityUnited States$67,006$67,006 – $71,412
Denison UniversityUnited States$67,000$67,000
MGH Institute of Health ProfessionsUnited States$66,815$66,815
Wesleyan UniversityUnited States$66,736$66,736 – $70,342
Bates CollegeUnited States$66,590$66,590
The University of ChicagoUnited States$66,543$66,543 – $70,662
Landmark CollegeUnited States$66,540$66,540
Franklin W Olin College of EngineeringUnited States$66,398$66,398
Brighton and Sussex Medical SchoolUnited Kingdom$66,297£49,000
Tulane UniversityUnited States$66,046$66,046 – $68,678
Swarthmore CollegeUnited States$65,494$65,494
Pomona CollegeUnited States$65,420$65,420
Lafayette CollegeUnited States$65,398$65,398
Johns Hopkins UniversityUnited States$65,230$65,230 – $65,956
Pitzer CollegeUnited States$65,192$65,192
Boston UniversityUnited States$64,712$64,712 – $68,102
Williams CollegeUnited States$64,540$64,540 – $68,560
College of the Holy CrossUnited States$64,500$64,500
Davidson CollegeUnited States$64,410$64,410
Dartmouth CollegeUnited States$64,068$64,068 – $68,268
Whitman CollegeUnited States$64,050$64,050
Duke UniversityUnited States$63,985$63,985 – $68,758
Wheaton College (Massachusetts)United States$63,960$63,960
Occidental CollegeUnited States$63,446$63,446 – $66,274
Webb InstituteUnited States$63,214$63,214
California Institute of TechnologyUnited States$63,063$63,063 – $65,898
Princeton UniversityUnited States$62,688$62,688 – $62,860
University of Notre DameUnited States$62,502$62,502 – $65,025
MIT Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyUnited States$62,396$62,396 – $63,393
Washington University in St. LouisUnited States$62,366$62,366 – $65,790
Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteUnited States$61,873$61,873 – $64,081
The College of WoosterUnited States$61,640$61,640
Brandeis UniversityUnited States$61,578$61,578 – $68,080
Smith CollegeUnited States$61,260$61,260 – $65,178
Ursinus CollegeUnited States$61,210$61,210
Kalamazoo CollegeUnited States$61,050$61,050
Beloit CollegeUnited States$60,886$60,886
California College of the ArtsUnited States$60,226$60,226 – $61,030
Rhode Island School of DesignUnited States$59,760$59,760 – $62,688
St Olaf CollegeUnited States$59,760$59,760
Stanford UniversityUnited States$59,499$59,499 – $65,910
Georgetown UniversityUnited States$59,306$59,306 – $68,017
DePauw UniversityUnited States$59,070$59,070
Hampshire CollegeUnited States$58,896$58,896
The New England Conservatory of MusicUnited States$58,550$58,550 – $60,750
University of DenverUnited States$58,347$58,347 – $61,398
Samuel Merritt UniversityUnited States$58,126$58,126
Università degli Studi Suor Orsola BenincasaItaly$58,113€50,000
American University of RomeItaly$58,000$58,000
Knox CollegeUnited States$57,903$57,903
Ringling College of Art and DesignUnited States$57,900$57,900
Rochester Institute of Technology RITUnited States$57,764$57,764 – $59,274
Illinois Wesleyan UniversityUnited States$57,704$57,704
Albany Law SchoolUnited States$57,671$57,671
Susquehanna UniversityUnited States$57,400$57,400 – $59,850
Sotheby's Institute of Art-NYUnited States$57,164$57,164
Lawrence UniversityUnited States$56,982$56,982
Albion CollegeUnited States$56,950$56,950
Academy for Five Element AcupunctureUnited States$56,655$56,655
Allegheny CollegeUnited States$56,550$56,550
The Juilliard SchoolUnited States$56,550$56,550 – $57,950
Columbia UniversityUnited States$56,279$56,279 – $71,845
Vanderbilt UniversityUnited States$56,128$56,128 – $67,498
Gustavus Adolphus CollegeUnited States$56,076$56,076
Wofford CollegeUnited States$56,005$56,005
Harvard UniversityUnited States$55,440$55,440 – $61,676
Washington CollegeUnited States$55,326$55,326
Maryland Institute College of ArtUnited States$55,150$55,150 – $56,800
University of Michigan - Ann ArborUnited States$55,052$55,052 – $60,946
Rhodes CollegeUnited States$54,892$54,892 – $57,110
Coe CollegeUnited States$54,666$54,666

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