Campus Grotto posted a list of the top 100 most expensive colleges/universities in the U.S. based on the total cost for the 2009-2010 school year. Total Cost = Tuition + Room and Board.
| College | Cost |
| 1. Sarah Lawrence College | $54,410 |
| 2. New York University | $51,991 |
| 3. The George Washington University | $51,730 |
| 4. Bates College | $51,300 |
| 5. Skidmore College | $51,196 |
| 6. Johns Hopkins University | $51,190 |
| 7. Georgetown University | $51,122 |
| 8. Connecticut College | $51,115 |
| 9. Harvey Mudd College | $51,037 |
| 10. Vassar College | $50,875 |
| 11. Wesleyan University | $50,862 |
| 12. Claremont McKenna College | $50,800 |
| 13. Colgate University | $50,660 |
| 14. Carnegie Mellon University | $50,640 |
| 15. Haverford College | $50,625 |
| 16. Bowdoin College | $50,485 |
| 17. Middlebury College | $50,400 |
| 18. Mount Holyoke College | $50,390 |
| 19. Bard College | $50,380 |
| 20. Boston College | $50,370 |
| 21. Franklin & Marshall College | $50,360 |
| 22. Bard College at Simon’s Rock | $50,340 |
| 23. Scripps College | $50,336 |
| 24. Babson College | $50,324 |
| 25. Colby College | $50,320 |
| 26. Vanderbilt University | $50,282 |
| 27. Duke University | $50,250 |
| 28. University of Chicago | $50,247 |
| 29. Tufts University | $50,178 |
| 30. Oberlin College | $50,166 |
| 31. Smith College | $50,132 |
| 32. Cornell University | $50,114 |
| 33. Bucknell University | $50,098 |
| 34. University of Southern California | $50,028 |
| 35. Union College (NY) | $49,983 |
| 36. Dartmouth College | $49,974 |
| 36. Carleton College | $49,974 |
| 38. Dickinson College | $49,860 |
| 38. Washington University in St. Louis | $49,860 |
| 40. Bennington College | $49,830 |
| 41. Eugene Lang College | $49,800 |
| 42. Stevens Institute of Technology | $49,800 |
| 43. Northwestern University | $49,791 |
| 44. Boston University | $49,758 |
| 45. Reed College | $49,690 |
| 46. St. Lawrence University | $49,680 |
| 47. Fordham University – Lincoln Center | $49,655 |
| 48. Williams College | $49,640 |
| 49. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering | $49,630 |
| 50. Wellesley College | $49,612 |
| 51. St. John’s College | $49,592 |
| 52. Hampshire College | $49,545 |
| 53. Fordham University – Rose Hill | $49,541 |
| 54. Columbia University | $49,524 |
| 55. Hamilton College | $49,470 |
| 56. Trinity College (CT) | $49,460 |
| 57. Drexel University | $49,381 |
| 58. Barnard College | $49,372 |
| 59. Pomona College | $49,361 |
| 60. Lafayette College | $49,319 |
| 61. Swarthmore College | $49,250 |
| 62. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | $49,245 |
| 63. Chapman University | $49,174 |
| 64. Hobart and William Smith College | $49,168 |
| 65. Wheaton College (MA) | $49,155 |
| 66. Bryn Mawr College | $49,120 |
| 67. University of Rochester | $49,070 |
| 68. MIT | $48,870 |
| 69. University of Notre Dame | $48,850 |
| 70. Stanford University | $48,843 |
| 71. College of the Holy Cross | $48,800 |
| 72. Occidental College | $48,750 |
| 72. Villanova University | $48,750 |
| 74. Pepperdine University | $48,630 |
| 75. Wake Forest University | $48,618 |
| 76. Lehigh University | $48,530 |
| 77. University of Richmond | $48,490 |
| 78. Amherst College | $48,400 |
| 79. Emory University | $48,396 |
| 80. Brandeis University | $48,368 |
| 81. Brown University | $48,328 |
| 82. Fairfield University | $48,170 |
| 83. University of San Diego | $48,072 |
| 84. Gettysburg College | $48,060 |
| 85. Worcester Polytechnic Institute | $48,050 |
| 86. Ursinus College | $47,750 |
| 87. Drew University | $47,678 |
| 88. Rollins College | $47,540 |
| 89. Yale University | $47,500 |
| 90. Santa Clara University | $47,400 |
| 91. American University | $47,386 |
| 92. Pitzer College | $47,278 |
| 93. Loyola University Maryland | $47,190 |
| 94. Washington and Lee University | $47,165 |
| 95. Kenyon College | $47,070 |
| 96. Princeton University | $47,020 |
| 97. Macalester College | $46,942 |
| 98. Colorado College | $46,902 |
| 99. Loyola Marymount University | $46,880 |
| 100. Northeastern University | $46,860 |
