Tuition at both public and private schools continues to rise at a fast clip, and Americans collectively owe more than $1.3 trillion in student loan debt.
Using data from the College Board's Trends in College Pricing and The Chronicle of Higher Education's helpful interactive chart, Business Insider rounded up the most expensive colleges in America. The ranking uses tuition data from the 2016-17 academic year and looks at each school's full sticker price — published tuition and required fees, as well as room and board — rather than tuition numbers alone.
Harvey Mudd College earned the top spot with a total cost of $69,717, but it's high price wasn't an outlier. Every school on the list holds a price tag well over $60,000, with the most expensive schools coming in closer to $70,000.
Read on to see how much it costs to go to the most expensive schools in the US, if you're paying full sticker price.
50. Brown University
Location: Providence, Rhode Island
Total cost: $64,566
Tuition: $51,366
Room and board: $13,200
49. Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Location: Geneva, New York
Total cost: $64,573
Tuition: $51,523
Room and board: $13,050
48. Bucknell University
Location: Lewisburg, Pennsylvania
Total cost: $64,616
Tuition: $51,960
Room and board: $12,656
47. Yale University
Location: New Haven, Connecticut
Total cost: $64,650
Tuition: $49,480
Room and board: $15,170
46. Cornell University
Location: Ithaca, New York
Total cost: $64,853
Tuition: $50,953
Room and board: $13,900
45. Tulane University
Location: New Orleans, Louisiana
Total cost: $64,854
Tuition: $51,010
Room and board: $13,844
44. Wesleyan University
Location: Middletown, Connecticut
Total cost: $64,862
Tuition: $50,912
Room and board: $13,950
43. Pomona College
Location: Claremont, California
Total cost: $64,957
Tuition: $49,352
Room and board: $15,605
42. Connecticut College
Location: New London, Connecticut
Total cost: $65,000
Tuition: $50,940
Room and board: $14,060
41. Colgate University
Location: Hamilton, New York
Total cost: $65,030
Tuition: $51,955
Room and board: $13,075
40. University of Rochester
Location: Rochester, New York
Total cost: $65,032
Tuition: $50,142
Room and board: $14,890
39. Bennington College
Location: North Bennington, Vermont
Total cost: $65,090
Tuition: $50,570
Room and board: $14,520
38. Boston University
Location: Boston
Total cost: $65,110
Tuition: $50,240
Room and board: $14,870
37. Boston College
Location: Boston
Total cost: $65,114
Tuition: $51,296
Room and board: $13,818
36. Reed College
Location: Portland, Oregon
Total cost: $65,300
Tuition: $52,150
Room and board: $13,150
35. Washington University in St. Louis
Location: St. Louis
Total cost: $65,366
Tuition: $49,770
Room and board: $15,596
34. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Location: Troy, New York
Total cost: $65,427
Tuition: $50,797
Room and board: $14,630
33. Drexel University
Location: Philadelphia
Total cost: $65,432
Tuition: $51,065
Room and board: $14,367
32. Williams College
Location: Williamstown, Massachusetts
Total cost: $65,480
Tuition: $51,790
Room and board: $13,690
31. Vassar College
Location: Poughkeepsie, New York
Total cost: $65,490
Tuition: $53,090
Room and board: $12,400
30. Occidental College
Location: Los Angeles
Total cost: $65,530
Tuition: $51,070
Room and board: $14,460
29. Carnegie Mellon University
Location: Pittsburgh
Total cost: $65,580
Tuition: $52,310
Room and board: $13,270
28. Franklin & Marshall College
Location: Lancaster, Pennsylvania
Total cost: $65,610
Tuition: $52,490
Room and board: $13,120
27. Duke University
Location: Durham, North Carolina
Total cost: $65,703
Tuition: $51,265
Room and board: $14,438
26. Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Location: Needham, Massachusetts
Total cost: $65,786
Tuition: $49,986
Room and board: $15,800
25. Johns Hopkins University
Location: Baltimore
Total cost: $65,886
Tuition: $50,910
Room and board: $14,976
24. Fordham University
Location: Bronx, New York
Total cost: $65,918
Tuition: $49,073
Room and board: $16,845
23. Brandeis University
Location: Waltham, Massachusetts
Total cost: $65,928
Tuition: $51,548
Room and board: $14,380
22. Barnard College
Location: New York City
Total cost: $65,992
Tuition: $50,394
Room and board: $15,598
21. Tufts University
Location: Medford, Massachusetts
Total cost: $65,992
Tuition: $52,430
Room and board: $13,566
20. University of Pennsylvania
Location: Philadelphia
Total cost: $66,000
Tuition: $51,464
Room and board: $14,536
19. Oberlin College
Location: Oberlin, Ohio
Total cost: $66,012
Tuition: $52,002
Room and board: $14,010
18. Georgetown University
Location: Washington, DC
Total cost: $66,119
Tuition: $50,547
Room and board: $15,572
17. Bard College
Location: Annandale-On-Hudson, New York
Total cost: $66,154
Tuition: $51,614
Room and board: $14,540
16. Amherst College
Location: Amherst, Massachusetts
Total cost: $66,186
Tuition: $52,476
Room and board: $13,710
15. Pitzer College
Location: Claremont, California
Total cost: $66,192
Tuition: $50,430
Room and board: $15,762
14. Northwestern University
Location: Evanston, Illinois
Total cost: $66,344
Tuition: $50,855
Room and board: $15,489
13. Trinity College
Location: Hartford, Connecticut
Total cost: $66,440
Tuition: $52,760
Room and board: $13,680
12. Bard College at Simon's Rock
Location: Great Barrington, Massachusetts
Total cost: $66,445
Tuition: $52,385
Room and board: $14,060
11. Southern Methodist University
Location: Dallas
Total cost: $66,483
Tuition: $50,358
Room and board: $16,125
10. Haverford College
Location: Haverford, Pennsylvania
Total cost: $66,490
Tuition: $51,024
Room and board: $15,466
9. Dartmouth College
Location: Hanover, New Hampshire
Total cost: $66,579
Tuition: $51,438
Room and board: $15,141
8. University of Southern California
Location: Los Angeles
Total cost: $66,631
Tuition: $52,283
Room and board: $14,348
7. New York University
Location: New York City
Total cost: $66,640
Tuition: $49,062
Room and board: $17,578
6. Scripps College
Location: Claremont, California
Total cost: $66,664
Tuition: $50,982
Room and board: $15,682
5. Claremont McKenna College
Location: Claremont, California
Total cost: $66,685
Tuition: $52,945
Room and board: $15,740
4. Sarah Lawrence College
Location: Bronxville, New York
Total cost: $66,990
Tuition: $52,550
Room and board: $14,440
3. University of Chicago
Location: Chicago
Total cost: $67,584
Tuition: $52,491
Room and board: $15,093
2. Columbia University
Location: New York City
Total cost: $68,405
Tuition: $55,161
Room and board: $13,244
1. Harvey Mudd College
Location: Claremont, California
Total cost: $69,717
Tuition: $52,666
Room and board: $17,051
Source: Trends in College Pricing.
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