The Most Expensive Universities in the World
Forbes has a great slideshow about the most expensive colleges and universities located throughout the world. We’ve made it easier by condensing it into article format. The most expensive in each region:
The George Washington University in the United States. In the heart of Washington DC, GWU affords students the opportunity to take advantage of becoming political figures and more. Freshman dorms have housekeeping service. Commencement is held on the White House ellipse. Annual Tuition: $39,240
Kenyon College in Ohio (also the United States) is a small school with 1,600 students total and 176 members of the faculty. It is the oldest liberal arts college in Ohio and was founded in 1824. Annual Tuition: $38,140
Bucknell University in Pennsylvania (United States) is the nation’s largest liberal arts college with 3,400 undergraduates. Annual Tuition: $38,134
Vassar College in New York (United States) is a former “Seven Sister” (all woman’s school) but now is coeducational. The student to faculty ratio is 9:1. Annual Tuition: $38,115
Sarah Lawrence College in New York (United States) is a predominantly women’s college that focuses on performing arts in addition to a well-rounded liberal arts education. And guess what? You don’t need to submit SAT scores to be accepted. Annual Tuition: $38,090
Quest University Canada in Canada is less than a year old having opened in September of 2007. It is a private non-denominational university that offers a single degree: a Bachelors of Arts and Sciences. Only 80 students attend, taking one class at a time in 18-day blocks. The appeal? You don’t see many private universities in Canada. Annual Tuition: $23,420
American University of Paris in France is a liberal arts and science institution that neighbors the Eiffel Tower. Annual Tuition: $34,725
University of Buckingham in the United Kingdom is the only fully private university in all of the UK and was founded in the 1970s. The school offers degree programs in a total of two, not four, years. Annual Tuition: $30,400 for Brits, $52,800 for international residents
Aoyama Gakuin University in Japan (Asia) was founded over a century ago by Methodist Episcopal missionaries. It is part of an educational institute that begins instilling academic values in kindergarten, followed by elementary school, junior/senior high school, and eventually, college. Annual Tuition: $11,700 to $16,100
Bond University in Australia. Founded in 1989, this school boasts small classes and has a very high percentage of foreign students. Annual Tuition: $32,900
American University of Sharjah in the United Arab Emirates (Middle East). Only slightly over a decade old (the university was founded in 1997), the university is broken up into smaller schools that focus on business, architecture, engineering, and arts and sciences. Courses are taught in English but university assures us that culture is highly Arabic. Annual Tuition: $16,770
Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey in Mexico. Founded in 1943 by a Mexican businessman, this is one of Mexico’s most respected universities. Annual Tuition: $11,210
Now let’s ask this question: did you go to any of these expensive schools? Are they more prestigious than the “competition?”
February 7th, 2008 at 8:39 pm
American University of Sharjah (AUS) is more “prestigious” than the competition, but being the top educational institute in the Gulf Region is like being the top symphony in Evanston, Wyoming: it’s not saying much.
The students at AUS are generally lazy and dishonest, and the faculty at AUS are generally apathetic and detached. I can’t think of a worse way to crap away $16,770 per year.
February 8th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA: $36,950
February 11th, 2008 at 12:26 pm
Those are some crazy numbers
March 27th, 2008 at 9:15 pm
GO BOND UNI~! awesome place to study, am currently attending this university and almost graduated, it was worth every penny!!
March 31st, 2008 at 11:40 am
Imperial College London annual tuition (Engineering) is 38400
June 19th, 2008 at 9:49 am
I’m an incoming freshmen at GW for this upcoming year. I will be dirt poor for the next four years and somehow delirious and giddy with happiness.
(This is what I tell myself).
August 1st, 2008 at 12:11 pm
hello,
how do i apply?
August 26th, 2008 at 5:06 pm
I really suffer wen i see my parents paying for my university . :-S
September 4th, 2008 at 12:08 am
Price does not always determine quality. Harvard University is the best but NOT the most expensive University in the World. Incredibly, it is NOT even one of the 12 most expensive Universities.
November 27th, 2008 at 9:53 am
I am trying to go George Washington next year…I m working hard in order to get their…Its expensive but it worth for a university like George Washington…
November 29th, 2008 at 8:07 pm
Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Mexico IS the most expensive in Mexico but the Universidad Autonoma de Mexico is the best in quality, the ITESM DOES have the greatest resources and the “most prestigious” but it is only the best in politics, in medicine, engineering and social sciences (and almast everything else) the UNAM is better and WAAAAAAAY cheaper.
December 14th, 2008 at 9:32 pm
I’m a sophomore at GW and though it is really expensive, GW has a very good financial aid program that will help people that won’t be able to throw down the eventual $50k price tag. GW is also really expensive because of it’s relatively small endowment in comparison to other schools of it caliber. Harvard doesn’t need to charge people 50k because of the donations it receives on a yearly basis, the enormous endowment and the number of government contracts it gets for research, etc.
As a side note only one freshman dorm has housecleaning…not all of them.
December 25th, 2008 at 8:27 pm
Hi, I study business administration at ITESM and I’m very proud of my college, it does have the BEST business school in latin america and we have first world campuses and culture. It’s worth it’s price.
January 15th, 2009 at 10:23 pm
B.A. in English Literature, Millsaps College, Jackson, MS. $33,000/year.
February 15th, 2009 at 1:16 pm
Bond Uni is more expensive BUT you finish in two years not four. That makes a huge difference. Australians can argue about how good the school really is but can’t deny that they would finish university in 2/3 the time. Or that americans finish in half the time and your diploma is recognized in America. And you can complete a law degree in 2 years and 8 months.
March 16th, 2009 at 4:48 am
I am a student at American University of Sharjah. For the 2009-2010 tuition increased up to $20,000. I am totally disagree wd Goe who said that students at AUS are lazy and dishonest. I am studying about 7 hours per day to get something like B. During exams library is working even at night. You think if students are so lazy, would they stay at the library whole night? It is a hard and expensive university; however, 90% or students have fin aid or scholarship more than 30%.
May 10th, 2009 at 1:44 pm
I went to a UC school and every dorm room has housekeeping service… and we pay about 1/10 of GWU’s tuition… Of course housing in California is expensive too, but the education you get is no worse than at GWU.
October 22nd, 2009 at 2:38 pm
Gob.. i totally disagree with u
AUS is one of the best universities in the region…u being lazy doesnt mean that all students are lazy..plus u cant say that about the faculty of AUS..go and see the achievements of the uni, this should be considered AWESOME for a uni that is only 10 years old
October 26th, 2009 at 6:32 am
The tuition and fees of Connecticut College is ridiculously expensive. At $42335 it exceeds the tuition and fees of George Washington univ which is about $41500. If GWU was not in DC then its room and board expenses would have been less than compared to the other univ’s.