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This Is the Most Expensive College in North Carolina
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The cost of a college education can be prohibitively expensive for many students. As of 2019, a student would have to pay an average net price of $9,915 to attend a four-year public college, and $19,220 to attend a non-profit private school, after financial aid is factored in.
While the cost of college has increased virtually everywhere, certain schools stand out as being especially expensive. Whether it is because of their selective admissions standards, unique programs offered, or notable faculty, there are hundreds of schools that charge tens of thousands of dollars per year.
Each state is home to at least one school with an average net price of more than $12,000 per year. Smaller states tend to have fewer universities, and those they do have tend to have lower fees and tuition.
The vast majority of schools that rank as the most expensive in their state are private schools. While many of these are liberal arts colleges, a number of institutions on this list are art schools or music conservatories. Though these schools cost tens of thousands of dollars per year, those with fine arts degrees tend to earn much less than those with other types of college education. These are the college majors that pay off the least.
High Point University is a private Christian college located near the center of North Carolina. With an annual net price of $38,745, it is the most expensive of the 58 four-year colleges in the state and 79% of enrollees get some sort of grant aid from government or institutional sources.
Nearly three-quarters of applicants are admitted to High Point University, compared to an average acceptance rate of 56.7% across schools nationwide.
To identify the most expensive college in every state, 24/7 Wall St. used data from the National Center for Education Statistics to rank all bachelor’s degree-granting schools based on net price — the annual cost of tuition, books, room and board, minus any financial aid — for full-time, first-time degree-seeking undergraduates students who received grant or scholarship aid for the 2018-19 school year. This is the most expensive college in every state.
State | College | Avg. net price ($) | City | Undergraduate enrollment |
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Alabama | Tuskegee University | 33,420 | Tuskegee | 2,394 |
Alaska | Alaska Pacific University | 20,426 | Anchorage | 337 |
Arizona | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | 36,962 | Prescott | 2,894 |
Arkansas | John Brown University | 21,912 | Siloam Springs | 1,777 |
California | California Institute of the Arts | 54,594 | Valencia | 1,021 |
Colorado | University of Denver | 37,263 | Denver | 5,774 |
Connecticut | Quinnipiac University | 41,636 | Hamden | 6,845 |
Delaware | Wesley College | 24,705 | Dover | 1,035 |
Florida | Ringling College of Art and Design | 52,384 | Sarasota | 1,658 |
Georgia | Savannah College of Art and Design | 44,460 | Savannah | 12,167 |
Hawaii | Hawaii Pacific University | 27,281 | Honolulu | 3,695 |
Idaho | Boise Bible College | 21,315 | Boise | 95 |
Illinois | School of the Art Institute of Chicago | 50,167 | Chicago | 2,983 |
Indiana | Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology | 45,356 | Terre Haute | 2,000 |
Iowa | Clarke University | 34,424 | Dubuque | 685 |
Kansas | Cleveland University-Kansas City | 35,246 | Overland Park | 74 |
Kentucky | The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary | 26,976 | Louisville | 894 |
Louisiana | Tulane University of Louisiana | 40,783 | New Orleans | 7,980 |
Maine | University of New England | 34,198 | Biddeford | 4,275 |
Maryland | Maryland Institute College of Art | 42,750 | Baltimore | 1,749 |
Massachusetts | The New England Conservatory of Music | 46,620 | Boston | 497 |
Michigan | Kettering University | 39,255 | Flint | 1,799 |
Minnesota | Carleton College | 31,547 | Northfield | 2,115 |
Mississippi | Millsaps College | 24,457 | Jackson | 779 |
Missouri | Conception Seminary College | 35,288 | Conception | 47 |
Montana | Carroll College | 25,187 | Helena | 1,216 |
Nebraska | Creighton University | 32,145 | Omaha | 4,472 |
Nevada | Chamberlain University-Nevada | 34,928 | Las Vegas | 384 |
New Hampshire | Southern New Hampshire University | 39,743 | Manchester | 92,902 |
New Jersey | Stevens Institute of Technology | 40,770 | Hoboken | 3,659 |
New Mexico | St. John’s College | 24,787 | Santa Fe | 317 |
New York | The New School | 50,377 | New York | 7,409 |
North Carolina | High Point University | 38,745 | High Point | 4,591 |
North Dakota | University of Jamestown | 19,695 | Jamestown | 908 |
Ohio | Oberlin College | 43,612 | Oberlin | 2,846 |
Oklahoma | Oklahoma Wesleyan University | 24,501 | Bartlesville | 864 |
Oregon | Pacific Northwest College of Art | 37,252 | Portland | 514 |
Pennsylvania | The University of the Arts | 41,658 | Philadelphia | 1,699 |
Puerto Rico | Universidad Politecnica de Puerto Rico | 16,304 | Hato Rey | 3,690 |
Rhode Island | Bryant University | 40,038 | Smithfield | 3,259 |
South Carolina | Furman University | 35,621 | Greenville | 2,688 |
South Dakota | Augustana University | 24,481 | Sioux Falls | 1,818 |
Tennessee | Belmont University | 36,976 | Nashville | 6,820 |
Texas | Southern Methodist University | 40,404 | Dallas | 6,710 |
Utah | Neumont College of Computer Science | 27,881 | Salt Lake City | 474 |
Vermont | Bennington College | 38,386 | Bennington | 729 |
Virginia | Hampden-Sydney College | 34,853 | Hampden-Sydney | 993 |
Washington | Whitman College | 41,822 | Walla Walla | 1,579 |
West Virginia | University of Charleston | 21,941 | Charleston | 1,907 |
Wisconsin | Marquette University | 34,120 | Milwaukee | 8,515 |
Wyoming | University of Wyoming | 12,880 | Laramie | 9,807 |
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