As a followup on our Most and Least Expensive Public Universities by State report, we’ve decided to run the same analysis on only private universities.
To repeat from the first report, this report to us leans towards being more interesting than actually useful, but someone might find good use of it. It is important to note that this report is using the most recent data the Department of Education has for each school (circa 2017), and that these are all private universities, so you won’t be finding any of the popular Big 10 or SEC schools in this list. We also only looked at in-state tuition costs, so the typically much higher out-of-state costs are not factored in at all.
Most Expensive Schools
| School Name | Tuition |
| Alabama | Spring Hill College | $37,584 |
| Alaska | Alaska Pacific University | $20,760 |
| Arizona | Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott | $34,662 |
| Arkansas | Hendrix College | $44,070 |
| California | Harvey Mudd College | $54,636 |
| Colorado | Colorado College | $52,818 |
| Connecticut | Trinity College | $54,770 |
| Delaware | Wesley College | $26,406 |
| District of Columbia | George Washington University | $53,518 |
| Florida | University of Miami | $48,484 |
| Georgia | Emory University | $49,392 |
| Hawaii | Hawaii Pacific University | $24,550 |
| Idaho | Northwest Nazarene University | $29,000 |
| Illinois | University of Chicago | $56,034 |
| Indiana | University of Notre Dame | $51,505 |
| Iowa | Grinnell College | $50,714 |
| Kansas | MidAmerica Nazarene University | $29,670 |
| Kentucky | Bellarmine University | $40,750 |
| Louisiana | Tulane University of Louisiana | $52,960 |
| Maine | Colby College | $53,120 |
| Maryland | Johns Hopkins University | $52,170 |
| Massachusetts | Tufts University | $54,318 |
| Michigan | Kalamazoo College | $46,840 |
| Minnesota | Carleton College | $52,782 |
| Mississippi | Millsaps College | $38,930 |
| Missouri | Washington University in St Louis | $51,533 |
| Montana | Carroll College | $34,480 |
| Nebraska | Creighton University | $38,750 |
| Nevada | Sierra Nevada College | $32,639 |
| New Hampshire | Dartmouth College | $53,368 |
| New Jersey | Stevens Institute of Technology | $50,554 |
| New Mexico | Santa Fe University of Art and Design | $32,346 |
| New York | Columbia University in the City of New York | $57,208 |
| North Carolina | Duke University | $53,500 |
| North Dakota | University of Jamestown | $21,158 |
| Ohio | Kenyon College | $53,560 |
| Oklahoma | University of Tulsa | $41,509 |
| Oregon | Reed College | $54,200 |
| Pennsylvania | Franklin and Marshall College | $54,380 |
| Rhode Island | Brown University | $53,419 |
| South Carolina | Furman | $48,348 |
| South Dakota | Augustana University | $31,960 |
| Tennessee | Rhodes College | $46,504 |
| Washington | Charter College | $21,908 |
Least Expensive Schools
| School Name | Tuition |
| Alabama | Amridge University | $6,900 |
| Alaska | Alaska Bible College | $9,350 |
| Arizona | Western International University | $6,000 |
| Arkansas | Arkansas Baptist College | $8,760 |
| California | Bethesda University | $7,898 |
| Colorado | Colorado Technical University-Colorado Springs | $11,689 |
| Connecticut | Holy Apostles College and Seminary | $7,750 |
| Delaware | Wilmington University | $10,940 |
| District of Columbia | Strayer University-District of Columbia | $13,857 |
| Florida | Hobe Sound Bible College | $6,595 |
| Georgia | Luther Rice College & Seminary | $7,240 |
| Hawaii | Chaminade University of Honolulu | $24,514 |
| Idaho | Brigham Young University-Idaho | $4,018 |
| Illinois | National Louis University | $10,440 |
| Indiana | Mid-America College of Funeral Service | $11,900 |
| Iowa | Palmer College of Chiropractic | $9,096 |
| Kansas | Donnelly College | $7,140 |
| Kentucky | Kentucky Mountain Bible College | $7,760 |
| Louisiana | New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary | $8,040 |
| Maine | Purdue University Global-Lewiston | $12,475 |
| Maryland | Faith Theological Seminary | $5,870 |
| Massachusetts | New England College of Business and Finance | $12,040 |
| Michigan | Baker College | $9,360 |
| Minnesota | Northwestern Health Sciences University | $10,684 |
| Mississippi | Southeastern Baptist College | $5,165 |
| Missouri | Logan University | $6,860 |
| Montana | Salish Kootenai College | $4,311 |
| Nebraska | Summit Christian College | $6,560 |
| Nevada | The Art Institute of Las Vegas | $17,410 |
| New Hampshire | Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | $21,000 |
| New Jersey | Rabbinical College of America | $11,100 |
| New Mexico | University of the Southwest | $16,200 |
| New York | Mirrer Yeshiva Cent Institute | $7,260 |
| North Carolina | Heritage Bible College | $8,328 |
| North Dakota | Turtle Mountain Community College | $2,250 |
| Ohio | Allegheny Wesleyan College | $5,000 |
| Oklahoma | Randall University | $13,640 |
| Oregon | Pioneer Pacific College | $13,338 |
| Pennsylvania | Curtis Institute of Music | $2,675 |
| Rhode Island | New England Institute of Technology | $28,656 |
| South Carolina | Clinton College | $7,949 |
| South Dakota | Sinte Gleska University | $3,154 |
| Tennessee | American Baptist College | $10,074 |
| Washington | Charter College | $21,908 |
