申请美国大学，费用是一个主要的考虑因素，以下列举百所大学费用一览，其中有55所大学费用超过每年6万美元，而且自然增长率一般在3—5%左右，何时进7，可能就在一两年的时间。
　　Top 100 Most Expensive Colleges by Total Cost
　　College Total Cost
　　1. Sarah Lawrence College 65,480
　　2. Harvey Mudd College 64,427
　　3. New York University 63,472
　　4. Columbia University 63,440
　　5. University of Chicago 62,458
　　6. Claremont McKenna College 62,215
　　7. Fordham University - Lincoln Center 62,192
　　8. Bard College 62,012
　　9. Dartmouth College 61,947
　　10. Scripps College 61,940
　　11. Oberlin College 61,788
　　12. Trinity College (CT) 61,756
　　13. Pitzer College 61,750
　　14. Bard College at Simon's Rock 61,735
　　15. Northwestern University 61,640
　　16. University of Southern California 61,614
　　17. Haverford College 61,564
　　18. Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute 61,529
　　19. Fordham University - Rose Hill 61,472
　　20. Drexel University 61,383
　　21. Johns Hopkins University 61,306
　　22. Tufts University 61,277
　　23. Amherst College 61,206
　　24. Wesleyan University 61,198
　　25. Carnegie Mellon University 61,186
　　26. Vassar College 61,140
　　27. Penn 61,132
　　28. Williams College 61,070
　　29. Occidental College 60,972
　　30. Cornell University 60,964
　　31. Connecticut College 60,895
　　32. Tulane University 60,861
　　33. Eugene Lang College (The New School) 60,852
　　34. Franklin & Marshall College 60,799
　　35. Georgetown University 60,768
　　36. Brandeis University 60,750
　　37. Bates College 60,720
　　38. Hampshire College 60,715
　　39. Barnard College 60,700
　　40. Boston University 60,694
　　41. University of Rochester 60,668
　　42. Boston College 60,622
　　43. Southern Methodist University 60,586
　　44. Duke University 60,533
　　45. Pomona College 60,532
　　46. The George Washington University 60,460
　　47. Washington University in St. Louis 60,355
　　48. Bennington College 60,310
　　49. Union College (NY) 60,240
　　50. Stevens Institute of Technology 60,168