36,750美元能买什么? 只是Landmark 大学一年的学费, 还不包括食宿. 根据高等教育编年部门的历年报告 (Chronicle of Higher Education)的调查得出美国收费最昂贵的十所大学最新排行。

最昂贵的大学最新排行列表

下面的列表为2004-2005年度最昂贵的学校, 所列数据为初次入学的全日制学生的学费和必需的杂费, 不包括食宿费和其他生活费.
数据来源: Chronicle of Higher Education (加州阳光编译)

1. Landmark College:　　2004-05学费$36,750, 每年增长4.1%

2. Sarah Lawrence College:　　2004-05学费$32,416, 每年增长5.2%

3. Kenyon College:　　2004-05学费$32,170, 每年增长6.1%

4. Trinity College (Conn.):　　2004-05学费$31,940, 每年增长5.7%

5. George Washington U.:　　2004-05学费$31,710, 每年增长8.0%

6. Hamilton College (N.Y.):　　2004-05学费$31,700, 每年增长5.0%

7. Bowdoin College:　　2004-05学费$31,656, 每年增长5.1%

8. Wesleyan U."　　2004-05学费$31,650, 每年增长5,5%

9. Columbia U.:　　2004-05学费$31,472, 每年增长5.7%

10. Colgate U.:　　2004-05学费$31,440, 每年增长5.0%

　　收费最高的Landmark 大学专收有阅读障碍和多动症的学生。 去年，Landmark 大学收费位居第一，学费是35,300美元, 增长4.1%。但是，根据本周早些时期大学委员会公布的报道，这个增长率比起四年制私立学校的增长率（6%）低的多。

　　今年，前十名收费最高的学院名单与2003年基本相似，只是 Brown 大学和 Brandeis 大学被 George Washington 大学和 Columbia 大学代替。

　　排名第二的是 Sarah Lawrence 大学，学费为32,416美元，比去年增加了5.2%。Sarah Lawrence 大学收费高的原因之一是因为它得到的捐助很少。对于那些得到捐助多的学校或者得到其他长期资助的学校而言，学费不是学校收入的主要部分。

　　私立学校总体收费是很昂贵的，公立学院和大学的收费也有所增长。大学委员会的报告中提到，允许招收四年制本科生的大学每年增加10.5%的学费。

　　据报告显示，很多学校学费的增长率远高于10.5%。在四年制公立学校中，学费增长最多的前五名中包括：The University of Texas at Austin，增加了36.9%，即5,735美元；Massachusetts 大学的 UMass Dartmouth，增加了27.3%，即7,802美元；Massachusetts 大学的 UMass Lowell，增加了27.0%，即7,891美元。

来源: CNN: Most expensive colleges

Survey: Landmark and Sarah Lawrence hold on to the top spots. See the top 10.
October 26, 2004: 8:46 AM EDT
By Jeanne Sahadi, CNN/Money senior writer

What will $36,750 buy you? Only a year's worth of tuition at the country's most expensive college, not including room and board.

Landmark College, which caters to students with learning disabilities such as dyslexia and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, has the dubious honor of being this year's most expensive college, according to a list compiled by the Chronicle of Higher Education.

Last year, Landmark also took the No. 1 spot, with a tuition of $35,300. The change year-over-year represents a 4.1 percent increase.

That's slightly below the average 6 percent tuition increase at four-year private schools, according to a report from the College Board released earlier this week.

The list of the top 10 most expensive colleges this year is similar to that of 2003, with a few exceptions. Brown and Brandeis got knocked off and were replaced by George Washington and Columbia.

Ranking No. 2 is Sarah Lawrence College, with a tuition of $32,416, up 5.2 percent from last year. Sarah Lawrence typically ranks high on the list because it has a very small endowment. For schools with larger endowments and hence other sources of financial support, tuition doesn't account for such a large part of their budgets.

While private colleges are the most expensive overall, public colleges and universities saw far larger tuition increases. The College Board reported that the average tuition for undergrads attending four-year public universities jumped 10.5 percent this year.

But the Chronicle of Higher Education found tuition hikes far greater than that at many schools.

Among the four-year public colleges that had the top 5 largest increases in tuition are the University of Texas at Austin, where in-state tuition soared 36.9 percent to $5,735; the University of Massachusetts at Dartmouth, where in-state tuition jumped 27.3 percent to $7,802; and the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, where in-state tuition jumped 27.0 percent to $7,891.