This year's most expensive colleges

This is timely, in light of this morning's post on paying for private university: CampusGrotto has a list of the most expensive colleges for the 2008-2009 school year.

Here's the top 10 for tuition only:

1. Bates College - $43,950
2. Middlebury College - $42,910
3. Colby College - $42,730
4. Union College (NY) - $40,953
5. Connecticut College - $40,900
6. George Washington University - $40,392
7. Vassar College - $39,635
8. Sarah Lawrence College - $39,450
9. Bucknell University - $39,434
10. Colgate University - $39,275

And here's the top 10 for tuition plus room and board:

1. Sarah Lawrence College - $53,166
2. George Washington University - $50,312
3. New York University - $50,182
4. Georgetown University - $49,689
5. Connecticut College - $49,385
6. Bates College - $49,350
7. Johns Hopkins University - $49,278
8. Skidmore College - $49,266
9. Scripps College - $49,236
10. Middlebury College - $49,210

Here's a list of the 100 most expensive schools by tuition. And here's a list of the 100 most expensive schools by total cost.

In case you were wondering, the school my dentist's daughter is attending is not in the top 10, but is in the top 25. Yikes!

Via The Consumerist.