Public Universities

The most expensive four-year public university was the main campus of Pennsylvania State University, in State College, which charged state residents $14,416 in tuition. It was followed by the University of Pittsburgh, which charged $14,154, and the University of Vermont in Burlington, which charged $13,554.

The average public university tuition was $6,397.

The most costly for-profit, four-year college on the list was Sanford-Brown College, which provides training in health care and business and is owned by Career Education Corp, based in Schaumburg, Illinois. Sanford-Brown charged $45,628 in tuition and required fees at its Vienna, Virginia, campus, according to the education department website.

That figure is incorrect, and is the cost of attending Sanford-Brown for four years, said Mark Spencer, a spokesman for Career Education. The college submitted the wrong data and wasn't able to correct it, he said in an e-mail. Tuition and fees for 2009-2010 was $12,126 he said.

The average cost for for-profit, four-year schools was $15,661 a year.

 

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