Wednesday, February 1, 2012

Top 10 Most Expensive Private Business Schools in America


1. Harvard University (MA): $56,204
The Harvard University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Massachusetts, United States. It is the first corporation chartered in the country. The history, influence, and wealth of this most expensive private business schools have made it one of the most prestigious universities in the world.

2. Columbia University (NY): $55,588
The Columbia University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Manhattan, New York City. It is the oldest institution of higher learning in the state of New York. This most expensive private business schools operate seven Columbia Global Centers overseas in Amman, Beijing, Istanbul, Paris, Mumbai, Santiago, and Nairobi.

3. University of Pennsylvania (Wharton): $54,009
The University of Pennsylavania is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, United States. It considers itself to be the first university in the United States with both undergraduate and graduate studies. This most expensive private business schools is also one of 14 founding members of the Association of American Universities.

4. Stanford University (CA): $53,118
The Stanford University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in California, United States. It is situated in the northwestern Santra Clara Valley on the San Fransisco Peninsula. This most expensive private business schools is widely considered one of the most prestigious and selective universities in the world.

5. Carnegie Mellon University (Tepper) (PA): $52,500
The Carnegie Mellon University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States. Its students come from all 50 U.S states and 93 countries. This most expensive private business schools also consistently ranks among the top 25 universities in the world.

6. University of Chicago (Booth): $51,660
The University of Chicago is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. It was founded by the American Baptist Education Society with a donation from oil magnate and philanthropist John D. Rockefeller. This most expensive private business schools have its reputation of devotion to academic scholarship.

7. Northwestern University (Kellogg) (IL): $51,663
The Northwestern University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Chicago, Illinois, United States. This most expensive private business schools has eleven undergraduate, graduate, and professional schools offering 124 undergraduate degrees and 145 graduate and professional degrees.

8. Dartmouth College (Tuck) (NH): $51,000
The Dartmouth College is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in New Hampshire, United States. It comprises a liberal arts college. This most expensive private business schools in America is also the smallest school in the Ivy League.

9. Yale University (CT): $51,000
The Yale University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in Connecticut. It is the third-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. This most expensive private business schools in America is ranked among the top universities in the world.

10. Cornell University (Johnson) (NY): $50,992
The Cornell University is one of the most expensive private business schools in America, located in New York. It is a private land-grant university, receiving annual funding from the State of New York for certain educational missions. This most expensive private business schools in America was intended to teach and make contributions in all fields of knowledge.

In Pictures: The World's Most Expensive Universities

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Mexico/South America

Instituto Tecnológico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, Mexico
Current annual tuition and fees: 122,000 pesos ($11,210 USD)
Many publicly funded universities, such as the National Autonomous University of Mexico, charge only nominal fees. At the other end of the spectrum are a handful of prestigious private universities, such as Universidad Iberoamericana and Universidad Anáhuac. One of Mexico’s most respected--and expensive--universities is Tecnológico de Monterrey, a private university system founded in 1943 by Mexican businessmen.


Shanghai International Studies University

Shanghai International Studies University, one of the 'Top 10 most expensive universities in China' by China.org.cn.
Shanghai International Studies University [ifeng.com]



Tuition: 86,219 yuan for four years
Shanghai International Studies University was founded in December 1949 as the former Shanghai Russian College. It became a national key university approved by the State Council in 1963 and is now a research, teaching and multidisciplinary university. It is also one of the top universities that specialize in foreign languages in China.