The cost of studying at private colleges has surged past the $50,000 mark this year at three schools – two of them local.
Bronxville’s Sarah Lawrence College is the most expensive school in the nation – charging an eye-popping $53,166 for tuition, room and board, according to a new ranking.
NYU came in third on the list – at $50,182 – just barely a better bargain than second-ranked George Washington University, according to the college news group Campus Grotto.
Officials at Sarah Lawrence attributed the high costs to what they called the lowest student-to-faculty ratio in the country, 6 to 1. But they said about half the students get grants covering 65 percent of the cost.
NYU officials said the school’s location in the Village led to “higher real-estate-related costs.” But they noted that in terms of tuition alone, the school ranked much further down the list.