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It can take a lot to get into a good college: you should need a decent GPA, extracurricular activities and enough community service to qualify for sainthood. You also need money: cold, hard cash! I’m not just talking about tuition, you even need to pay just to apply for school! With the most common fee asked by schools being a good $50, you better hope to get into the first school you applied for! And that’s just the most common price, not the highest! Let’s take a look at some of highest application fees you have to pay to even apply for college…and let’s start at the top! According to U.S. News, the average fee for the top 50 is $77, but for schools with this ranking, it can be worth it.
Stanford University (CA)
Application Fee: $90
Ranking: 5 (tie), National Universities
Columbia University (NY)
Application Fee: $85
Ranking: 5 (tie), National Universities
Duke University (NC)
Application Fee: $85
Ranking: 9, National Universities
North Carolina State University—Raleigh
Application Fee: $85
Ranking: 81 (tie), National Universities
Boston University
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 37 (tie), National Universities
Brandeis University (MA)
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 34 (tie), National Universities
Cornell University (NY)
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 14 (tie), National Universities
Dartmouth College (NH)
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 11 (tie), National Universities
University of Connecticut
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 56 (tie), National Universities
University of North Carolina—Chapel Hill
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 30 (tie), National Universities
University of Southern California
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 21 (tie), National Universities
Villanova University (PA)
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 46 (tie), National Universities
Yale University (CT)
Application Fee: $80
Ranking: 3 (tie), National Universities
Barnard College (NY)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 26 (tie), National Liberal Arts Colleges
Boston College
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 32 (tie), National Universities
Brown University (RI)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 14 (tie), National Universities
California Institute of Technology
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 10, National Universities
Carnegie Mellon University (PA)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 25 (tie), National Universities
College of New Jersey
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 4 (tie), Regional Universities (North)
Cooper Union (NY)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 1, Regional Colleges (North)
Emory University (GA)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 21 (tie), National Universities
George Washington University (DC)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 56 (tie), National Universities
Georgetown University (DC)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 20, National Universities
Georgia Institute of Technology
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 34 (tie), National Universities
Harvard University (MA)
Application Fee: $75
Ranking: 2, National Universities
