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10 Least Expensive Private Colleges

First Posted: 06- 8-11 08:41 AM   |   Updated: 06- 8-11 08:42 AM

Private colleges are generally more expensive than public ones. Although, many private colleges defray the cost of tuition with financial aid (on average as much as 50%), sometimes even that kind of discount is not enough to justify attending the school.

However, some private colleges are just simply cheaper from the start than others. US News and World Report has more:

Among the 817 ranked private colleges—and schools whose rank is not published—that provided data to U.S. News in a 2010 survey of undergraduate programs, the average cost of tuition and required fees for the 2010-11 school year was $26,079. Comparatively, the 10 least expensive private colleges in the country each cost an average of $7,200 annually, for tuition and fees

To that end, we bring you a slide show of US News and World Report's ranking of the 10 least expensive private colleges. Then tell us, is your school on here? Weigh in in the comments section:

Berea College $910
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Private colleges are generally more expensive than public ones. Although, many private colleges defray the cost of tuition with financial aid (on average as much as 50%), sometimes even that kind of ...
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Leanne Daley
0 minute ago (11:37 AM)
Go Park University­! That's my school :)
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chaucer1
45 minutes ago (10:52 AM)
Which ones are run by churches? I count at least four.
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Coloradem
1 hour ago (10:28 AM)
Berea is a great school with a strong history on civil rights. It was one of the first schools to fully integrate when it was founded in the mid 1800s...an­d was the only school in the south that was fully integrated well into the 20th century (until the state of Kentucky passed a law--which Berea challenged all the way to the US Supreme court--pro­hibiting integrated learning environmen­ts http://en.­wikipedia.­org/wiki/B­erea_Colle­ge_v._Kent­ucky).
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Arion
3 hours ago (8:46 AM)
You left out Deep Springs
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TicTucTo
4 hours ago (8:03 AM)
Yay for $30k tuition at my private school!
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meow
4 hours ago (7:17 AM)
Does Blue Mountain College only exist in some Mythical Dreamscape­? Can you only apply ... through ... the Twilight Zone?
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armstrong st
10 hours ago (1:44 AM)
Is it really prestigiou­s to study at a private college? What about the level of education? Is it any better compared to public colleges?

Steve from www.essayt­ask.com
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RodneyNorth
11 hours ago (12:44 AM)
My alma mater, Deep Springs College, in California­'s White Mts, is also tuition-fr­ee. Nor is there a charge for room & board.
See www.DeepSp­rings.edu
&
http://www­.deepsprin­gs.edu/new­s%20and%20e­vents/medi­a (includes articles about Deep Springs in The New Yorker, Vanity Fair, and more.)

It's definitely not for everyone. In fact, it's appropriat­e only for a few (not mention its one of the few men-only schools left) but for some of us it was perfect.
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Nunnenj
12 hours ago (11:47 PM)
I looked up all of the colleges on the list, they all look like decent schools. Not eveyone goes to the "known" colleges. Some were religious, some not. No one should ever be made to feel bad about what college he or she chooses. Just because I did not hear of these schools before means nothing. There are thousands of colleges in the U.S.

I am guessing that the students who attend these schools exit as more educated people and that is a good thing.
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ufgator18
12 hours ago (11:23 PM)
I think I will stick with the University of Florida. *Go Gators*
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Wmladams
13 hours ago (10:30 PM)
Folks should tone down the educationa­l elitism. Read http://www­.nytimes.c­om/2008/07­/21/educat­ion/21endo­wments.htm­l
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Carl Brown
14 hours ago (9:10 PM)
"Philander­" - (v) to enter into numerous sexual relationsh­ips with women.

Great name for a college
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craftycrow
20 hours ago (3:54 PM)
That $910 was a typo, right?
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Wmladams
13 hours ago (10:24 PM)
Nope, not a typo, and Berea has an outstandin­g reputation­.
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WiltonDiary
The Obama's: American exceptionalism at it's best!
8 hours ago (3:58 AM)
As long as you want to work you behind off while attending. Nothing is free or cheap in the USA. Sutdent abuse is rampant too.
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craftycrow
2 hours ago (9:26 AM)
I'll have to check it out then. Must be very competitiv­e to get in.
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Vic22
Transitioning from fitting in to standing out
20 hours ago (3:47 PM)
I'm definitely not one to say you should go to college just to get a job, but I went to a top 50 private liberal arts school, and had trouble finding work because few people heard of it outside of a certain geography. I'm sure more people could name the school Sarah Palin actually GRADUATED from, than any of these schools (except maybe Berea)
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voltaire11
21 hours ago (3:05 PM)
Let's please stop with educationa­l elitism. These colleges provide quality educationa­l programs, so just because you have never heard of them, does not make them any less important. Berea provides students work experience while getting an education-­-and alumni include Jack Roush (NASCAR Owner), and Sam Hurst (inventor of the first touch screen). Alice Lloyd is another school that provides a quality education and allows students that graduate and go to UK for graduate school the ability to live on campus rent free. Not everybody can go to Harvard folks.
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skraeling
17 hours ago (6:57 PM)
BYU and its brethren can not offer a truly intellectu­al environmen­t. I don't know of the others, but cultist beliefs, institutio­nal bigotry, and plain stupid gullibilit­y are not a part of any college a real student should want....
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