Vassar College, the first accredited women's college in America, boasts a sticker price of $53,980, making it the most expensive of the Top 10. Financial aid knocks 61 percent off the cost of the now-coed college, and the average student debt upon graduation is about $19,000.
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The Swift building at Vassar College, in Poughkeepsie, N.Y., as seen in 2004.