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Ivy League College Costs Soar to More Than $90,000 a Year

The sticker price to attend the nation’s top schools keeps climbing, though many students will receive some financial aid.

The University of Pennsylvania campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Photographer: Michelle Gustafson/Bloomberg
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The sticker price to attend an Ivy League school next year is stretching to more than $90,000.

At the University of Pennsylvania, for instance, the annual cost of attendance is now well above the median household income in the US, with tuition, fees, housing and other expenses totaling an estimated $92,288. Cornell University will run more than $92,000, while the price is higher than $91,000 at Dartmouth and Brown.