The 10 most expensive colleges money can buy

Updated

If you or your college-bound kid wants to attend Sarah Lawrence, Wesleyan, Columbia or another prestigious private university, prepare for some serious sticker shock.

The three institutions are among the top five most expensive schools for the 2010-11 academic year, according to the Chronicle of Higher Education's analysis of data released by the College Board, the nonprofit best known as the administrator of the SAT.

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