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It costs $61,000 annually to attend Pomfret School in Pomfret, Connecticut.
- Parents of children enrolled in boarding schools may pay thousands of dollars each year in tuition and boarding costs.
- The country's top boarding schools can cost upwards of $60,000 per year, more than the annual tuition at some colleges or universities.
- We found the most expensive boarding schools among Niche's ranking of the top 100 private boarding schools in the United States.
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Paying for a child's secondary education can be extremely expensive.
In fact, some of the top boarding schools in the US can end up costing parents upwards of $60,000 per year, more than the annual cost of some colleges or universities.
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To find the country's most expensive top boarding schools, Business Insider consulted Niche's ranking of the 100 best boarding high schools in the country and then ranked them according to their tuition cost, which included the cost of housing.
A majority of the boarding schools on the list were located on the East Coast. However, four out of the five most expensive top boarding schools were located in California.
Here are the 50 most expensive top boarding schools in America according to Niche, listed from the lowest tuition price to highest.