Sarah Lawrence, based in Westchester, New York, costs students $204,784 for four years.

The liberal arts school has a unique and individualized approach to learning where there are no required courses and examinations mostly don't exist.

Harvey Mudd appears to be one of the most expensive undergraduate program in the US. The Claremont, California-based program runs students $209,532 for four years.

It focuses on science, mathematics, and engineering, and graduates earn an early career average salary of $78,200 and $133,000 mid-career.

Columbia's med school will run aspiring doctors $230,536 over the course of their four years of schooling.

The competitive program is ranked as the seventh best med school among research programs by the US News and World Report.

The Boston-based med school tips the scale at $238,056 for four years.

It ranks in the top 50 for both research and primary care programs.

The music major at Bard is typically five years in length and provides graduates with a bachelor of music degree as well as a bachelor of arts in a field other than music. It runs $253,520 for the five year program. T

he Bard Conservatory of Music is ranked in the top 20 for best music conservatories in the nation.

Though the program is still in proposal phase, the four-year course is a doctorate of business and will cost students $332,000. That makes it one of the most expensive degrees in the world.

The program "will be very small and selective, demanding substantial resources for intensive teaching and support services," the a representative from Cambridge told Business Insider via email.

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