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Butcollege educations dont come cheap.

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That total includes tuition, living costs, books and other expenses.

For private, non-profit schools, the average is $58,628 per year.

If you want to go to an elite university, you could expect to pay even more.

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This can be measured in many ways, not all of which have to do with money.

This was the focus of a recent study fromEdumentors, a U.K.-based provider of tutoring services.

For its study, Edumentors looked at 46 elite universities on four continents including 14 U.S. schools.

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According to that research, the most overpriced elite college in the United States is Northwestern University.

This means the overall annual cost is about 1.89 times higher than the median starting salary.

Heres a look at the 10 most overpriced elite universities in the U.S., according to Edumentors.

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