Would you like to know which are the most expensive boarding schools in the world at the moment? The remarkable institutions in our list have received every celebrity you can imagine, but not celebrity in the Hollywood sense of the word; intellectual celebrities, the royals, the wealthiest people on earth. Moreover, these private schools (in the U.K., oddly known as public schools) offer the most rounded education you can imagine. For the mind is not the only thing that counts, the body is also an essential part of education: “Mens sana in corpore sano”.
If you’ve already read our list of The 6 Best Boarding Schools in the World (and if you haven’t yet then you should check it out right now!), you already know what these state-of-the-art facilities include. If not, then I should tell you that skiing slopes, tennis courts and gymnasiums are the essentials of high-end boarding schools. Almost needless to say, all of the schools in our countdown happen to be in Europe; of course this doesn’t mean that American schools are less prestigious, only not as expensive.
Keep in mind that the costs we used to rank the boarding schools don’t include books, clothing or other optional extra-curricular courses that parents may also pay for. But, I know you’re looking forward to the new school year, whether you’re a student or a parent. So have a look at our countdown of the most expensive boarding schools in the world.
10. Hurtwood House
Photo: Hurtwood House
Location: Dorking, Surrey, England
Established: 1970
Tuition: $62,504
Notable Alumni: Emily Blunt, Ben Chaplin, Hans Zimmer, Aidan Gillen, Leah Wood and Jack Huston.
Perks: Various school expeditions, trips and visits. As for sports, you can practice anything from golf to cricket, including weight training, horse riding and mountain biking. The artistic area offers all of the performing arts, music, film studies and even photography.
9. Brillantmont International School
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Location: Lausanne, Switzerland
Established: 1882
Tuition: $67,991
Perks: The extra-curricular offer includes Model United Nations, a debate delegation, community service and physical activities such as trampoline, waterpolo, zumba, spinning and even yoga and pilates. If you’re into art you could join a rock band, play an instrument, or learn photography and journalism. Cultural trips could include going to the opera, seeing a ballet, or attending a classical music concert.
8. The American School in Switzerland
Photo: TASIS
Location: Montagnola, Collina d’Oro, Lugano, Ticino, Switzerland
Established: 1956
Tuition: $76,277
Notable Alumni: Jeanie Cunnigham, Darby Hinton, Victor Kraatz, Jennifer Missoni, Jack Savoretti, Ferit Şahenk, Isaac Tigrett, Billy Zane, Laura Wasser, Francesca Gregorini.
Perks: The facilities have computer labs, music rooms, a theater, two gymnasiums, an enormous library, art studios and even a photo lab. TASIS offers dancing, gymnastics, badminton, tennis, yoga, pilates, hiking and much more. The arts department has some unusual activities such as ceramics, architecture, and design.
These are only the first four of the most expensive boarding schools in the world. The remaining six are yet to come, check them out.
7. St. George’s School
Photo: St. George’s
Location: Clarens, Switzerland
Established: 1927
Tuition: $80,526
Perks: This school offers a wide range of extra-curricular activities such as combat sports, rock climbing, movie editing, studio recording, debating, breakdancing, skiing, choir, sewing and jazz orchestra.
6. Leysin American School
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Location: Leysin, Switzerland
Established: 1961
Tuition: $80,789
Perks: Mandatory cultural trips to Romania, Croatia, Italy, Germany, the Czech Republic, and more. There’s also an entrepreneurial development program. Moreover, the school is quite green: hot water in the dormitories is provided by solar energy.
5. Lyceum Alpinum Zuoz
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Location: Zuoz, Switzerland
Established: 1904
Tuition: $83,389
Notable Alumni: Gunther Sachs and Thomas Gold
Perks: Every physical activity you can imagine including snowboarding, cross country skiing, figure skating, weight lifting, body building, cricket, mountain climbing, windsurfing and horseback riding. There are optional courses like Latin, Spanish, current affairs, handicrafts, drama, drawing, philosophy, art history, and art contemplation.
4. Aiglon College
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Location: Chesiers, Switzerland
Established: 1949
Tuition: $91,575
Notable Alumni: Sheherazade Goldsmith; Franҫois Grosjean; Leka, Crown Prince of Albania; Laura Harring; Alan Merril; Roger C. Field; Abhishek Bachchan and Rohan Sippy.
Perks: It offers outward-bound activities like ski touring expeditions, mountain biking, canoeing, rock climbing, including expeditions to the Via Ferrata. The school also encourages its students to take part in community service and participate in the cultural trips that include everything from camping in the mountains to backstage tours to the globe.
3. Institut auf dem Rosenberg
Photo: Rosenberg
Location: St. Gallen, Switzerland
Established: 1889
Tuition: $94,200
Notable Alumni: Mario J. Molina, Gunther Sachs, Christopher O’Neill, Alexander, Herditary Prince of Hohenzollern
Perks: Excursions and educational field trips to Zurich, Geneva, Lugano, Lucerne, Paris, Milan, Munich, and Innsbruck. The sporting activities include sledding, ice skating, fencing, rollerblading, waterskiing, and golfing.
2. College Alpin Beau Soleil
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Location: Villars-sur-Ollon, Switzerland
Established: 1910
Tuition: $115,000
Notable Alumni: Charlotte Gainsbourg ; Jacques Villeneuve; Jean-Daniel Dätwyler ; Princess Marie of Denmark ; Guillaume, Hereditary Grand Duke of Luxembourg ; Prince Louis of Luxembourg ; Prince Felix of Luxembourg and Claire Lademacher.
Perks: Humanitarian expeditions to the school’s orphanages in Madagascar, Tanzania, India and Uruguay. Cultural trips range from New Zealand, Morocco, Ghana and India to Japan and China. Moreover, every year some students climb the Kilimanjaro. Furthermore, the school has a restaurant, an arts center, stables and a digital recording studio.
1. Institut Le Rosey
Photo: Le Rosey
Location: Rolle, Switzerland
Established: 1880
Tuition: $120,000
Notable Alumni: Sean Taro Ono Lennon; Winthrop Paul Rockefeller; Shah Mohammad Reza Pahlavi; Álvaro Noboa; Marie-Chantal, Crown Princess of Greece; Albert Hammond Jr.; Sir Alistair Horne; H. John Heinz III; Pia Getty; King Juan Carlos I of Spain; Rhonda Ross Kendrick; Julian Casablancas; King Fuad II of Egypt and King Albert II of Belgium.
Perks: A separate winter campus; a lakeside chateau with tennis courts, Jacuzzis, saunas, steam rooms and a sailing center. The facilities also include a riding stable, swimming pools, a greenhouse, an ecumenical chapel, a bowling alley, an ice-hockey rink and a skateboard park.
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