Every Ivy League university ranked from least to most expensive

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School-ranking website Niche ranked the Ivy League universities from least to most expensive.

The least expensive school was Princeton University, with a tuition sticker price of 50,340 a year.

The most expensive one was Columbia University, with a price tag of 59,430 a year.

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There are only eight Ivy League universities, and they're known for being the most elite institutions of higher learning in the country.

School-ranking website Niche rated the most and least expensive Ivy League schools, along with prices for housing, meal plans, and textbooks.

Harvard, Yale, Princeton, Columbia, Cornell, Dartmouth, Brown, and the University of Pennsylvania were grouped together in the same NCAA sports division for the first athletic conference of 1954. But the "Ivy League" name reportedly dates back to 1933, when Stanley Woodward, sports editor for the New York Herald Tribune, referred to the schools as "ivy colleges."

The cheapest Ivy League school is Princeton University, with a 50,340 yearly tuition, and a net price the average price students actually pay of 16,192.

Here are all eight Ivy League universities, ranked from least to most expensive. For each college, Business Insider included the tuition: the cost of classes, the net price: the amount of tuition a student can actually expect to pay after financial aid and grants, as well as the additional costs of housing, meals, and books.

Ivan De Luce contributed to an earlier version of this article.Princeton University in Princeton, New Jersey, costs 50,340 a year.

Princeton University

Net price: 16,192 year

Average housing cost: 9,520 year

Average meal plan cost: 6,840 year

Books and supplies: 1,050 year

Students receiving financial aid: 62

Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts, costs 50,420 a year.

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Net price: 17,590 year

Average housing cost: 10,609 year

Average meal plan cost: 6,551 year

Books and supplies: 1,000 year

Students receiving financial aid: 77

Dartmouth College in Hanover, New Hampshire, costs 53,496 a year.

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Net price: 23,394 year

Average housing cost: 9,504 year

Average meal plan cost: 6,252 year

Books and supplies: 1,110 year

Students receiving financial aid: 58

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