The definitive list of the 12 most expensive colleges in the United States [SLIDESHOW] What you could buy with $62,236 instead: This one also requires saving for four years, but you can buy a 12-acre island in Maine for $250,000, about $500 less than the total undergraduate cost at SLC. You won’t be able to complete one of the many SLC majors that end in the word “studies.” However, this island offers rustic charm and fishing galore, and no one ever caught a fish with lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender studies.