A school in the Bronx plans to charge more than Harvard: "A school in the Bronx plans to charge more than Harvard
Riverdale Country School in the Bronx will charge tuition of $31,200 next school year for grades six through 12, more than $3,300 higher than this year's rate at Harvard University.
Riverdale is among several elite New York City high schools that have surpassed or are approaching the $30,000 mark.
'By the year 2015, these schools will be $50,000, and they would still have wait lists,' said Amanda Uhry, head of Manhattan Private School Advisors, who credited the demand for private schools to failing public schools.
Dozens of people are often on waiting lists to get into the schools, even as prices rise. Manhattan's Trinity School will soon charge $30,170 for seniors, and plenty of schools are just under the $30,000 threshold. The Horace Mann "