U.S. college costs for students from Vietnam

25,584 students from Vietnam studied in the United States in 2024/25, the #5 place of origin out of 1,177,766 international students (IIE Open Doors).

Local-currency figures are estimates

Converted at 1 USD = 25,959 VND, the U.S. Treasury reporting rate as of Sep 30, 2026. Rates change, colleges bill in U.S. dollars, and your bank's rate will differ.

Colleges that report aid to international students, lowest estimated cost first

Out-of-state cost of attendance (2023-24) minus the average award to international aid recipients from each college's Common Data Set (H6). The average covers only students who got aid.

Estimated costs in U.S. dollars and Vietnamese dongs
CollegeCost of attendanceAvg international aidEstimated cost after avg aid
Wellesley CollegeMA · CDS 2024-25$86,290≈ VND 2,240,002,110$88,095≈ VND 2,286,858,105$0≈ VND 0
Wesleyan UniversityCT · CDS 2024-25$89,020≈ VND 2,310,870,180$90,106≈ VND 2,339,061,654$0≈ VND 0
Rice UniversityTX · CDS 2024-25$78,278≈ VND 2,032,018,602$76,332≈ VND 1,981,502,388$1,946≈ VND 50,516,214
Dartmouth CollegeNH · CDS 2024-25$87,793≈ VND 2,279,018,487$84,167≈ VND 2,184,891,153$3,626≈ VND 94,127,334
Yale UniversityCT · CDS 2024-25$88,300≈ VND 2,292,179,700$83,878≈ VND 2,177,389,002$4,422≈ VND 114,790,698
Amherst CollegeMA · CDS 2024-25$87,640≈ VND 2,275,046,760$82,631≈ VND 2,145,018,129$5,009≈ VND 130,028,631
Harvard UniversityMA · CDS 2024-25$86,705≈ VND 2,250,775,095$81,046≈ VND 2,103,873,114$5,659≈ VND 146,901,981
Middlebury CollegeVT · CDS 2024-25$85,880≈ VND 2,229,358,920$79,468≈ VND 2,062,909,812$6,412≈ VND 166,449,108
Skidmore CollegeNY · CDS 2024-25$85,270≈ VND 2,213,523,930$78,800≈ VND 2,045,569,200$6,470≈ VND 167,954,730
Colgate UniversityNY · CDS 2024-25$87,070≈ VND 2,260,250,130$80,288≈ VND 2,084,196,192$6,782≈ VND 176,053,938
St Olaf CollegeMN · CDS 2024-25$71,870≈ VND 1,865,673,330$64,600≈ VND 1,676,951,400$7,270≈ VND 188,721,930
Tufts UniversityMA · CDS 2024-25$88,300≈ VND 2,292,179,700$80,079≈ VND 2,078,770,761$8,221≈ VND 213,408,939
Barnard CollegeNY · CDS 2024-25$89,808≈ VND 2,331,325,872$78,902≈ VND 2,048,217,018$10,906≈ VND 283,108,854
Georgetown UniversityDC · CDS 2024-25$88,741≈ VND 2,303,627,619$75,694≈ VND 1,964,940,546$13,047≈ VND 338,687,073
Lafayette CollegePA · CDS 2024-25$83,364≈ VND 2,164,046,076$69,176≈ VND 1,795,739,784$14,188≈ VND 368,306,292
University of RichmondVA · CDS 2024-25$81,320≈ VND 2,110,985,880$66,094≈ VND 1,715,734,146$15,226≈ VND 395,251,734
Northwestern UniversityIL · CDS 2024-25$91,290≈ VND 2,369,797,110$74,103≈ VND 1,923,639,777$17,187≈ VND 446,157,333
Claremont McKenna CollegeCA · CDS 2024-25$86,500≈ VND 2,245,453,500$68,564≈ VND 1,779,852,876$17,936≈ VND 465,600,624
University of MississippiMS · CDS 2024-25$46,520≈ VND 1,207,612,680$27,379≈ VND 710,731,461$19,141≈ VND 496,881,219
Kenyon CollegeOH · CDS 2024-25$87,590≈ VND 2,273,748,810$67,659≈ VND 1,756,359,981$19,931≈ VND 517,388,829
University of Notre DameIN · CDS 2024-25$83,271≈ VND 2,161,631,889$62,803≈ VND 1,630,303,077$20,468≈ VND 531,328,812
San Diego State UniversityCA · CDS 2024-25$45,952≈ VND 1,192,867,968$23,748≈ VND 616,474,332$22,204≈ VND 576,393,636
Texas Christian UniversityTX · CDS 2024-25$77,060≈ VND 2,000,400,540$52,776≈ VND 1,370,012,184$24,284≈ VND 630,388,356
University of ChicagoIL · CDS 2024-25$90,360≈ VND 2,345,655,240$65,118≈ VND 1,690,398,162$25,242≈ VND 655,257,078
Franklin and Marshall CollegePA · CDS 2024-25$86,018≈ VND 2,232,941,262$58,920≈ VND 1,529,504,280$27,098≈ VND 703,436,982

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Sources: IIE Open Doors 2024/25; U.S. Treasury, Bureau of the Fiscal Service: Treasury Reporting Rates of Exchange (Sep 30, 2026); NCES IPEDS (2023-24); college Common Data Sets.