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22 international schools in Zurich have full cost data published. Median published tuition is $28,400 USD per year, while median true annual cost (with capital levy, registration, transport, uniform, technology and activity fees) runs $29,978 USD — roughly 7% above published tuition. Cheapest in the table: Japanese School in Zurich at $10,030 USD/year true cost. Most expensive: Swiss Boarding Schools Disentis & Zurich - City Campus at $84,210 USD.
Curriculum mix British (7) IB (6) French (1)
Schools ranked by true annual cost (cheapest first) International schools in Zurich ranked by true annual cost (USD), cheapest first # School Curriculum Tuition USD Hidden fee % True cost 1 Japanese School in Zurich — $8,030-$8,030 +25% $10,030 2 Lycée Français International de Zurich French $15,135-$22,398 +10% $20,637 3 KIBS Zurich — $22,000-$27,500 +8% $26,620 4 Four Forest Bilingual International School Zug British $20,544-$30,035 +6% $26,720 5 Lakeside School - Horgen — $24,600-$27,720 +5% $27,590 6 SIS Swiss International School Zürich-Wollishofen — $25,860-$25,860 +7% $27,730 7 Academia Bilingual School Winterthur — $25,200-$27,240 +7% $28,090 8 Lakeside School - Kusnacht — $26,400-$27,720 +7% $28,930 9 SIS Swiss International School Rotkreuz-Zug British $26,620-$27,500 +7% $28,930 10 SIS Swiss International School Zürich IB $25,860-$30,340 +5% $29,530 11 International School of Schaffhausen IB $22,610-$33,300 +7% $29,825 12 SIS Swiss International School Pfäffikon-Schwyz IB $26,740-$30,660 +5% $30,130 13 Academia International School Zurich British $28,800-$28,800 +5% $30,230 14 Terra Nova Bilingual School — $29,040-$29,040 +6% $30,910 15 Tandem International Multilingual School — $27,360-$31,700 +6% $31,400 16 International School of Central Switzerland British $27,200-$32,300 +7% $31,950 17 Hull's School British $30,800-$32,000 +5% $33,090 18 School of Tomorrow — $29,400-$34,200 +5% $33,490 19 Inter-Community School Zurich IB $24,300-$39,900 +7% $34,310 20 Academic Gateway IB $34,000-$34,000 +7% $36,210 21 Obersee Bilingual School IB $31,229-$37,590 +6% $36,620 22 Swiss Boarding Schools Disentis & Zurich - City Campus British $82,000-$82,000 +3% $84,210
How we calculate true cost The True Annual Cost takes the school's mid-point USD tuition and adds city-calibrated extras for transport, uniform, registration recurrent, lunch, technology fee, and activity fees. The number is scaled by tier — premium-tier schools tend to charge proportionally higher capital levies and ancillary fees than budget schools.
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