The ranking holds 59 schools in Netherlands with an international accreditation or an authorised programme. IB programmes at 40 of them. Cambridge, IGCSE and A-Level, at 17. A preschool section at 20. A year of school costs from €2 000 to €32 755.
The median fee for a year of school in Netherlands is $10 352. That is 21st for affordability out of 49 countries in the ranking. A comparison only means anything at a single exchange rate, so every figure is converted to dollars from one weekly snapshot.
| Country | Median a year | Schools | With an IB programme |
|---|---|---|---|
| Moldova | $1 356 | 4 | 0% |
| Paraguay | $4 673 | 9 | 56% |
| Tajikistan | $5 011 | 13 | 0% |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | $5 020 | 9 | 33% |
| Denmark | $5 230 | 52 | 38% |
| Iceland | $5 832 | 3 | 67% |
| Kyrgyzstan | $6 324 | 27 | 7% |
| Uzbekistan | $6 521 | 47 | 19% |
| Albania | $6 552 | 19 | 16% |
| Chile | $7 239 | 61 | 61% |
| North Macedonia | $7 569 | 10 | 60% |
| Turkmenistan | $7 908 | 4 | 0% |
| Georgia | $7 930 | 29 | 17% |
| Azerbaijan | $8 824 | 28 | 36% |
| Luxembourg | $9 110 | 18 | 33% |
| Lithuania | $9 603 | 38 | 53% |
| Bulgaria | $9 603 | 27 | 59% |
| Slovenia | $9 744 | 12 | 75% |
| Argentina | $10 213 | 215 | 26% |
| Armenia | $10 336 | 15 | 33% |
| Netherlands | $10 352 | 59 | 68% |
| Ireland | $10 513 | 8 | 63% |
| Kazakhstan | $10 514 | 89 | 26% |
| Spain | $11 015 | 486 | 53% |
| Cyprus | $11 184 | 39 | 28% |
| Uruguay | $11 638 | 36 | 31% |
| Latvia | $11 749 | 14 | 79% |
| Portugal | $12 404 | 70 | 24% |
| Estonia | $12 693 | 7 | 86% |
| Montenegro | $12 947 | 9 | 33% |
| UAE | $13 043 | 413 | 15% |
| Croatia | $13 726 | 16 | 56% |
| Czech Republic | $13 789 | 37 | 54% |
| Romania | $14 120 | 47 | 30% |
| Finland | $14 452 | 23 | 83% |
| Serbia | $14 685 | 23 | 26% |
| Hungary | $14 904 | 26 | 38% |
| Thailand | $15 348 | 209 | 20% |
| Andorra | $15 986 | 9 | 44% |
| Greece | $16 155 | 41 | 73% |
| Brazil | $16 781 | 199 | 48% |
| Vietnam | $17 626 | 144 | 17% |
| Malta | $17 737 | 6 | 50% |
| Turkey | $20 170 | 246 | 46% |
| Slovakia | $21 465 | 21 | 52% |
| Austria | $24 682 | 23 | 83% |
| Belgium | $26 261 | 32 | 47% |
| Israel | $28 351 | 16 | 38% |
| Liechtenstein | $38 411 | 1 | 0% |
The median is steadier than the average: one school charging three times the rest does not shift it. It is taken from the top of a school's fee range, that is from the senior stage, which is what families budget for. Free state schools are left out of the median, or it would stop answering the question of what you pay.
| Cheapest | $2 259 a year | Sondervick College |
| Median | $10 352 a year | top of the fee range at 32 schools with a published fee |
| Most expensive | $37 004 a year | International School of Amsterdam |
| Free | 23 schools | RSG Enkhuizen, Jan van Brabant College, Het College Weert, Startpunt International, Antoniuscollege Gouda, Het Schoonhovens College, ALASCA - Amsterdam Liberal Arts & Sciences Academie, Montessori College Twente, OBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool), OBS Het Galjoen, CSG Willem van Oranje, Springbok International, Beatrix College, Carmelcollege Emmen, Stedelijk College Eindhoven, Laar & Berg, DENISE - De Nieuwe Internationale School Esprit, Walburg College, Johan de Witt Scholengroep, Wolfert Tweetalig, Jac. P. Thijsse College, Mgr. Bekkersschool, Kindcentrum De Binck |
Figures are converted to dollars at a weekly rate; schools publish their fees in their own currency. One-off charges, meals, transport and uniform are not included unless the school says otherwise. Fees for schools in Netherlands are taken from published price lists, not from what third parties say.
93 % of schools in Netherlands name a fee on their own site (55 of 59). Across the whole ranking of 2989 schools it is 45 %. We read every school's site and worked out what schools write instead of a sum, and why openness follows the country and the network rather than the school: the study of school fees →
12 of the 59 schools in the ranking are private. The other 47 are state schools, set out below. The type of school does not affect the score: private and state schools sit in one list and are scored by the same formula, and only verifiable data moves the number.
23 schools in Netherlands teach an international programme with no tuition fee: RSG Enkhuizen, Jan van Brabant College, Het College Weert, Startpunt International, Antoniuscollege Gouda, Het Schoonhovens College, ALASCA - Amsterdam Liberal Arts & Sciences Academie, Montessori College Twente, OBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool), OBS Het Galjoen, CSG Willem van Oranje, Springbok International, Beatrix College, Carmelcollege Emmen, Stedelijk College Eindhoven, Laar & Berg, DENISE - De Nieuwe Internationale School Esprit, Walburg College, Johan de Witt Scholengroep, Wolfert Tweetalig, Jac. P. Thijsse College, Mgr. Bekkersschool, Kindcentrum De Binck. On value for money such schools get the top score, because they sit outside the price range altogether.
47 schools with an international accreditation are funded by the state: UWC Maastricht, Amsterdam International Community School, International School Delft, International School Utrecht, Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar, The International School of The Hague, Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest, International School Haarlem, RSG Enkhuizen, Jan van Brabant College, International School Almere, Het College Weert, Startpunt International, Antoniuscollege Gouda, Het Schoonhovens College, International School Eindhoven, International School Hilversum, ALASCA - Amsterdam Liberal Arts & Sciences Academie, International School Twente, Montessori College Twente, Rotterdam International Secondary School, OBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool), OBS Het Galjoen, CSG Willem van Oranje, International School Breda, International School Laren, Sondervick College, Springbok International, Beatrix College, Carmelcollege Emmen, Stedelijk College Eindhoven, European School The Hague, Rivers International School Arnhem, Laar & Berg, European School Bergen, International School Groningen, DENISE - De Nieuwe Internationale School Esprit, Amersfoort International School, Walburg College, Johan de Witt Scholengroep, Wolfert Tweetalig, Jac. P. Thijsse College, Mgr. Bekkersschool, Amstelland International School, Kindcentrum De Binck, International Primary School Hilversum, Kindcentrum Klinkers. Admission to these schools is usually competitive, and tuition is free or markedly cheaper than at a private school. In the ranking they stand alongside private schools and are scored on the same nine criteria.
Schools in Netherlands with an IB programme (40): UWC Maastricht, International School of Amsterdam, Amsterdam International Community School, International School Delft, International School Utrecht, Rijnlands Lyceum Wassenaar, The International School of The Hague, Rijnlands Lyceum Oegstgeest, American School of The Hague, International School Haarlem, Amity International School Amsterdam, International School Almere, Startpunt International, The British School in The Netherlands, International School Eindhoven, Nord Anglia International School Rotterdam, International School Hilversum, ALASCA - Amsterdam Liberal Arts & Sciences Academie, International School Twente, Rotterdam International Secondary School, OBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool), OBS Het Galjoen, International School Breda, International School Laren, Sondervick College, Springbok International, TISA International School Leiden, Eerde International Boarding School, Rivers International School Arnhem, Gifted Minds International School, Laar & Berg, International School Groningen, DENISE - De Nieuwe Internationale School Esprit, Amersfoort International School, Johan de Witt Scholengroep, Jac. P. Thijsse College, Mgr. Bekkersschool, Kindcentrum De Binck, International Primary School Hilversum, Kindcentrum Klinkers. 9 of them run the full three-stage cycle: PYP, MYP and DP. Authorisation is confirmed against the International Baccalaureate register.
The British Cambridge programme - IGCSE and A-Level - is taught at 17 schools in Netherlands: The British School of Amsterdam, RSG Enkhuizen, Jan van Brabant College, Het College Weert, Antoniuscollege Gouda, Het Schoonhovens College, The British School in The Netherlands, International School Twente, Montessori College Twente, Rotterdam International Secondary School, CSG Willem van Oranje, Beatrix College, Carmelcollege Emmen, Stedelijk College Eindhoven, Eerde International Boarding School, Walburg College, Amstelland International School.
A facility counts only when the school names it outright on its own site: a modern campus is not a swimming pool. Boarding: 2 schools · School transport: 14 schools.
Comparing schools on a single feature is useless: the most expensive is not the best, and a famous name says nothing about what is backed by documents. The score is therefore built from nine criteria with different weights - from academic programmes and accreditation to facilities, clubs and fees relative to other schools in the country.
A criterion counts towards the score only when there is verifiable data behind it. That is why every score says how many of the nine criteria were counted: at schools in Netherlands that is 7.9 out of 9 on average. A school with a detailed site and a school with no site cannot earn an equally reliable score, and that is shown rather than hidden.
Ratings and reviews from Google Maps and other map services are not used: their terms forbid aggregation. Only verified reviews left here count. Full methodology →
The ranking holds 59 schools with an international accreditation or an authorised programme: The Hague - 11, Amsterdam - 5, Amstelveen - 3, Rotterdam - 3, Wassenaar - 2, Tilburg - 2, Delft - 2, Hilversum - 2, Laren - 2, Eindhoven - 2, Amersfoort - 1, Gouda - 1, Emmen - 1, Weert - 1, Ommen - 1, Bergen - 1, Hoofddorp - 1, Almere - 1, Breda - 1, Haren - 1, Haarlem - 1, Oegstgeest - 1, Enschede - 1, Utrecht - 1, Castricum - 1, Helmond - 1, Hengelo - 1, Arnhem - 1, Enkhuizen - 1, Schoonhoven - 1, Veldhoven - 1, Leiden - 1, Maastricht - 1, Zwijndrecht - 1, Oud Beijerland - 1. Every school says where its accreditation came from: found in a public register, confirmed by a document from the school, or claimed by the school with nothing behind it. We do not hide a claim, but it does not go into the score.
The median fee in Netherlands is $10 352 a year. That is 21st for affordability out of 49 countries in the ranking. Cheaper: Moldova, Paraguay, Tajikistan, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Denmark, Iceland, Kyrgyzstan, Uzbekistan, Albania, Chile, North Macedonia, Turkmenistan, Georgia, Azerbaijan, Luxembourg, Lithuania, Bulgaria, Slovenia, Argentina, Armenia. The comparison only holds inside one year: all fees are converted into dollars at one weekly rate.
Yes, 23: RSG Enkhuizen, Jan van Brabant College, Het College Weert, Startpunt International, Antoniuscollege Gouda, Het Schoonhovens College, ALASCA - Amsterdam Liberal Arts & Sciences Academie, Montessori College Twente, OBS Anne Frank (Anne Frank Wereldschool), OBS Het Galjoen, CSG Willem van Oranje, Springbok International, Beatrix College, Carmelcollege Emmen, Stedelijk College Eindhoven, Laar & Berg, DENISE - De Nieuwe Internationale School Esprit, Walburg College, Johan de Witt Scholengroep, Wolfert Tweetalig, Jac. P. Thijsse College, Mgr. Bekkersschool, Kindcentrum De Binck. These are state schools where the international programme runs with no tuition fee. They stand in the ranking on equal terms with private ones.
We look the school up in the public register of the organisation itself. There are ten such registers today: International Baccalaureate, Cambridge International, CIS, NEASC, COBIS, AEFE, MSA (Middle States Association), Cognia, Pearson Edexcel and the network of German schools abroad. The list grows with the geography of the ranking: a new country usually has an organisation of its own. An accreditation found in a register is marked green and goes into the score. One confirmed only by a document from the school is yellow, and weighs less. One claimed in words is red, and the school's accreditation score is then the lowest. Membership of a network or an association is counted apart: a school joins a network, but earns an accreditation, so membership weighs one step lower. That is why a school calling itself international and a school standing in the ranking are two different things.