Students preparing for college campus tours can now make the task easier by hopping on a private jet and visiting schools - but it will cost $ 43,500 . The price is nearly the same as the $ 43,938 undergraduate tuition at Harvard ( that 's not including room and board ) . The ten-hour flight cards offered by Magellan Jets , a company that provides private travel services , also include perks like car services to transport clients to and from each campus . In its second year of running the offer , the company said last year 18 people purchased the cards , and each made around three or four college visits in one day . Families can pay $ 43,500 to have a private jet help their college hopeful make multiple college visits into a short period of time ( above file photo ) This year , they are expecting 50 buyers of the package , which is offered from March 25 - June 30 , a Magellan spokeswoman told CNBC . 'There is a little bit of a misconception with private jets that it 's all glitz and glamour , but the real reason people use them is productivity and efficiency , ' Greg Belezerian , vice president at Magellan told MarketWatch . 'This is a tool that our clients use in order to be more efficient . I know that might sound weird , but that 's really why they 're using it . ' While data from last year revealed that over the past three decades the average tuition at a public four-year college had more than tripled , most families are likely looking at financial aid options before considering splurging on a chartered jet to visit campuses . But for those who can afford to dish out the money , Magellan said its college tour service was created as a way to help alleviate the stress that often comes with campus visits , according to CNN Money . Belezerian said the idea came from clients who were already using their services for college tours so they just met the demand . Last year , he told Business Insider that through the service , a student can visit up to eight campuses in different cities in one weekend . He said they were able to take one student to visit Northwestern , Duke , and Syracuse in one day . This year they have already taken a few clients on tours . Greg Belezerian , a vice president at Magellan , said there is a misconception with private jets being all 'glitz and glamour ' but that the real reason people use them is for efficiency ( above students on a college tour at Saint Michael 's College ) The company organizes a flight schedule based on the schools a client wants to visit , then sets up the car services , while some times even coordinating private tours of college towns with local chauffeurs . If a family using the service can not fit in all of the schools they wanted to visit using the ten-hour card , they have to purchase additional cards . Following each visit , their client is given a notepad from each college they toured so they can write their feedback . Magellan puts together all of the notes and sums up their client 's reaction from each school . And once the college hopeful chooses a school , they receive a gift basket from the company filled with branded items from the institution . Mimi Doe , co-founder of Application Boot Camp , which offers a $ 16,000 four-day course for students to complete their college applications , said she is surprised there are not more concierge-style college visiting services . She told MarketWatch : 'It 's clunky to visit schools . There should be a hotel/private plane/car service that 's all connected . '
Magellan Jets offers ten-hour flight cards for clients to go on college visits while also offering car services . The company has been in business since the early 1980s and is based out of a small office at the corner of North Main Street and East Washington Avenue in downtown St. Louis. Last year , a client visited Northwestern , Duke , and Syracuse in one day .