Financial Aid Statistics Comparison
For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 60.95 % and the average aid amount is $34,941. The financial aid includes Federal (Pell and other federal), state, local, institutional or other grant aid, and federal student loans. The following table compares the total number and percentage of undergraduate students who received any financial aid between Top 100 Colleges by Niche for academic year 2022-2023.
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Beginning Students Financial Aid
For first-time, full-time beginning students, the average percent of receiving grant and/or scholarship is 0.61 % and the average grant amount is $370. This includes grants or scholarship from all sources - federal (pell grants and other federal grants), state/local, and institutions. The average percent of students who receiving student loans (federal and other student loans) is 0.26 % and the average loan amount is $83. The following table compares the financial aid statistics for first-time, full-time undergraduate students (freshmen) between Top 100 Colleges by Niche for academic year 2022-2023.
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| Rank | Name | Grants/Scholarships | Student Loans | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Receiving Aid (Percentage) | Average Amount | Number Receiving Aid (Percentage) | Average Amount | |||
| 1 | Yale University | 920 (52%) | $63,523 | 100 (6%) | $4,926 | |
| 2 | Stanford University | 1,120 (53%) | $60,619 | 144 (7%) | $12,999 | |
| 3 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 832 (71%) | $45,591 | 80 (7%) | $13,792 | |
| 4 | Harvard University | 1,094 (56%) | $61,801 | 167 (9%) | $9,004 | |
| 5 | Princeton University | 786 (61%) | $59,792 | 75 (6%) | $7,559 | |
| 6 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 824 (52%) | $61,061 | 155 (10%) | $16,849 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1,084 (46%) | $57,175 | 245 (10%) | $12,499 | |
| 8 | Dartmouth College | 550 (45%) | $62,293 | 530 (43%) | $6,404 | |
| 9 | Rice University | 687 (56%) | $51,955 | 94 (8%) | $10,818 | |
| 10 | Brown University | 776 (46%) | $55,847 | 198 (12%) | $10,059 | |
| 11 | Harvey Mudd College | 129 (57%) | $42,386 | 95 (42%) | $7,481 | |
| 12 | Georgetown University | 534 (34%) | $45,949 | 341 (22%) | $8,982 | |
| 13 | Duke University | 741 (42%) | $57,444 | 326 (19%) | $6,351 | |
| 14 | Vanderbilt University | 1,049 (65%) | $53,932 | 184 (11%) | $8,872 | |
| 15 | Northwestern University | 1,042 (50%) | $61,716 | 417 (20%) | $6,973 | |
| 16 | Washington University in St Louis | 840 (43%) | $58,188 | 233 (12%) | $9,495 | |
| 17 | California Institute of Technology | 155 (57%) | $59,192 | 40 (15%) | $12,553 | |
| 18 | Pomona College | 213 (47%) | $57,848 | 46 (10%) | $9,049 | |
| 19 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3,012 (46%) | $21,766 | 1,389 (21%) | $6,418 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 896 (47%) | $43,966 | 804 (42%) | $6,525 | |
| 21 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 4,824 (67%) | $15,121 | 1,793 (25%) | $8,470 | |
| 22 | Cornell University | 1,901 (51%) | $54,219 | 1,022 (27%) | $8,309 | |
| 23 | University of Chicago | 1,070 (52%) | $48,422 | 134 (7%) | $12,150 | |
| 24 | Johns Hopkins University | 874 (62%) | $54,405 | 199 (14%) | $9,843 | |
| 25 | Claremont McKenna College | 176 (49%) | $50,020 | 106 (30%) | $7,631 | |
| 26 | University of Southern California | 2,607 (71%) | $45,262 | 1,127 (31%) | $7,526 | |
| 27 | University of Notre Dame | 1,174 (57%) | $49,859 | 536 (26%) | $7,390 | |
| 28 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2,438 (71%) | $13,992 | 761 (22%) | $7,027 | |
| 29 | Bowdoin College | 267 (52%) | $53,534 | 50 (10%) | $10,512 | |
| 30 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 1,318 (34%) | $26,818 | 873 (22%) | $8,639 | |
| 31 | Davidson College | 354 (65%) | $46,496 | 57 (10%) | $8,422 | |
| 32 | Williams College | 256 (45%) | $57,121 | 108 (19%) | $4,143 | |
| 33 | Swarthmore College | 286 (63%) | $47,703 | 39 (9%) | $7,705 | |
| 34 | Tufts University | 681 (39%) | $51,613 | 352 (20%) | $7,034 | |
| 35 | Barnard College | 341 (45%) | $53,817 | 224 (29%) | $7,339 | |
| 36 | Emory University | 759 (51%) | $48,914 | 326 (22%) | $7,280 | |
| 37 | Wellesley College | 355 (59%) | $61,328 | 148 (25%) | $5,608 | |
| 38 | Boston University | 1,912 (48%) | $51,565 | 905 (23%) | $10,425 | |
| 39 | University of Florida | 6,191 (92%) | $10,555 | 632 (9%) | $6,122 | |
| 40 | Middlebury College | 349 (51%) | $56,639 | 194 (29%) | $8,541 | |
| 41 | Washington and Lee University | 296 (61%) | $55,567 | 88 (18%) | $7,714 | |
| 42 | The University of Texas at Austin | 7,624 (86%) | $8,321 | 2,557 (29%) | $5,851 | |
| 43 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1,853 (40%) | $18,066 | 933 (20%) | $7,953 | |
| 44 | Boston College | 1,012 (40%) | $49,992 | 817 (32%) | $3,588 | |
| 45 | New York University | 2,756 (45%) | $47,096 | 1,528 (25%) | $8,550 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 3,697 (82%) | $42,331 | 1,871 (42%) | $8,278 | |
| 47 | University of California-Berkeley | 3,572 (52%) | $21,669 | 1,470 (21%) | $7,238 | |
| 48 | Wake Forest University | 411 (29%) | $54,233 | 229 (16%) | $10,075 | |
| 49 | University of Georgia | 5,274 (91%) | $11,559 | 1,353 (23%) | $6,778 | |
| 50 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 4,427 (54%) | $16,552 | 2,745 (33%) | $6,697 | |
| 51 | Amherst College | 298 (58%) | $58,693 | 64 (12%) | $9,293 | |
| 52 | University of Miami | 1,983 (72%) | $37,322 | 939 (34%) | $8,432 | |
| 53 | Florida State University | 6,650 (89%) | $10,169 | 1,683 (23%) | $6,953 | |
| 54 | Hamilton College | 287 (54%) | $52,497 | 229 (43%) | $4,749 | |
| 55 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3,864 (57%) | $7,649 | 2,864 (43%) | $10,100 | |
| 56 | Villanova University | 913 (52%) | $42,834 | 703 (40%) | $10,781 | |
| 57 | University of California-Irvine | 5,181 (80%) | $17,411 | 1,501 (23%) | $6,561 | |
| 58 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 1,328 (66%) | $30,747 | 592 (29%) | $8,283 | |
| 59 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 4,001 (47%) | $11,171 | 2,172 (26%) | $9,299 | |
| 60 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 3,149 (44%) | $14,731 | 1,576 (22%) | $6,169 | |
| 61 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 6,559 (59%) | $12,278 | 3,034 (27%) | $8,518 | |
| 62 | Macalester College | 533 (89%) | $40,262 | 285 (47%) | $6,714 | |
| 63 | Babson College | 440 (68%) | $30,513 | 196 (30%) | $9,137 | |
| 64 | The Cooper Union for the Advancement of Science and Art | 223 (100%) | $39,305 | 45 (20%) | $8,310 | |
| 65 | University of California-San Diego | 4,143 (55%) | $20,782 | 1,939 (26%) | $6,437 | |
| 66 | William & Mary | 1,105 (66%) | $15,134 | 445 (26%) | $8,882 | |
| 67 | University of South Florida | 5,297 (87%) | $11,066 | 1,531 (25%) | $8,261 | |
| 68 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 6,229 (74%) | $10,993 | 3,018 (36%) | $7,842 | |
| 69 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2,586 (53%) | $20,389 | 1,128 (23%) | $7,453 | |
| 70 | Haverford College | 183 (45%) | $57,999 | 46 (11%) | $10,152 | |
| 71 | Lehigh University | 829 (55%) | $44,116 | 660 (43%) | $9,603 | |
| 72 | Wesleyan University | 397 (44%) | $59,825 | 181 (20%) | $9,716 | |
| 73 | Vassar College | 385 (57%) | $50,193 | 281 (42%) | $6,177 | |
| 74 | Case Western Reserve University | 1,390 (87%) | $35,452 | 1,128 (70%) | $6,836 | |
| 75 | University of California-Davis | 4,178 (57%) | $20,548 | 1,796 (24%) | $5,965 | |
| 76 | University of Central Florida | 6,274 (93%) | $9,986 | 1,357 (20%) | $6,526 | |
| 77 | Colgate University | 365 (41%) | $54,647 | 94 (11%) | $9,018 | |
| 78 | Trinity University | 657 (99%) | $33,614 | 237 (36%) | $9,574 | |
| 79 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 4,932 (48%) | $8,950 | 2,960 (29%) | $9,125 | |
| 80 | Colby College | 275 (41%) | $61,714 | 65 (10%) | $8,426 | |
| 81 | Carleton College | 333 (60%) | $46,821 | 229 (41%) | $4,492 | |
| 82 | Bates College | 198 (36%) | $51,414 | 72 (13%) | $8,728 | |
| 83 | Grinnell College | 429 (91%) | $42,231 | 69 (15%) | $7,707 | |
| 84 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 4,131 (85%) | $10,919 | 2,613 (54%) | $10,081 | |
| 85 | Brigham Young University | 2,411 (46%) | $6,325 | 436 (8%) | $5,457 | |
| 86 | Michigan State University | 8,144 (92%) | $8,684 | 3,250 (37%) | $8,138 | |
| 87 | Florida International University | 2,555 (89%) | $11,087 | 2,458 (86%) | $5,614 | |
| 88 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 3,576 (71%) | $9,181 | 2,116 (42%) | $7,194 | |
| 89 | Smith College | 431 (64%) | $49,109 | 267 (39%) | $4,482 | |
| 90 | National University | 10 (91%) | $5,932 | 4 (36%) | $8,722 | |
| 91 | Clemson University | 3,629 (79%) | $10,430 | 1,780 (39%) | $11,748 | |
| 92 | University of Richmond | 498 (57%) | $46,385 | 275 (32%) | $8,250 | |
| 93 | University of Maryland-College Park | 2,905 (48%) | $11,232 | 1,535 (25%) | $10,201 | |
| 94 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 4,342 (63%) | $11,388 | 2,749 (40%) | $9,722 | |
| 95 | Southern Methodist University | 1,152 (73%) | $35,344 | 405 (26%) | $12,369 | |
| 96 | George Washington University | 2,001 (78%) | $35,257 | 982 (38%) | $10,893 | |
| 97 | Oklahoma State University-Main Campus | 3,880 (98%) | $10,621 | 1,849 (47%) | $7,170 | |
| 98 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 4,026 (57%) | $12,785 | 2,967 (42%) | $8,040 | |
| 99 | Colorado College | 332 (54%) | $46,160 | 154 (25%) | $6,626 | |
| 100 | Colorado School of Mines | 1,365 (97%) | $10,614 | 564 (40%) | $8,866 | |
| Average | 1,973 (60.96%) | $36,977 | 864 (25.96%) | $8,282 | ||
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