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Financial Aid Statistics Comparison

For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 57.72 % and the average aid amount is $35,605. 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 Forbes for academic year 2023-2024.
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All Undergraduate Financial Aid Statistics Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankNameNumber Receiving AidPercent Receiving AidAverage Amount
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2,98064%$55,629
2 Columbia University in the City of New York
4,98355%$52,519
3 Princeton University
3,36560%$62,593
4 Stanford University
4,86660%$58,688
5 University of California-Berkeley
18,62957%$22,996
6 Harvard University
4,56249%$55,827
7 Williams College
1,20456%$63,044
8 Johns Hopkins University
3,66761%$54,088
9 Yale University
3,67955%$60,846
10 University of Pennsylvania
5,73151%$49,451
11 Vanderbilt University
4,71666%$53,335
12 Rice University
2,84563%$50,264
13 University of Chicago
3,83651%$48,772
14 Cornell University
7,88150%$56,472
15 University of California-Los Angeles
17,82055%$21,007
16 Northwestern University
4,81954%$57,927
17 Dartmouth College
2,16749%$59,603
18 Brown University
3,63848%$56,234
19 Amherst College
1,14460%$63,759
20 University of California-San Diego
18,87957%$21,788
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
16,89152%$24,478
22 Duke University
3,44752%$53,004
23 Swarthmore College
97557%$57,170
24 California Institute of Technology
59761%$52,266
25 Washington University in St Louis
3,57044%$53,057
26 Claremont McKenna College
69950%$52,457
27 Emory University
3,89155%$47,663
28 University of Southern California
14,18769%$44,920
29 Wellesley College
1,39957%$58,630
30 University of Florida
28,73883%$9,719
31 University of California-Irvine
18,36764%$20,868
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
12,92670%$11,761
33 University of Notre Dame
5,44561%$47,922
34 University of Virginia-Main Campus
7,27842%$26,492
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10,31552%$15,205
36 Pomona College
96456%$59,042
37 University of Maryland-College Park
15,04050%$12,278
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
19,40555%$16,592
39 Bowdoin College
98351%$55,228
40 Brigham Young University
22,55272%$7,507
41 Georgetown University
2,80435%$46,162
42 University of California-Santa Barbara
13,28557%$19,022
43 Carnegie Mellon University
3,37948%$43,489
44 University of California-Davis
18,62159%$19,877
45 Boston University
8,92048%$50,703
46 The University of Texas at Austin
20,93551%$12,383
47 Washington and Lee University
1,18764%$52,625
48 Colgate University
1,45346%$55,322
49 New York University
13,50846%$40,263
50 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
14,14839%$15,799
51 Wesleyan University
1,21540%$61,068
52 Middlebury College
1,29947%$57,955
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison
15,19142%$14,133
54 Boston College
4,45845%$46,502
55 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
10,85752%$9,975
56 Haverford College
61243%$60,617
57 University of Georgia
26,30586%$10,849
58 Tufts University
2,71440%$51,231
59 Davidson College
1,30468%$47,489
60 William & Mary
3,37950%$21,498
61 Texas A & M University-College Station
32,74157%$11,036
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
16,77743%$10,024
63 University of California-Santa Cruz
10,80662%$21,083
64 Lehigh University
3,04554%$46,247
65 Santa Clara University
4,59875%$29,147
66 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
13,48351%$11,521
67 George Washington University
7,43565%$35,798
68 Binghamton University
8,21957%$10,084
69 University of Rochester
4,65669%$40,475
70 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
20,09755%$14,940
71 Colby College
1,01344%$57,663
72 Florida State University
25,57078%$8,848
73 Hamilton College
1,08352%$51,289
74 College of the Holy Cross
1,92162%$40,431
75 Villanova University
3,41149%$41,495
76 University of Miami
8,59469%$37,436
77 University of California-Riverside
17,05974%$19,530
78 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
19,90951%$11,363
79 Michigan State University
28,59873%$9,950
80 Stony Brook University
11,34965%$9,940
81 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
15,81652%$9,452
82 Trinity University
2,42797%$33,297
83 Ohio State University-Main Campus
28,67762%$11,931
84 Harvey Mudd College
59965%$41,737
85 Bucknell University
2,19759%$41,269
86 Clemson University
17,15375%$12,634
87 San Diego State University
28,28488%$6,538
88 Trinity College
1,43166%$53,879
89 Smith College
1,74669%$53,458
90 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
10,97469%$8,559
91 Lafayette College
1,58058%$43,853
92 University of Richmond
2,34575%$40,433
93 University of Colorado Boulder
15,30949%$11,665
94 Indiana University-Bloomington
23,69566%$11,389
95 Babson College
1,08139%$45,359
96 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
17,70483%$10,025
97 California State University-Long Beach
23,90373%$10,062
98 Wake Forest University
2,26642%$46,077
99 University of Utah
15,81360%$10,312
100 Bates College
71640%$52,190
Average9,28757.72%$35,605
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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 0.58 % and the average grant amount is $376. 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 0.24 % and the average loan amount is $89. The following table compares the financial aid statistics for first-time, full-time undergraduate students (freshmen) between Top 100 Colleges by Forbes for academic year 2023-2024.

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Beginning Student Financial Aid Comparison Between Top 100 Colleges By Forbes
RankNameGrants/ScholarshipsStudent Loans
Number Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average AmountNumber Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average Amount
1 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
654
(58%)		$58,33186
(8%)		$12,071
2 Columbia University in the City of New York
777
(52%)		$65,173109
(7%)		$14,737
3 Princeton University
904
(60%)		$60,629116
(8%)		$7,667
4 Stanford University
952
(55%)		$64,164124
(7%)		$14,075
5 University of California-Berkeley
3,369
(50%)		$25,9511,390
(21%)		$6,529
6 Harvard University
932
(57%)		$64,942145
(9%)		$8,729
7 Williams College
336
(58%)		$64,17659
(10%)		$8,171
8 Johns Hopkins University
840
(60%)		$58,456170
(12%)		$10,600
9 Yale University
837
(54%)		$59,07693
(6%)		$5,256
10 University of Pennsylvania
1,160
(48%)		$59,721289
(12%)		$13,512
11 Vanderbilt University
1,064
(66%)		$57,723160
(10%)		$11,345
12 Rice University
687
(57%)		$53,52685
(7%)		$10,083
13 University of Chicago
789
(46%)		$58,877115
(7%)		$13,890
14 Cornell University
1,767
(51%)		$56,7411,003
(29%)		$8,574
15 University of California-Los Angeles
3,144
(49%)		$22,4411,383
(21%)		$6,406
16 Northwestern University
1,055
(52%)		$64,463444
(22%)		$7,403
17 Dartmouth College
513
(46%)		$66,480486
(43%)		$6,152
18 Brown University
879
(51%)		$58,378170
(10%)		$11,780
19 Amherst College
269
(58%)		$65,62335
(7%)		$9,823
20 University of California-San Diego
4,147
(64%)		$24,1761,888
(29%)		$5,294
21 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3,850
(55%)		$22,0051,687
(24%)		$9,814
22 Duke University
724
(41%)		$59,327282
(16%)		$11,551
23 Swarthmore College
230
(53%)		$62,08435
(8%)		$5,970
24 California Institute of Technology
124
(55%)		$60,20137
(17%)		$10,614
25 Washington University in St Louis
869
(48%)		$61,036296
(16%)		$7,789
26 Claremont McKenna College
171
(53%)		$52,149113
(35%)		$7,431
27 Emory University
652
(46%)		$50,828164
(12%)		$10,420
28 University of Southern California
2,319
(68%)		$43,208866
(25%)		$9,085
29 Wellesley College
305
(52%)		$61,549122
(21%)		$8,059
30 University of Florida
5,789
(88%)		$10,724665
(10%)		$6,562
31 University of California-Irvine
3,685
(65%)		$21,5331,413
(25%)		$6,223
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
2,566
(71%)		$13,423797
(22%)		$7,726
33 University of Notre Dame
1,195
(59%)		$51,128505
(25%)		$9,073
34 University of Virginia-Main Campus
1,122
(28%)		$29,675737
(18%)		$10,002
35 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1,685
(38%)		$15,365855
(19%)		$8,243
36 Pomona College
232
(56%)		$63,77355
(13%)		$12,046
37 University of Maryland-College Park
3,017
(52%)		$12,1421,362
(23%)		$9,453
38 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3,842
(48%)		$17,5242,423
(30%)		$7,193
39 Bowdoin College
263
(52%)		$57,28054
(11%)		$14,218
40 Brigham Young University
2,472
(46%)		$6,284469
(9%)		$5,745
41 Georgetown University
564
(36%)		$46,729313
(20%)		$10,480
42 University of California-Santa Barbara
2,480
(50%)		$21,7321,188
(24%)		$7,480
43 Carnegie Mellon University
837
(49%)		$47,550619
(36%)		$6,883
44 University of California-Davis
3,219
(51%)		$21,2581,450
(23%)		$6,182
45 Boston University
1,804
(50%)		$55,080770
(21%)		$11,732
46 The University of Texas at Austin
4,198
(47%)		$12,0602,662
(30%)		$6,066
47 Washington and Lee University
299
(63%)		$58,32385
(18%)		$10,360
48 Colgate University
350
(43%)		$56,696122
(15%)		$9,807
49 New York University
2,509
(41%)		$48,2691,385
(22%)		$9,849
50 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
3,125
(43%)		$14,3901,389
(19%)		$6,813
51 Wesleyan University
283
(38%)		$64,709106
(14%)		$9,803
52 Middlebury College
349
(55%)		$59,348178
(28%)		$8,743
53 University of Wisconsin-Madison
4,193
(49%)		$11,3502,199
(26%)		$9,061
54 Boston College
994
(43%)		$51,099756
(32%)		$3,580
55 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
2,424
(48%)		$12,7071,440
(28%)		$6,008
56 Haverford College
153
(42%)		$61,80229
(8%)		$9,559
57 University of Georgia
5,187
(83%)		$11,6571,297
(21%)		$7,031
58 Tufts University
688
(41%)		$51,267325
(20%)		$8,657
59 Davidson College
352
(65%)		$49,35559
(11%)		$8,446
60 William & Mary
665
(40%)		$20,908405
(25%)		$9,746
61 Texas A & M University-College Station
6,970
(61%)		$11,6073,395
(30%)		$8,772
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
3,627
(39%)		$11,1262,662
(28%)		$9,001
63 University of California-Santa Cruz
2,475
(65%)		$21,5641,331
(35%)		$6,799
64 Lehigh University
885
(59%)		$43,644621
(41%)		$9,786
65 Santa Clara University
1,188
(73%)		$28,375450
(27%)		$8,095
66 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
2,778
(50%)		$11,8112,300
(41%)		$7,609
67 George Washington University
2,264
(77%)		$35,3671,124
(38%)		$10,130
68 Binghamton University
1,886
(61%)		$10,8321,499
(48%)		$7,637
69 University of Rochester
1,200
(74%)		$41,700636
(39%)		$7,496
70 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
4,054
(52%)		$16,2493,231
(42%)		$11,606
71 Colby College
281
(42%)		$66,38744
(7%)		$14,111
72 Florida State University
5,107
(86%)		$8,7311,248
(21%)		$6,850
73 Hamilton College
245
(51%)		$54,359157
(33%)		$5,781
74 College of the Holy Cross
524
(58%)		$41,140299
(33%)		$5,241
75 Villanova University
823
(47%)		$42,948660
(37%)		$11,971
76 University of Miami
1,834
(77%)		$36,720736
(31%)		$10,563
77 University of California-Riverside
3,858
(70%)		$21,5661,852
(34%)		$5,468
78 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
4,183
(62%)		$11,8072,791
(42%)		$10,378
79 Michigan State University
9,276
(96%)		$8,1473,370
(35%)		$9,086
80 Stony Brook University
2,733
(82%)		$10,2661,485
(44%)		$6,839
81 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3,938
(55%)		$8,5422,917
(41%)		$10,390
82 Trinity University
649
(99%)		$33,524206
(31%)		$8,079
83 Ohio State University-Main Campus
5,109
(64%)		$11,7912,614
(33%)		$8,718
84 Harvey Mudd College
162
(68%)		$42,07080
(34%)		$6,112
85 Bucknell University
584
(56%)		$41,211397
(38%)		$12,134
86 Clemson University
3,408
(74%)		$10,5991,643
(36%)		$12,069
87 San Diego State University
6,116
(94%)		$5,4591,939
(30%)		$7,137
88 Trinity College
378
(67%)		$51,240235
(42%)		$9,530
89 Smith College
420
(68%)		$54,31187
(14%)		$11,483
90 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
2,175
(85%)		$9,867237
(9%)		$5,399
91 Lafayette College
394
(52%)		$44,126156
(21%)		$11,146
92 University of Richmond
547
(64%)		$42,050277
(33%)		$9,640
93 University of Colorado Boulder
3,772
(54%)		$10,8382,135
(30%)		$10,773
94 Indiana University-Bloomington
7,145
(74%)		$9,8573,122
(32%)		$9,445
95 Babson College
237
(36%)		$47,028188
(29%)		$10,824
96 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
4,069
(99%)		$10,8301,498
(36%)		$9,556
97 California State University-Long Beach
4,070
(77%)		$10,5121,284
(24%)		$5,464
98 Wake Forest University
468
(34%)		$55,090194
(14%)		$9,868
99 University of Utah
3,872
(73%)		$12,1481,120
(21%)		$7,903
100 Bates College
229
(44%)		$53,78293
(18%)		$10,278
Average1,988
(57.62%)		$37,558884
(23.57%)		$8,948
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