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Financial Aid Comparison Between Top Liberal Arts Colleges

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Financial Aid Statistics Comparison

For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 79.56 % and the average aid amount is $39,212. 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 Liberal Arts Colleges for academic year 2023-2024.
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All Undergraduate Financial Aid Statistics Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameNumber Receiving AidPercent Receiving AidAverage Amount
1 Pomona College
96456%$59,042
2 Claremont McKenna College
69950%$52,457
3 Swarthmore College
97557%$57,170
4 Williams College
1,20456%$63,044
5 Barnard College
1,43742%$49,933
6 Amherst College
1,14460%$63,759
7 Harvey Mudd College
59965%$41,737
8 Washington and Lee University
1,18764%$52,625
9 Bowdoin College
98351%$55,228
10 Davidson College
1,30468%$47,489
11 Wellesley College
1,39957%$58,630
12 Soka University of America
445100%$36,595
13 Carleton College
1,28262%$48,547
14 Colby College
1,01344%$57,663
15 Middlebury College
1,29947%$57,955
16 Thomas Aquinas College
32964%$15,406
17 United States Naval Academy
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18 Haverford College
61243%$60,617
19 Hamilton College
1,08352%$51,289
20 Vassar College
1,49961%$48,362
21 Scripps College
62858%$36,697
22 Pitzer College
47039%$44,940
23 Colgate University
1,45346%$55,322
24 Wesleyan University
1,21540%$61,068
25 Colorado College
1,24557%$47,814
26 Principia College
30395%$32,096
27 University of Richmond
2,34575%$40,433
28 Lafayette College
1,58058%$43,853
29 Oberlin College
2,81694%$36,639
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
42280%$7,162
31 Berea College
1,41199%$49,715
32 Bucknell University
2,19759%$41,269
33 United States Military Academy
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34 Grinnell College
1,54988%$46,318
35 Macalester College
1,89687%$40,537
36 Bates College
71640%$52,190
37 United States Air Force Academy
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38 Trinity College
1,43166%$53,879
39 Smith College
1,74669%$53,458
40 Wheaton College
1,91189%$23,204
41 Connecticut College
1,89197%$36,740
42 St. John's College
42392%$24,563
43 Occidental College
1,49375%$36,268
44 Skidmore College
1,56757%$49,911
45 Bryn Mawr College
1,03573%$42,011
46 Kenyon College
1,48679%$40,011
47 Mount Holyoke College
1,67076%$42,243
48 Denison University
2,31996%$35,810
49 St Olaf College
2,99298%$41,303
50 College of the Holy Cross
1,92162%$40,431
51 St. John's College
35497%$29,311
52 Hillsdale College
1,55599%$22,880
53 Whitman College
1,34290%$32,216
54 Reed College
80553%$46,260
55 Union College
1,88389%$37,315
56 Sarah Lawrence College
1,24485%$35,931
57 Wabash College
833100%$37,191
58 Franklin and Marshall College
1,25763%$51,045
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
1,60096%$43,296
60 Elizabethtown College
1,65795%$21,050
61 Virginia Military Institute
1,07371%$18,005
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges
1,48395%$44,451
63 Saint Johns University
1,49898%$35,483
64 Muhlenberg College
1,82794%$37,685
65 Hope College
3,03993%$21,169
66 Centre College
1,33398%$37,975
67 Hendrix College
1,11598%$36,101
68 St Lawrence University
2,07597%$44,017
69 Illinois Wesleyan University
1,51899%$36,275
70 Ursinus College
1,49998%$40,653
71 Wofford College
1,76297%$38,002
72 Furman University
2,22197%$38,146
73 Lawrence University
1,40098%$39,169
74 College of Saint Benedict
1,42699%$35,249
75 DePauw University
1,71598%$41,490
76 Saint Anselm College
1,94999%$30,237
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise
1,05262%$14,081
78 Saint Mary's College
1,37498%$35,913
79 Bennington College
70491%$48,846
80 Centenary College of Louisiana
52999%$30,927
81 Wesleyan College
51183%$20,338
82 Allegheny College
1,33999%$42,159
83 Gettysburg College
2,25494%$43,319
84 The King's College
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85 Dickinson College
1,90189%$42,175
86 The College of Wooster
1,91797%$40,654
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
79967%$9,424
88 Earlham College
58596%$40,520
89 Luther College
1,59399%$34,426
90 Meredith College
1,27396%$31,495
91 Rhodes College
1,92797%$36,832
92 Agnes Scott College
99897%$33,149
93 Austin College
1,163100%$33,729
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
69283%$9,239
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
9398%$18,132
96 Gordon College
1,27699%$15,192
97 Sweet Briar College
44698%$19,063
98 Bard College
1,58669%$54,049
99 Concordia College at Moorhead
1,70893%$17,747
100 Emmanuel College
1,84095%$28,911
Average1,34079.56%$39,212
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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 0.85 % and the average grant amount is $418. 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 0.47 % 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 Liberal Arts Colleges for academic year 2023-2024.

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Beginning Student Financial Aid Comparison Between Top 100 Liberal Arts Colleges
RankNameGrants/ScholarshipsStudent Loans
Number Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average AmountNumber Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average Amount
1 Pomona College
232
(56%)		$63,77355
(13%)		$12,046
2 Claremont McKenna College
171
(53%)		$52,149113
(35%)		$7,431
3 Swarthmore College
230
(53%)		$62,08435
(8%)		$5,970
4 Williams College
336
(58%)		$64,17659
(10%)		$8,171
5 Barnard College
334
(48%)		$56,190408
(58%)		$7,781
6 Amherst College
269
(58%)		$65,62335
(7%)		$9,823
7 Harvey Mudd College
162
(68%)		$42,07080
(34%)		$6,112
8 Washington and Lee University
299
(63%)		$58,32385
(18%)		$10,360
9 Bowdoin College
263
(52%)		$57,28054
(11%)		$14,218
10 Davidson College
352
(65%)		$49,35559
(11%)		$8,446
11 Wellesley College
305
(52%)		$61,549122
(21%)		$8,059
12 Soka University of America
129
(100%)		$33,95194
(73%)		$8,762
13 Carleton College
301
(57%)		$51,916200
(38%)		$4,654
14 Colby College
281
(42%)		$66,38744
(7%)		$14,111
15 Middlebury College
349
(55%)		$59,348178
(28%)		$8,743
16 Thomas Aquinas College
92
(66%)		$16,96198
(71%)		$3,799
17 United States Naval Academy
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18 Haverford College
153
(42%)		$61,80229
(8%)		$9,559
19 Hamilton College
245
(51%)		$54,359157
(33%)		$5,781
20 Vassar College
392
(58%)		$53,840308
(45%)		$4,507
21 Scripps College
142
(55%)		$37,82575
(29%)		$6,333
22 Pitzer College
112
(36%)		$48,03160
(19%)		$5,678
23 Colgate University
350
(43%)		$56,696122
(15%)		$9,807
24 Wesleyan University
283
(38%)		$64,709106
(14%)		$9,803
25 Colorado College
297
(56%)		$47,947145
(27%)		$8,053
26 Principia College
55
(90%)		$32,09655
(90%)		$7,500
27 University of Richmond
547
(64%)		$42,050277
(33%)		$9,640
28 Lafayette College
394
(52%)		$44,126156
(21%)		$11,146
29 Oberlin College
872
(99%)		$33,746279
(32%)		$5,072
30 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
46
(87%)		$9,57023
(43%)		$7,106
31 Berea College
352
(100%)		$51,92326
(7%)		$2,472
32 Bucknell University
584
(56%)		$41,211397
(38%)		$12,134
33 United States Military Academy
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34 Grinnell College
400
(92%)		$45,78253
(12%)		$7,432
35 Macalester College
485
(88%)		$40,329232
(42%)		$8,072
36 Bates College
229
(44%)		$53,78293
(18%)		$10,278
37 United States Air Force Academy
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38 Trinity College
378
(67%)		$51,240235
(42%)		$9,530
39 Smith College
420
(68%)		$54,31187
(14%)		$11,483
40 Wheaton College
492
(98%)		$25,196246
(49%)		$6,748
41 Connecticut College
627
(100%)		$39,354228
(36%)		$10,063
42 St. John's College
119
(92%)		$25,19466
(51%)		$6,966
43 Occidental College
412
(78%)		$33,523213
(40%)		$7,428
44 Skidmore College
408
(52%)		$49,522260
(33%)		$7,301
45 Bryn Mawr College
289
(73%)		$39,997245
(62%)		$7,111
46 Kenyon College
443
(83%)		$39,330139
(26%)		$8,646
47 Mount Holyoke College
407
(75%)		$41,823260
(48%)		$4,202
48 Denison University
672
(95%)		$34,723405
(57%)		$7,227
49 St Olaf College
866
(100%)		$41,918374
(43%)		$7,282
50 College of the Holy Cross
524
(58%)		$41,140299
(33%)		$5,241
51 St. John's College
81
(92%)		$24,72640
(45%)		$6,125
52 Hillsdale College
373
(97%)		$20,505127
(33%)		$11,258
53 Whitman College
308
(92%)		$33,441137
(41%)		$5,491
54 Reed College
215
(55%)		$46,317184
(47%)		$7,241
55 Union College
541
(94%)		$38,751287
(50%)		$7,738
56 Sarah Lawrence College
321
(84%)		$35,677179
(47%)		$7,802
57 Wabash College
258
(100%)		$38,864152
(59%)		$7,307
58 Franklin and Marshall College
330
(68%)		$45,764245
(50%)		$8,225
59 Wheaton College (Massachusetts)
476
(96%)		$45,217391
(79%)		$7,794
60 Elizabethtown College
462
(100%)		$22,312334
(72%)		$9,639
61 Virginia Military Institute
296
(81%)		$13,735242
(66%)		$8,998
62 Hobart William Smith Colleges
434
(99%)		$47,463340
(78%)		$5,511
63 Saint Johns University
383
(100%)		$37,419238
(62%)		$10,004
64 Muhlenberg College
415
(99%)		$42,021358
(85%)		$7,356
65 Hope College
926
(97%)		$23,633436
(46%)		$8,476
66 Centre College
399
(100%)		$39,597176
(44%)		$7,607
67 Hendrix College
363
(100%)		$28,277187
(52%)		$8,124
68 St Lawrence University
530
(99%)		$43,490289
(54%)		$8,912
69 Illinois Wesleyan University
382
(100%)		$36,999261
(68%)		$8,522
70 Ursinus College
381
(100%)		$43,758307
(81%)		$9,699
71 Wofford College
500
(99%)		$38,779231
(46%)		$7,684
72 Furman University
647
(100%)		$40,954204
(32%)		$9,717
73 Lawrence University
364
(100%)		$40,431213
(59%)		$5,930
74 College of Saint Benedict
324
(100%)		$37,173212
(65%)		$10,153
75 DePauw University
535
(100%)		$42,053197
(37%)		$6,516
76 Saint Anselm College
528
(100%)		$30,009380
(72%)		$10,575
77 University of Virginia's College at Wise
250
(100%)		$13,70272
(29%)		$5,336
78 Saint Mary's College
397
(100%)		$35,270224
(56%)		$10,478
79 Bennington College
211
(98%)		$47,860122
(57%)		$6,503
80 Centenary College of Louisiana
173
(100%)		$32,506119
(69%)		$7,094
81 Wesleyan College
122
(100%)		$24,71487
(71%)		$6,557
82 Allegheny College
289
(100%)		$42,682230
(80%)		$7,475
83 Gettysburg College
614
(95%)		$44,671362
(56%)		$7,551
84 The King's College
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85 Dickinson College
542
(94%)		$40,209262
(45%)		$7,537
86 The College of Wooster
578
(100%)		$43,534264
(46%)		$8,098
87 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine
266
(69%)		$9,380222
(58%)		$9,899
88 Earlham College
173
(100%)		$38,11187
(50%)		$6,491
89 Luther College
400
(100%)		$38,042239
(60%)		$7,549
90 Meredith College
332
(99%)		$32,095186
(56%)		$7,623
91 Rhodes College
478
(100%)		$37,543259
(54%)		$6,318
92 Agnes Scott College
276
(100%)		$35,158149
(54%)		$8,254
93 Austin College
329
(100%)		$35,022188
(57%)		$9,149
94 Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts
176
(99%)		$9,606171
(97%)		$6,988
95 Thomas More College of Liberal Arts
23
(96%)		$19,70321
(88%)		$5,369
96 Gordon College
312
(100%)		$15,740199
(64%)		$8,281
97 Sweet Briar College
153
(99%)		$15,88076
(49%)		$7,493
98 Bard College
341
(77%)		$56,380209
(47%)		$7,145
99 Concordia College at Moorhead
444
(100%)		$17,631268
(60%)		$11,164
100 Emmanuel College
568
(100%)		$30,827378
(67%)		$10,554
Average357
(81.40%)		$40,124189
(45.24%)		$8,015
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