Financial Aid Statistics Comparison
For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 80.53 % and the average aid amount is $36,916. 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 2022-2023.
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| Rank | Name | Number Receiving Aid | Percent Receiving Aid | Average Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pomona College | 985 | 56% | $55,218 | |
| 2 | Claremont McKenna College | 672 | 47% | $50,689 | |
| 3 | Swarthmore College | 998 | 59% | $51,095 | |
| 4 | Williams College | 1,146 | 53% | $57,850 | |
| 5 | Barnard College | 1,257 | 41% | $49,484 | |
| 6 | Amherst College | 1,208 | 61% | $58,328 | |
| 7 | Harvey Mudd College | 592 | 65% | $39,264 | |
| 8 | Washington and Lee University | 1,161 | 63% | $50,487 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 1,027 | 53% | $50,865 | |
| 10 | Davidson College | 1,323 | 67% | $45,583 | |
| 11 | Wellesley College | 1,496 | 61% | $56,816 | |
| 12 | Soka University of America | 435 | 100% | $37,023 | |
| 13 | Carleton College | 1,301 | 64% | $45,284 | |
| 14 | Colby College | 975 | 43% | $54,700 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 1,289 | 45% | $54,427 | |
| 16 | Thomas Aquinas College | 302 | 61% | $13,457 | |
| 17 | United States Naval Academy | No information available. | |||
| 18 | Haverford College | 660 | 46% | $55,489 | |
| 19 | Hamilton College | 1,113 | 54% | $48,241 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 1,576 | 63% | $49,475 | |
| 21 | Scripps College | 1,090 | 100% | $20,909 | |
| 22 | Pitzer College | 464 | 40% | $39,968 | |
| 23 | Colgate University | 1,486 | 47% | $53,353 | |
| 24 | Wesleyan University | 1,365 | 40% | $58,506 | |
| 25 | Colorado College | 1,274 | 57% | $45,155 | |
| 26 | Principia College | 311 | 97% | $28,378 | |
| 27 | University of Richmond | 2,228 | 70% | $41,231 | |
| 28 | Lafayette College | 2,680 | 98% | $25,351 | |
| 29 | Oberlin College | 2,713 | 92% | $35,509 | |
| 30 | University of New Hampshire at Manchester | 586 | 89% | $7,402 | |
| 31 | Berea College | 1,454 | 99% | $55,508 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 2,064 | 55% | $36,218 | |
| 33 | United States Military Academy | No information available. | |||
| 34 | Grinnell College | 1,551 | 89% | $43,476 | |
| 35 | Macalester College | 1,917 | 85% | $39,942 | |
| 36 | Bates College | 714 | 39% | $50,877 | |
| 37 | United States Air Force Academy | No information available. | |||
| 38 | Trinity College | 1,294 | 60% | $50,159 | |
| 39 | Smith College | 1,785 | 70% | $47,628 | |
| 40 | Wheaton College | 2,257 | 99% | $20,220 | |
| 41 | Connecticut College | 1,762 | 96% | $34,994 | |
| 42 | St. John's College | 408 | 86% | $22,870 | |
| 43 | Occidental College | 1,462 | 73% | $35,721 | |
| 44 | Skidmore College | 1,543 | 57% | $48,125 | |
| 45 | Bryn Mawr College | 1,041 | 73% | $39,543 | |
| 46 | Kenyon College | 1,419 | 76% | $37,212 | |
| 47 | Mount Holyoke College | 1,734 | 78% | $39,190 | |
| 48 | Denison University | 2,228 | 96% | $35,067 | |
| 49 | St Olaf College | 2,926 | 98% | $38,296 | |
| 50 | College of the Holy Cross | 1,915 | 63% | $39,014 | |
| 51 | St. John's College | 359 | 98% | $26,139 | |
| 52 | Hillsdale College | 1,494 | 99% | $22,002 | |
| 53 | Whitman College | 1,409 | 90% | $30,263 | |
| 54 | Reed College | 872 | 56% | $44,943 | |
| 55 | Union College | 1,813 | 86% | $35,369 | |
| 56 | Sarah Lawrence College | 1,294 | 85% | $33,827 | |
| 57 | Wabash College | 836 | 100% | $35,702 | |
| 58 | Franklin and Marshall College | 1,340 | 62% | $50,919 | |
| 59 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 1,686 | 99% | $39,088 | |
| 60 | Elizabethtown College | 1,597 | 94% | $19,576 | |
| 61 | Virginia Military Institute | 1,075 | 65% | $17,109 | |
| 62 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 1,548 | 93% | $41,893 | |
| 63 | Saint Johns University | 1,520 | 99% | $35,069 | |
| 64 | Muhlenberg College | 1,894 | 91% | $34,766 | |
| 65 | Hope College | 3,050 | 97% | $19,771 | |
| 66 | Centre College | 1,310 | 99% | $35,350 | |
| 67 | Hendrix College | 1,098 | 100% | $40,765 | |
| 68 | St Lawrence University | 2,166 | 96% | $43,146 | |
| 69 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 1,646 | 100% | $34,689 | |
| 70 | Ursinus College | 1,517 | 97% | $39,064 | |
| 71 | Wofford College | 1,701 | 96% | $36,082 | |
| 72 | Furman University | 2,206 | 96% | $35,600 | |
| 73 | Lawrence University | 1,464 | 99% | $38,379 | |
| 74 | College of Saint Benedict | 1,537 | 100% | $35,217 | |
| 75 | DePauw University | 1,674 | 97% | $37,179 | |
| 76 | Saint Anselm College | 1,941 | 99% | $28,765 | |
| 77 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 1,183 | 65% | $11,719 | |
| 78 | Saint Mary's College | 1,373 | 98% | $34,206 | |
| 79 | Bennington College | 688 | 89% | $48,086 | |
| 80 | Centenary College of Louisiana | 506 | 97% | $31,632 | |
| 81 | Wesleyan College | 564 | 81% | $19,051 | |
| 82 | Allegheny College | 1,551 | 98% | $42,099 | |
| 83 | Gettysburg College | 2,340 | 93% | $41,523 | |
| 84 | The King's College | 351 | 91% | $25,120 | |
| 85 | Dickinson College | 1,905 | 88% | $40,384 | |
| 86 | The College of Wooster | 1,884 | 96% | $39,475 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 835 | 68% | $9,937 | |
| 88 | Earlham College | 648 | 98% | $33,897 | |
| 89 | Luther College | 1,715 | 98% | $35,965 | |
| 90 | Meredith College | 1,382 | 97% | $29,127 | |
| 91 | Rhodes College | 1,905 | 93% | $35,050 | |
| 92 | Agnes Scott College | 1,031 | 97% | $33,660 | |
| 93 | Austin College | 1,204 | 99% | $32,186 | |
| 94 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 869 | 100% | $9,643 | |
| 95 | Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | 85 | 96% | $20,702 | |
| 96 | Gordon College | 1,320 | 96% | $15,071 | |
| 97 | Sweet Briar College | 438 | 97% | $13,706 | |
| 98 | Bard College | 1,498 | 69% | $49,591 | |
| 99 | Concordia College at Moorhead | 1,788 | 95% | $16,747 | |
| 100 | Emmanuel College | 1,769 | 95% | $27,979 | |
| Average | 1,362 | 80.53% | $36,916 | ||
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 $390. 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 $77. 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 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 | Pomona College | 213 (47%) | $57,848 | 46 (10%) | $9,049 | |
| 2 | Claremont McKenna College | 176 (49%) | $50,020 | 106 (30%) | $7,631 | |
| 3 | Swarthmore College | 286 (63%) | $47,703 | 39 (9%) | $7,705 | |
| 4 | Williams College | 256 (45%) | $57,121 | 108 (19%) | $4,143 | |
| 5 | Barnard College | 341 (45%) | $53,817 | 224 (29%) | $7,339 | |
| 6 | Amherst College | 298 (58%) | $58,693 | 64 (12%) | $9,293 | |
| 7 | Harvey Mudd College | 129 (57%) | $42,386 | 95 (42%) | $7,481 | |
| 8 | Washington and Lee University | 296 (61%) | $55,567 | 88 (18%) | $7,714 | |
| 9 | Bowdoin College | 267 (52%) | $53,534 | 50 (10%) | $10,512 | |
| 10 | Davidson College | 354 (65%) | $46,496 | 57 (10%) | $8,422 | |
| 11 | Wellesley College | 355 (59%) | $61,328 | 148 (25%) | $5,608 | |
| 12 | Soka University of America | 133 (100%) | $34,200 | 69 (52%) | $7,481 | |
| 13 | Carleton College | 333 (60%) | $46,821 | 229 (41%) | $4,492 | |
| 14 | Colby College | 275 (41%) | $61,714 | 65 (10%) | $8,426 | |
| 15 | Middlebury College | 349 (51%) | $56,639 | 194 (29%) | $8,541 | |
| 16 | Thomas Aquinas College | 75 (57%) | $14,211 | 87 (66%) | $4,338 | |
| 17 | United States Naval Academy | No information available. | ||||
| 18 | Haverford College | 183 (45%) | $57,999 | 46 (11%) | $10,152 | |
| 19 | Hamilton College | 287 (54%) | $52,497 | 229 (43%) | $4,749 | |
| 20 | Vassar College | 385 (57%) | $50,193 | 281 (42%) | $6,177 | |
| 21 | Scripps College | 316 (100%) | $21,143 | 78 (25%) | $5,351 | |
| 22 | Pitzer College | 121 (34%) | $39,594 | 70 (20%) | $4,829 | |
| 23 | Colgate University | 365 (41%) | $54,647 | 94 (11%) | $9,018 | |
| 24 | Wesleyan University | 397 (44%) | $59,825 | 181 (20%) | $9,716 | |
| 25 | Colorado College | 332 (54%) | $46,160 | 154 (25%) | $6,626 | |
| 26 | Principia College | 74 (94%) | $27,051 | 20 (25%) | $6,000 | |
| 27 | University of Richmond | 498 (57%) | $46,385 | 275 (32%) | $8,250 | |
| 28 | Lafayette College | 766 (98%) | $24,981 | 228 (29%) | $8,349 | |
| 29 | Oberlin College | 849 (98%) | $35,040 | 315 (37%) | $5,013 | |
| 30 | University of New Hampshire at Manchester | 59 (94%) | $7,822 | 34 (54%) | $5,283 | |
| 31 | Berea College | 338 (100%) | $55,298 | 28 (8%) | $2,559 | |
| 32 | Bucknell University | 573 (56%) | $37,775 | 345 (34%) | $11,397 | |
| 33 | United States Military Academy | No information available. | ||||
| 34 | Grinnell College | 429 (91%) | $42,231 | 69 (15%) | $7,707 | |
| 35 | Macalester College | 533 (89%) | $40,262 | 285 (47%) | $6,714 | |
| 36 | Bates College | 198 (36%) | $51,414 | 72 (13%) | $8,728 | |
| 37 | United States Air Force Academy | No information available. | ||||
| 38 | Trinity College | 347 (67%) | $46,929 | 308 (59%) | $7,819 | |
| 39 | Smith College | 431 (64%) | $49,109 | 267 (39%) | $4,482 | |
| 40 | Wheaton College | 545 (100%) | $24,272 | 302 (55%) | $6,429 | |
| 41 | Connecticut College | 486 (99%) | $36,355 | 166 (34%) | $9,595 | |
| 42 | St. John's College | 122 (87%) | $23,775 | 71 (51%) | $7,052 | |
| 43 | Occidental College | 404 (76%) | $33,025 | 230 (43%) | $8,272 | |
| 44 | Skidmore College | 405 (56%) | $45,748 | 262 (37%) | $7,660 | |
| 45 | Bryn Mawr College | 297 (73%) | $36,618 | 264 (65%) | $6,470 | |
| 46 | Kenyon College | 406 (80%) | $37,226 | 182 (36%) | $7,029 | |
| 47 | Mount Holyoke College | 486 (80%) | $39,304 | 324 (53%) | $6,098 | |
| 48 | Denison University | 651 (97%) | $36,497 | 398 (59%) | $7,089 | |
| 49 | St Olaf College | 751 (99%) | $40,399 | 345 (46%) | $6,527 | |
| 50 | College of the Holy Cross | 490 (60%) | $39,615 | 365 (45%) | $5,896 | |
| 51 | St. John's College | 113 (95%) | $22,423 | 58 (49%) | $5,503 | |
| 52 | Hillsdale College | 393 (99%) | $21,093 | 105 (27%) | $10,849 | |
| 53 | Whitman College | 449 (94%) | $32,047 | 194 (41%) | $6,438 | |
| 54 | Reed College | 303 (60%) | $47,864 | 231 (46%) | $6,315 | |
| 55 | Union College | 524 (93%) | $37,530 | 275 (49%) | $8,270 | |
| 56 | Sarah Lawrence College | 383 (87%) | $33,957 | 196 (45%) | $9,120 | |
| 57 | Wabash College | 210 (100%) | $37,119 | 133 (63%) | $7,844 | |
| 58 | Franklin and Marshall College | 323 (63%) | $49,177 | 275 (54%) | $8,059 | |
| 59 | Wheaton College (Massachusetts) | 484 (98%) | $41,665 | 392 (79%) | $7,647 | |
| 60 | Elizabethtown College | 433 (100%) | $21,405 | 298 (69%) | $9,520 | |
| 61 | Virginia Military Institute | 316 (69%) | $19,111 | 341 (75%) | $6,390 | |
| 62 | Hobart and William Smith Colleges | 349 (95%) | $44,331 | 219 (60%) | $8,228 | |
| 63 | Saint Johns University | 410 (100%) | $37,533 | 256 (62%) | $9,006 | |
| 64 | Muhlenberg College | 441 (98%) | $38,412 | 250 (56%) | $8,149 | |
| 65 | Hope College | 835 (100%) | $24,880 | 435 (52%) | $7,428 | |
| 66 | Centre College | 377 (100%) | $37,116 | 193 (51%) | $7,650 | |
| 67 | Hendrix College | 315 (100%) | $28,769 | 148 (47%) | $7,998 | |
| 68 | St Lawrence University | 589 (98%) | $44,093 | 338 (56%) | $7,932 | |
| 69 | Illinois Wesleyan University | 433 (100%) | $36,614 | 299 (69%) | $8,859 | |
| 70 | Ursinus College | 433 (100%) | $40,075 | 305 (70%) | $10,636 | |
| 71 | Wofford College | 452 (98%) | $36,005 | 209 (46%) | $8,264 | |
| 72 | Furman University | 652 (100%) | $36,384 | 211 (32%) | $7,962 | |
| 73 | Lawrence University | 400 (100%) | $40,089 | 219 (55%) | $7,322 | |
| 74 | College of Saint Benedict | 389 (100%) | $37,252 | 276 (71%) | $10,148 | |
| 75 | DePauw University | 498 (100%) | $41,067 | 184 (37%) | $5,055 | |
| 76 | Saint Anselm College | 480 (100%) | $27,936 | 327 (68%) | $10,815 | |
| 77 | University of Virginia's College at Wise | 247 (98%) | $14,299 | 78 (31%) | $4,013 | |
| 78 | Saint Mary's College | 375 (100%) | $36,112 | 240 (64%) | $8,638 | |
| 79 | Bennington College | 236 (98%) | $49,183 | 132 (55%) | $6,846 | |
| 80 | Centenary College of Louisiana | 133 (100%) | $27,095 | 89 (67%) | $7,818 | |
| 81 | Wesleyan College | 111 (100%) | $24,800 | 86 (77%) | $6,379 | |
| 82 | Allegheny College | 408 (100%) | $42,599 | 249 (61%) | $9,085 | |
| 83 | Gettysburg College | 593 (95%) | $43,239 | 339 (54%) | $8,110 | |
| 84 | The King's College | 54 (96%) | $24,640 | 47 (84%) | $8,681 | |
| 85 | Dickinson College | 633 (94%) | $39,554 | 321 (47%) | $7,388 | |
| 86 | The College of Wooster | 574 (98%) | $42,315 | 275 (47%) | $6,703 | |
| 87 | Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Brandywine | 302 (70%) | $9,638 | 258 (60%) | $8,242 | |
| 88 | Earlham College | 171 (100%) | $37,303 | 78 (46%) | $7,823 | |
| 89 | Luther College | 419 (100%) | $35,441 | 275 (66%) | $7,680 | |
| 90 | Meredith College | 341 (100%) | $29,825 | 193 (56%) | $7,406 | |
| 91 | Rhodes College | 577 (97%) | $35,712 | 217 (37%) | $7,444 | |
| 92 | Agnes Scott College | 302 (100%) | $34,267 | 164 (54%) | $7,909 | |
| 93 | Austin College | 283 (100%) | $33,033 | 156 (55%) | $8,486 | |
| 94 | Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts | 164 (100%) | $9,044 | 162 (99%) | $5,355 | |
| 95 | Thomas More College of Liberal Arts | 21 (91%) | $20,806 | 21 (91%) | $7,550 | |
| 96 | Gordon College | 314 (100%) | $15,181 | 235 (75%) | $5,652 | |
| 97 | Sweet Briar College | 170 (96%) | $12,254 | 89 (50%) | $7,424 | |
| 98 | Bard College | 381 (81%) | $53,584 | 214 (45%) | $6,006 | |
| 99 | Concordia College at Moorhead | 473 (100%) | $17,756 | 283 (60%) | $10,219 | |
| 100 | Emmanuel College | 445 (100%) | $29,956 | 300 (67%) | $9,663 | |
| Average | 365 (81.97%) | $37,823 | 194 (45.38%) | $7,496 | ||