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Financial Aid Comparison Between Top National Universities

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Financial Aid Statistics Comparison

For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 64.03 % and the average aid amount is $29,877. 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 National Universities for academic year 2023-2024.
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All Undergraduate Financial Aid Statistics Between Top 100 National Universities
RankNameNumber Receiving AidPercent Receiving AidAverage Amount
1 Stanford University
4,86660%$58,688
2 Harvard University
4,56249%$55,827
3 Princeton University
3,36560%$62,593
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
2,98064%$55,629
5 Columbia University in the City of New York
4,98355%$52,519
6 Yale University
3,67955%$60,846
7 California Institute of Technology
59761%$52,266
8 University of Chicago
3,83651%$48,772
9 University of Pennsylvania
5,73151%$49,451
10 Brown University
3,63848%$56,234
11 Northwestern University
4,81954%$57,927
12 Dartmouth College
2,16749%$59,603
13 Duke University
3,44752%$53,004
14 Cornell University
7,88150%$56,472
15 Rice University
2,84563%$50,264
16 Vanderbilt University
4,71666%$53,335
17 University of California-Los Angeles
17,82055%$21,007
18 University of California-Berkeley
18,62957%$22,996
19 Georgetown University
2,80435%$46,162
20 University of Southern California
14,18769%$44,920
21 Johns Hopkins University
3,66761%$54,088
22 Washington University in St Louis
3,57044%$53,057
23 University of Notre Dame
5,44561%$47,922
24 Tufts University
2,71440%$51,231
25 Carnegie Mellon University
3,37948%$43,489
26 Emory University
3,89155%$47,663
27 New York University
13,50846%$40,263
28 Lehigh University
3,04554%$46,247
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus
7,27842%$26,492
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10,31552%$15,205
31 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
16,89152%$24,478
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
12,92670%$11,761
33 Boston University
8,92048%$50,703
34 Boston College
4,45845%$46,502
35 Northeastern University
10,52765%$34,044
36 Brigham Young University
22,55272%$7,507
37 Tulane University of Louisiana
5,44362%$32,187
38 University of California-San Diego
18,87957%$21,788
39 University of Rochester
4,65669%$40,475
40 George Washington University
7,43565%$35,798
41 University of California-Santa Barbara
13,28557%$19,022
42 Yeshiva University
2,53488%$29,623
43 Stevens Institute of Technology
3,91896%$31,336
44 University of California-Irvine
18,36764%$20,868
45 Brandeis University
2,36364%$37,999
46 University of Florida
28,73883%$9,719
47 Villanova University
3,41149%$41,495
48 University of California-Davis
18,62159%$19,877
49 University of Maryland-College Park
15,04050%$12,278
50 Case Western Reserve University
5,00483%$36,077
51 American University
3,77448%$32,205
52 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
5,22589%$39,546
53 University of Miami
8,59469%$37,436
54 University of Wisconsin-Madison
15,19142%$14,133
55 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
14,14839%$15,799
56 Santa Clara University
4,59875%$29,147
57 University of Georgia
26,30586%$10,849
58 William & Mary
3,37950%$21,498
59 Pepperdine University
3,35292%$35,221
60 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
19,40555%$16,592
61 Chapman University
6,51983%$29,947
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
16,77743%$10,024
63 Florida State University
25,57078%$8,848
64 The University of Texas at Austin
20,93551%$12,383
65 Ohio State University-Main Campus
28,67762%$11,931
66 University of Tulsa
2,55296%$36,581
67 University of Delaware
14,08072%$13,378
68 University of California-Santa Cruz
10,80662%$21,083
69 Illinois Institute of Technology
2,82190%$38,027
70 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
15,81652%$9,452
71 University of San Diego
4,14373%$35,976
72 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
13,48351%$11,521
73 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
20,39649%$13,716
74 Gallaudet University
82891%$9,345
75 Loyola Marymount University
6,36187%$23,059
76 Southern Methodist University
4,92370%$36,450
77 University of Connecticut
12,71267%$15,530
78 Fordham University
8,71486%$32,800
79 Texas A & M University-College Station
32,74157%$11,036
80 Wake Forest University
2,26642%$46,077
81 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
50,58877%$12,396
82 Syracuse University
12,35580%$30,721
83 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
16,79569%$10,588
84 The University of Texas at Dallas
13,96465%$12,366
85 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
20,29075%$11,426
86 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
20,09755%$14,940
87 University of Central Florida
40,19769%$7,929
88 Colorado School of Mines
4,81384%$10,790
89 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
7,54561%$11,163
90 Texas Christian University
8,52881%$30,764
91 Baylor University
13,65190%$26,006
92 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
19,90951%$11,363
93 Missouri University of Science and Technology
4,75486%$11,898
94 The New School
6,23687%$18,965
95 Michigan State University
28,59873%$9,950
96 University of Hawaii at Manoa
7,73254%$7,779
97 San Diego State University
28,28488%$6,538
98 Florida International University
27,82561%$8,796
99 University of Denver
5,64792%$32,326
100 Harding University
3,28693%$13,717
Average10,94564.03%$29,877
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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 0.66 % and the average grant amount is $318. 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 0.29 % and the average loan amount is $91. The following table compares the financial aid statistics for first-time, full-time undergraduate students (freshmen) between Top 100 National Universities for academic year 2023-2024.

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Beginning Student Financial Aid Comparison Between Top 100 National Universities
RankNameGrants/ScholarshipsStudent Loans
Number Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average AmountNumber Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average Amount
1 Stanford University
952
(55%)		$64,164124
(7%)		$14,075
2 Harvard University
932
(57%)		$64,942145
(9%)		$8,729
3 Princeton University
904
(60%)		$60,629116
(8%)		$7,667
4 Massachusetts Institute of Technology
654
(58%)		$58,33186
(8%)		$12,071
5 Columbia University in the City of New York
777
(52%)		$65,173109
(7%)		$14,737
6 Yale University
837
(54%)		$59,07693
(6%)		$5,256
7 California Institute of Technology
124
(55%)		$60,20137
(17%)		$10,614
8 University of Chicago
789
(46%)		$58,877115
(7%)		$13,890
9 University of Pennsylvania
1,160
(48%)		$59,721289
(12%)		$13,512
10 Brown University
879
(51%)		$58,378170
(10%)		$11,780
11 Northwestern University
1,055
(52%)		$64,463444
(22%)		$7,403
12 Dartmouth College
513
(46%)		$66,480486
(43%)		$6,152
13 Duke University
724
(41%)		$59,327282
(16%)		$11,551
14 Cornell University
1,767
(51%)		$56,7411,003
(29%)		$8,574
15 Rice University
687
(57%)		$53,52685
(7%)		$10,083
16 Vanderbilt University
1,064
(66%)		$57,723160
(10%)		$11,345
17 University of California-Los Angeles
3,144
(49%)		$22,4411,383
(21%)		$6,406
18 University of California-Berkeley
3,369
(50%)		$25,9511,390
(21%)		$6,529
19 Georgetown University
564
(36%)		$46,729313
(20%)		$10,480
20 University of Southern California
2,319
(68%)		$43,208866
(25%)		$9,085
21 Johns Hopkins University
840
(60%)		$58,456170
(12%)		$10,600
22 Washington University in St Louis
869
(48%)		$61,036296
(16%)		$7,789
23 University of Notre Dame
1,195
(59%)		$51,128505
(25%)		$9,073
24 Tufts University
688
(41%)		$51,267325
(20%)		$8,657
25 Carnegie Mellon University
837
(49%)		$47,550619
(36%)		$6,883
26 Emory University
652
(46%)		$50,828164
(12%)		$10,420
27 New York University
2,509
(41%)		$48,2691,385
(22%)		$9,849
28 Lehigh University
885
(59%)		$43,644621
(41%)		$9,786
29 University of Virginia-Main Campus
1,122
(28%)		$29,675737
(18%)		$10,002
30 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1,685
(38%)		$15,365855
(19%)		$8,243
31 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3,850
(55%)		$22,0051,687
(24%)		$9,814
32 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
2,566
(71%)		$13,423797
(22%)		$7,726
33 Boston University
1,804
(50%)		$55,080770
(21%)		$11,732
34 Boston College
994
(43%)		$51,099756
(32%)		$3,580
35 Northeastern University
1,831
(73%)		$46,558991
(39%)		$9,028
36 Brigham Young University
2,472
(46%)		$6,284469
(9%)		$5,745
37 Tulane University of Louisiana
1,105
(60%)		$33,074440
(24%)		$9,543
38 University of California-San Diego
4,147
(64%)		$24,1761,888
(29%)		$5,294
39 University of Rochester
1,200
(74%)		$41,700636
(39%)		$7,496
40 George Washington University
2,264
(77%)		$35,3671,124
(38%)		$10,130
41 University of California-Santa Barbara
2,480
(50%)		$21,7321,188
(24%)		$7,480
42 Yeshiva University
581
(94%)		$31,055160
(26%)		$6,267
43 Stevens Institute of Technology
998
(99%)		$32,789564
(56%)		$10,331
44 University of California-Irvine
3,685
(65%)		$21,5331,413
(25%)		$6,223
45 Brandeis University
670
(68%)		$37,489255
(26%)		$6,394
46 University of Florida
5,789
(88%)		$10,724665
(10%)		$6,562
47 Villanova University
823
(47%)		$42,948660
(37%)		$11,971
48 University of California-Davis
3,219
(51%)		$21,2581,450
(23%)		$6,182
49 University of Maryland-College Park
3,017
(52%)		$12,1421,362
(23%)		$9,453
50 Case Western Reserve University
1,340
(86%)		$40,1971,028
(66%)		$6,182
51 American University
1,089
(62%)		$31,402758
(43%)		$9,121
52 Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
1,921
(96%)		$43,9941,160
(58%)		$8,839
53 University of Miami
1,834
(77%)		$36,720736
(31%)		$10,563
54 University of Wisconsin-Madison
4,193
(49%)		$11,3502,199
(26%)		$9,061
55 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
3,125
(43%)		$14,3901,389
(19%)		$6,813
56 Santa Clara University
1,188
(73%)		$28,375450
(27%)		$8,095
57 University of Georgia
5,187
(83%)		$11,6571,297
(21%)		$7,031
58 William & Mary
665
(40%)		$20,908405
(25%)		$9,746
59 Pepperdine University
855
(91%)		$32,986412
(44%)		$8,877
60 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3,842
(48%)		$17,5242,423
(30%)		$7,193
61 Chapman University
1,785
(87%)		$33,2741,574
(76%)		$7,210
62 Purdue University-Main Campus
3,627
(39%)		$11,1262,662
(28%)		$9,001
63 Florida State University
5,107
(86%)		$8,7311,248
(21%)		$6,850
64 The University of Texas at Austin
4,198
(47%)		$12,0602,662
(30%)		$6,066
65 Ohio State University-Main Campus
5,109
(64%)		$11,7912,614
(33%)		$8,718
66 University of Tulsa
585
(100%)		$39,719247
(42%)		$7,827
67 University of Delaware
4,255
(87%)		$12,9962,773
(57%)		$10,817
68 University of California-Santa Cruz
2,475
(65%)		$21,5641,331
(35%)		$6,799
69 Illinois Institute of Technology
600
(100%)		$43,437243
(40%)		$7,324
70 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3,938
(55%)		$8,5422,917
(41%)		$10,390
71 University of San Diego
1,041
(84%)		$37,444467
(38%)		$7,587
72 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
2,778
(50%)		$11,8112,300
(41%)		$7,609
73 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
3,331
(36%)		$11,5774,173
(45%)		$13,736
74 Gallaudet University
123
(76%)		$24,44658
(36%)		$7,301
75 Loyola Marymount University
1,607
(100%)		$21,575608
(38%)		$10,440
76 Southern Methodist University
1,127
(69%)		$36,850414
(25%)		$14,284
77 University of Connecticut
3,054
(75%)		$16,9891,896
(47%)		$9,724
78 Fordham University
2,422
(94%)		$33,2781,335
(52%)		$9,585
79 Texas A & M University-College Station
6,970
(61%)		$11,6073,395
(30%)		$8,772
80 Wake Forest University
468
(34%)		$55,090194
(14%)		$9,868
81 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
13,371
(89%)		$11,9924,480
(30%)		$8,308
82 Syracuse University
3,344
(82%)		$29,1101,267
(31%)		$12,630
83 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
3,607
(82%)		$10,5512,220
(51%)		$11,463
84 The University of Texas at Dallas
2,429
(62%)		$14,6431,143
(29%)		$7,615
85 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
5,777
(85%)		$11,4912,153
(32%)		$10,134
86 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
4,054
(52%)		$16,2493,231
(42%)		$11,606
87 University of Central Florida
5,846
(85%)		$9,5851,363
(20%)		$6,955
88 Colorado School of Mines
1,414
(94%)		$11,204573
(38%)		$9,759
89 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
1,493
(79%)		$12,6471,248
(66%)		$7,308
90 Texas Christian University
2,020
(81%)		$33,813658
(26%)		$15,777
91 Baylor University
3,202
(97%)		$20,4091,335
(41%)		$16,353
92 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
4,183
(62%)		$11,8072,791
(42%)		$10,378
93 Missouri University of Science and Technology
1,106
(97%)		$13,952523
(46%)		$8,692
94 The New School
1,302
(93%)		$20,504437
(31%)		$11,164
95 Michigan State University
9,276
(96%)		$8,1473,370
(35%)		$9,086
96 University of Hawaii at Manoa
1,987
(68%)		$7,540933
(32%)		$6,319
97 San Diego State University
6,116
(94%)		$5,4591,939
(30%)		$7,137
98 Florida International University
2,689
(90%)		$10,012343
(12%)		$5,388
99 University of Denver
1,608
(99%)		$32,023588
(36%)		$8,652
100 Harding University
785
(98%)		$15,325365
(46%)		$7,203
Average2,334
(65.90%)		$31,8361,070
(29.28%)		$9,055
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