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Financial Aid Comparison Between Top Public Colleges

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Financial Aid Statistics Comparison

For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 66.04 % and the average aid amount is $12,324. 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 Public Colleges for academic year 2023-2024.
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All Undergraduate Financial Aid Statistics Between Top 100 Public Colleges
RankNameNumber Receiving AidPercent Receiving AidAverage Amount
1 University of California-Los Angeles
17,82055%$21,007
2 University of California-Berkeley
18,62957%$22,996
3 United States Naval Academy
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4 University of Virginia-Main Campus
7,27842%$26,492
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10,31552%$15,205
6 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
16,89152%$24,478
7 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
12,92670%$11,761
8 United States Military Academy
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9 University of California-San Diego
18,87957%$21,788
10 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
1,06087%$12,776
11 United States Air Force Academy
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12 University of California-Santa Barbara
13,28557%$19,022
13 University of California-Irvine
18,36764%$20,868
14 University of Florida
28,73883%$9,719
15 University of California-Davis
18,62159%$19,877
16 University of Maryland-College Park
15,04050%$12,278
17 University of Wisconsin-Madison
15,19142%$14,133
18 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
14,14839%$15,799
19 University of Georgia
26,30586%$10,849
20 William & Mary
3,37950%$21,498
21 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
42280%$7,162
22 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
19,40555%$16,592
23 Purdue University-Main Campus
16,77743%$10,024
24 Florida State University
25,57078%$8,848
25 The University of Texas at Austin
20,93551%$12,383
26 Ohio State University-Main Campus
28,67762%$11,931
27 University of Delaware
14,08072%$13,378
28 University of California-Santa Cruz
10,80662%$21,083
29 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
15,81652%$9,452
30 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
13,48351%$11,521
31 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
20,39649%$13,716
32 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
10,85752%$9,975
33 University of Connecticut
12,71267%$15,530
34 Texas A & M University-College Station
32,74157%$11,036
35 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
50,58877%$12,396
36 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
16,79569%$10,588
37 The University of Texas at Dallas
13,96465%$12,366
38 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
20,29075%$11,426
39 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
20,09755%$14,940
40 University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee
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41 University of Central Florida
40,19769%$7,929
42 Colorado School of Mines
4,81384%$10,790
43 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
10,97469%$8,559
44 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
7,54561%$11,163
45 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
19,90951%$11,363
46 Missouri University of Science and Technology
4,75486%$11,898
47 Michigan State University
28,59873%$9,950
48 University of Hawaii at Manoa
7,73254%$7,779
49 San Diego State University
28,28488%$6,538
50 Florida International University
27,82561%$8,796
51 University of South Florida
26,44870%$8,865
52 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
17,44672%$11,969
53 Clemson University
17,15375%$12,634
54 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
16,23985%$9,895
55 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
9,76785%$13,237
56 University of Nevada-Reno
11,11465%$7,703
57 Texas State University
19,63258%$8,626
58 University of California-Riverside
17,05974%$19,530
59 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
17,70483%$10,025
60 University of South Carolina-Columbia
21,69879%$7,223
61 University of Washington-Bothell Campus
2,49448%$15,255
62 California State University-Long Beach
23,90373%$10,062
63 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
9,44973%$9,809
64 Stony Brook University
11,34965%$9,940
65 Virginia Military Institute
1,07371%$18,005
66 The College of New Jersey
3,40548%$12,002
67 University of Nevada-Las Vegas
17,74570%$7,101
68 University of Arkansas
13,60352%$8,739
69 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
22,80174%$12,924
70 University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
2,73867%$15,499
71 University of Utah
15,81360%$10,312
72 University of Vermont
10,48388%$18,285
73 California State University-Bakersfield
6,77483%$11,220
74 University at Buffalo
12,44560%$9,401
75 University of Kentucky
19,78187%$12,161
76 University of Missouri-Columbia
18,12276%$11,773
77 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
2,25771%$10,547
78 CUNY Hunter College
12,45572%$8,751
79 Rutgers University-Newark
6,03080%$14,570
80 University of Houston
23,52562%$8,853
81 University of Arizona
30,62979%$14,289
82 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
5,78875%$9,451
83 James Madison University
17,96488%$4,311
84 Western Washington University
8,15359%$9,018
85 University of North Dakota
5,60256%$6,333
86 Texas Tech University
21,68867%$9,613
87 Miami University-Oxford
14,02183%$13,325
88 Binghamton University
8,21957%$10,084
89 Ramapo College of New Jersey
2,54051%$12,936
90 Washington State University
15,00466%$11,543
91 Iowa State University
18,50773%$9,680
92 University of South Florida-St Petersburg
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93 Mississippi State University
15,13783%$11,796
94 Auburn University
15,08559%$10,729
95 Indiana University-Bloomington
23,69566%$11,389
96 University of Missouri-Kansas City
5,36953%$10,297
97 University of Alaska Fairbanks
2,64447%$8,233
98 University of West Florida
6,29268%$8,250
99 Arizona State University-West
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100 University of Rhode Island
12,13182%$12,600
Average15,32966.04%$12,324
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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 0.79 % and the average grant amount is $136. 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 0.37 % and the average loan amount is $87. The following table compares the financial aid statistics for first-time, full-time undergraduate students (freshmen) between Top 100 Public Colleges for academic year 2023-2024.

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Beginning Student Financial Aid Comparison Between Top 100 Public Colleges
RankNameGrants/ScholarshipsStudent Loans
Number Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average AmountNumber Receiving Aid (Percentage)Average Amount
1 University of California-Los Angeles
3,144
(49%)		$22,4411,383
(21%)		$6,406
2 University of California-Berkeley
3,369
(50%)		$25,9511,390
(21%)		$6,529
3 United States Naval Academy
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4 University of Virginia-Main Campus
1,122
(28%)		$29,675737
(18%)		$10,002
5 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
1,685
(38%)		$15,365855
(19%)		$8,243
6 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor
3,850
(55%)		$22,0051,687
(24%)		$9,814
7 Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus
2,566
(71%)		$13,423797
(22%)		$7,726
8 United States Military Academy
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9 University of California-San Diego
4,147
(64%)		$24,1761,888
(29%)		$5,294
10 New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
295
(99%)		$13,507113
(38%)		$4,939
11 United States Air Force Academy
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12 University of California-Santa Barbara
2,480
(50%)		$21,7321,188
(24%)		$7,480
13 University of California-Irvine
3,685
(65%)		$21,5331,413
(25%)		$6,223
14 University of Florida
5,789
(88%)		$10,724665
(10%)		$6,562
15 University of California-Davis
3,219
(51%)		$21,2581,450
(23%)		$6,182
16 University of Maryland-College Park
3,017
(52%)		$12,1421,362
(23%)		$9,453
17 University of Wisconsin-Madison
4,193
(49%)		$11,3502,199
(26%)		$9,061
18 University of Washington-Seattle Campus
3,125
(43%)		$14,3901,389
(19%)		$6,813
19 University of Georgia
5,187
(83%)		$11,6571,297
(21%)		$7,031
20 William & Mary
665
(40%)		$20,908405
(25%)		$9,746
21 University of New Hampshire at Manchester
46
(87%)		$9,57023
(43%)		$7,106
22 University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign
3,842
(48%)		$17,5242,423
(30%)		$7,193
23 Purdue University-Main Campus
3,627
(39%)		$11,1262,662
(28%)		$9,001
24 Florida State University
5,107
(86%)		$8,7311,248
(21%)		$6,850
25 The University of Texas at Austin
4,198
(47%)		$12,0602,662
(30%)		$6,066
26 Ohio State University-Main Campus
5,109
(64%)		$11,7912,614
(33%)		$8,718
27 University of Delaware
4,255
(87%)		$12,9962,773
(57%)		$10,817
28 University of California-Santa Cruz
2,475
(65%)		$21,5641,331
(35%)		$6,799
29 Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University
3,938
(55%)		$8,5422,917
(41%)		$10,390
30 North Carolina State University at Raleigh
2,778
(50%)		$11,8112,300
(41%)		$7,609
31 Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus
3,331
(36%)		$11,5774,173
(45%)		$13,736
32 California Polytechnic State University-San Luis Obispo
2,424
(48%)		$12,7071,440
(28%)		$6,008
33 University of Connecticut
3,054
(75%)		$16,9891,896
(47%)		$9,724
34 Texas A & M University-College Station
6,970
(61%)		$11,6073,395
(30%)		$8,772
35 Arizona State University Campus Immersion
13,371
(89%)		$11,9924,480
(30%)		$8,308
36 University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus
3,607
(82%)		$10,5512,220
(51%)		$11,463
37 The University of Texas at Dallas
2,429
(62%)		$14,6431,143
(29%)		$7,615
38 The University of Tennessee-Knoxville
5,777
(85%)		$11,4912,153
(32%)		$10,134
39 Rutgers University-New Brunswick
4,054
(52%)		$16,2493,231
(42%)		$11,606
40 University of South Florida-Sarasota-Manatee
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41 University of Central Florida
5,846
(85%)		$9,5851,363
(20%)		$6,955
42 Colorado School of Mines
1,414
(94%)		$11,204573
(38%)		$9,759
43 CUNY Bernard M Baruch College
2,175
(85%)		$9,867237
(9%)		$5,399
44 University of Massachusetts-Lowell
1,493
(79%)		$12,6471,248
(66%)		$7,308
45 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities
4,183
(62%)		$11,8072,791
(42%)		$10,378
46 Missouri University of Science and Technology
1,106
(97%)		$13,952523
(46%)		$8,692
47 Michigan State University
9,276
(96%)		$8,1473,370
(35%)		$9,086
48 University of Hawaii at Manoa
1,987
(68%)		$7,540933
(32%)		$6,319
49 San Diego State University
6,116
(94%)		$5,4591,939
(30%)		$7,137
50 Florida International University
2,689
(90%)		$10,012343
(12%)		$5,388
51 University of South Florida
5,387
(81%)		$10,0121,654
(25%)		$8,928
52 University of Massachusetts-Amherst
4,161
(75%)		$12,3432,730
(49%)		$9,229
53 Clemson University
3,408
(74%)		$10,5991,643
(36%)		$12,069
54 University of Nebraska-Lincoln
4,306
(93%)		$9,5541,899
(41%)		$7,178
55 University of New Hampshire-Main Campus
2,834
(96%)		$13,8311,715
(58%)		$11,683
56 University of Nevada-Reno
2,989
(92%)		$6,6581,089
(33%)		$6,810
57 Texas State University
5,407
(74%)		$11,1693,553
(49%)		$6,469
58 University of California-Riverside
3,858
(70%)		$21,5661,852
(34%)		$5,468
59 University of Oklahoma-Norman Campus
4,069
(99%)		$10,8301,498
(36%)		$9,556
60 University of South Carolina-Columbia
5,998
(91%)		$6,7623,225
(49%)		$10,061
61 University of Washington-Bothell Campus
439
(46%)		$14,569185
(20%)		$5,125
62 California State University-Long Beach
4,070
(77%)		$10,5121,284
(24%)		$5,464
63 University of Louisiana at Lafayette
2,594
(91%)		$10,8691,517
(53%)		$6,285
64 Stony Brook University
2,733
(82%)		$10,2661,485
(44%)		$6,839
65 Virginia Military Institute
296
(81%)		$13,735242
(66%)		$8,998
66 The College of New Jersey
966
(62%)		$13,824792
(50%)		$11,187
67 University of Nevada-Las Vegas
3,787
(90%)		$7,5801,043
(25%)		$6,308
68 University of Arkansas
3,532
(50%)		$8,1092,904
(41%)		$8,806
69 Louisiana State University and Agricultural & Mechanical College
6,500
(88%)		$13,5092,851
(39%)		$8,275
70 University of Washington-Tacoma Campus
458
(77%)		$13,521161
(27%)		$5,257
71 University of Utah
3,872
(73%)		$12,1481,120
(21%)		$7,903
72 University of Vermont
2,974
(100%)		$19,0931,374
(46%)		$10,346
73 California State University-Bakersfield
955
(88%)		$12,437205
(19%)		$4,682
74 University at Buffalo
3,078
(74%)		$9,9962,126
(51%)		$7,787
75 University of Kentucky
5,713
(96%)		$13,0242,528
(42%)		$9,542
76 University of Missouri-Columbia
4,138
(84%)		$11,7342,167
(44%)		$8,609
77 Pennsylvania State University-Penn State Erie-Behrend College
543
(66%)		$10,930507
(61%)		$10,964
78 CUNY Hunter College
2,689
(88%)		$9,624120
(4%)		$7,576
79 Rutgers University-Newark
945
(77%)		$16,298318
(26%)		$8,509
80 University of Houston
3,769
(74%)		$11,5511,820
(36%)		$6,803
81 University of Arizona
5,972
(97%)		$16,5111,708
(28%)		$7,484
82 Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University
1,175
(79%)		$8,704826
(56%)		$6,274
83 James Madison University
3,936
(81%)		$4,4561,660
(34%)		$9,972
84 Western Washington University
2,909
(93%)		$7,0411,040
(33%)		$7,171
85 University of North Dakota
1,376
(80%)		$5,8401,018
(59%)		$13,031
86 Texas Tech University
4,764
(71%)		$10,6362,957
(44%)		$8,561
87 Miami University-Oxford
3,814
(95%)		$12,6851,723
(43%)		$9,650
88 Binghamton University
1,886
(61%)		$10,8321,499
(48%)		$7,637
89 Ramapo College of New Jersey
560
(66%)		$12,980411
(49%)		$9,936
90 Washington State University
3,400
(87%)		$10,3701,248
(32%)		$7,247
91 Iowa State University
4,366
(77%)		$10,7182,678
(47%)		$8,317
92 University of South Florida-St Petersburg
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93 Mississippi State University
3,239
(96%)		$13,5321,530
(45%)		$7,470
94 Auburn University
3,961
(75%)		$11,6441,497
(28%)		$9,169
95 Indiana University-Bloomington
7,145
(74%)		$9,8573,122
(32%)		$9,445
96 University of Missouri-Kansas City
1,027
(90%)		$10,130404
(35%)		$6,331
97 University of Alaska Fairbanks
472
(84%)		$10,102149
(27%)		$7,454
98 University of West Florida
860
(84%)		$11,018273
(27%)		$6,298
99 Arizona State University-West
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100 University of Rhode Island
3,324
(98%)		$12,8032,223
(65%)		$12,343
Average3,392
(73.83%)		$12,7921,598
(35.02%)		$8,174
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