Financial Aid Statistics Comparison
For all undergraduate students, the average percent receiving aid is 63.41 % and the average aid amount is $29,549. 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 US Top 100 for academic year 2023-2024.
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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 0.65 % and the average grant amount is $310. 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 0.30 % and the average loan amount is $91. The following table compares the financial aid statistics for first-time, full-time undergraduate students (freshmen) between US Top 100 for academic year 2023-2024.
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| Rank | Name | Grants/Scholarships | Student Loans | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Receiving Aid (Percentage) | Average Amount | Number Receiving Aid (Percentage) | Average Amount | |||
| 1 | Princeton University | 904 (60%) | $60,629 | 116 (8%) | $7,667 | |
| 2 | Massachusetts Institute of Technology | 654 (58%) | $58,331 | 86 (8%) | $12,071 | |
| 3 | Harvard University | 932 (57%) | $64,942 | 145 (9%) | $8,729 | |
| 4 | Stanford University | 952 (55%) | $64,164 | 124 (7%) | $14,075 | |
| 4 | Yale University | 837 (54%) | $59,076 | 93 (6%) | $5,256 | |
| 6 | University of Chicago | 789 (46%) | $58,877 | 115 (7%) | $13,890 | |
| 7 | Duke University | 724 (41%) | $59,327 | 282 (16%) | $11,551 | |
| 7 | Johns Hopkins University | 840 (60%) | $58,456 | 170 (12%) | $10,600 | |
| 7 | Northwestern University | 1,055 (52%) | $64,463 | 444 (22%) | $7,403 | |
| 7 | University of Pennsylvania | 1,160 (48%) | $59,721 | 289 (12%) | $13,512 | |
| 11 | California Institute of Technology | 124 (55%) | $60,201 | 37 (17%) | $10,614 | |
| 12 | Cornell University | 1,767 (51%) | $56,741 | 1,003 (29%) | $8,574 | |
| 13 | Brown University | 879 (51%) | $58,378 | 170 (10%) | $11,780 | |
| 13 | Dartmouth College | 513 (46%) | $66,480 | 486 (43%) | $6,152 | |
| 15 | Columbia University in the City of New York | 777 (52%) | $65,173 | 109 (7%) | $14,737 | |
| 15 | University of California-Berkeley | 3,369 (50%) | $25,951 | 1,390 (21%) | $6,529 | |
| 17 | Rice University | 687 (57%) | $53,526 | 85 (7%) | $10,083 | |
| 17 | University of California-Los Angeles | 3,144 (49%) | $22,441 | 1,383 (21%) | $6,406 | |
| 17 | Vanderbilt University | 1,064 (66%) | $57,723 | 160 (10%) | $11,345 | |
| 20 | Carnegie Mellon University | 837 (49%) | $47,550 | 619 (36%) | $6,883 | |
| 20 | University of Michigan-Ann Arbor | 3,850 (55%) | $22,005 | 1,687 (24%) | $9,814 | |
| 20 | University of Notre Dame | 1,195 (59%) | $51,128 | 505 (25%) | $9,073 | |
| 20 | Washington University in St Louis | 869 (48%) | $61,036 | 296 (16%) | $7,789 | |
| 24 | Emory University | 652 (46%) | $50,828 | 164 (12%) | $10,420 | |
| 24 | Georgetown University | 564 (36%) | $46,729 | 313 (20%) | $10,480 | |
| 26 | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill | 1,685 (38%) | $15,365 | 855 (19%) | $8,243 | |
| 26 | University of Virginia-Main Campus | 1,122 (28%) | $29,675 | 737 (18%) | $10,002 | |
| 28 | University of Southern California | 2,319 (68%) | $43,208 | 866 (25%) | $9,085 | |
| 29 | University of California-San Diego | 4,147 (64%) | $24,176 | 1,888 (29%) | $5,294 | |
| 30 | University of Florida | 5,789 (88%) | $10,724 | 665 (10%) | $6,562 | |
| 30 | The University of Texas at Austin | 4,198 (47%) | $12,060 | 2,662 (30%) | $6,066 | |
| 32 | Georgia Institute of Technology-Main Campus | 2,566 (71%) | $13,423 | 797 (22%) | $7,726 | |
| 32 | New York University | 2,509 (41%) | $48,269 | 1,385 (22%) | $9,849 | |
| 32 | University of California-Davis | 3,219 (51%) | $21,258 | 1,450 (23%) | $6,182 | |
| 32 | University of California-Irvine | 3,685 (65%) | $21,533 | 1,413 (25%) | $6,223 | |
| 36 | Boston College | 994 (43%) | $51,099 | 756 (32%) | $3,580 | |
| 36 | Tufts University | 688 (41%) | $51,267 | 325 (20%) | $8,657 | |
| 36 | University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign | 3,842 (48%) | $17,524 | 2,423 (30%) | $7,193 | |
| 36 | University of Wisconsin-Madison | 4,193 (49%) | $11,350 | 2,199 (26%) | $9,061 | |
| 40 | University of California-Santa Barbara | 2,480 (50%) | $21,732 | 1,188 (24%) | $7,480 | |
| 41 | Ohio State University-Main Campus | 5,109 (64%) | $11,791 | 2,614 (33%) | $8,718 | |
| 42 | Boston University | 1,804 (50%) | $55,080 | 770 (21%) | $11,732 | |
| 42 | Rutgers University-New Brunswick | 4,054 (52%) | $16,249 | 3,231 (42%) | $11,606 | |
| 42 | University of Maryland-College Park | 3,017 (52%) | $12,142 | 1,362 (23%) | $9,453 | |
| 42 | University of Washington-Seattle Campus | 3,125 (43%) | $14,390 | 1,389 (19%) | $6,813 | |
| 46 | Lehigh University | 885 (59%) | $43,644 | 621 (41%) | $9,786 | |
| 46 | Northeastern University | 1,831 (73%) | $46,558 | 991 (39%) | $9,028 | |
| 46 | Purdue University-Main Campus | 3,627 (39%) | $11,126 | 2,662 (28%) | $9,001 | |
| 46 | University of Georgia | 5,187 (83%) | $11,657 | 1,297 (21%) | $7,031 | |
| 46 | University of Rochester | 1,200 (74%) | $41,700 | 636 (39%) | $7,496 | |
| 51 | Case Western Reserve University | 1,340 (86%) | $40,197 | 1,028 (66%) | $6,182 | |
| 51 | Florida State University | 5,107 (86%) | $8,731 | 1,248 (21%) | $6,850 | |
| 51 | Texas A & M University-College Station | 6,970 (61%) | $11,607 | 3,395 (30%) | $8,772 | |
| 51 | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | 3,938 (55%) | $8,542 | 2,917 (41%) | $10,390 | |
| 51 | Wake Forest University | 468 (34%) | $55,090 | 194 (14%) | $9,868 | |
| 51 | William & Mary | 665 (40%) | $20,908 | 405 (25%) | $9,746 | |
| 57 | University of California-Merced | 1,924 (81%) | $24,868 | 746 (31%) | $5,023 | |
| 57 | Villanova University | 823 (47%) | $42,948 | 660 (37%) | $11,971 | |
| 59 | George Washington University | 2,264 (77%) | $35,367 | 1,124 (38%) | $10,130 | |
| 59 | Pennsylvania State University-Main Campus | 3,331 (36%) | $11,577 | 4,173 (45%) | $13,736 | |
| 59 | Santa Clara University | 1,188 (73%) | $28,375 | 450 (27%) | $8,095 | |
| 59 | Stony Brook University | 2,733 (82%) | $10,266 | 1,485 (44%) | $6,839 | |
| 59 | University of Minnesota-Twin Cities | 4,183 (62%) | $11,807 | 2,791 (42%) | $10,378 | |
| 64 | Michigan State University | 9,276 (96%) | $8,147 | 3,370 (35%) | $9,086 | |
| 64 | North Carolina State University at Raleigh | 2,778 (50%) | $11,811 | 2,300 (41%) | $7,609 | |
| 64 | Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute | 1,921 (96%) | $43,994 | 1,160 (58%) | $8,839 | |
| 64 | University of Massachusetts-Amherst | 4,161 (75%) | $12,343 | 2,730 (49%) | $9,229 | |
| 64 | University of Miami | 1,834 (77%) | $36,720 | 736 (31%) | $10,563 | |
| 69 | Brandeis University | 670 (68%) | $37,489 | 255 (26%) | $6,394 | |
| 69 | Tulane University of Louisiana | 1,105 (60%) | $33,074 | 440 (24%) | $9,543 | |
| 69 | University of Connecticut | 3,054 (75%) | $16,989 | 1,896 (47%) | $9,724 | |
| 79 | University of Pittsburgh-Pittsburgh Campus | 3,607 (82%) | $10,551 | 2,220 (51%) | $11,463 | |
| 73 | Binghamton University | 1,886 (61%) | $10,832 | 1,499 (48%) | $7,637 | |
| 73 | Indiana University-Bloomington | 7,145 (74%) | $9,857 | 3,122 (32%) | $9,445 | |
| 75 | Clemson University | 3,408 (74%) | $10,599 | 1,643 (36%) | $12,069 | |
| 75 | Rutgers University-Newark | 945 (77%) | $16,298 | 318 (26%) | $8,509 | |
| 75 | Syracuse University | 3,344 (82%) | $29,110 | 1,267 (31%) | $12,630 | |
| 75 | University at Buffalo | 3,078 (74%) | $9,996 | 2,126 (51%) | $7,787 | |
| 75 | University of California-Riverside | 3,858 (70%) | $21,566 | 1,852 (34%) | $5,468 | |
| 80 | Colorado School of Mines | 1,414 (94%) | $11,204 | 573 (38%) | $9,759 | |
| 80 | Drexel University | 2,885 (99%) | $33,654 | 1,764 (61%) | $10,831 | |
| 80 | New Jersey Institute of Technology | 1,312 (90%) | $17,447 | 468 (32%) | $7,916 | |
| 80 | Stevens Institute of Technology | 998 (99%) | $32,789 | 564 (56%) | $10,331 | |
| 84 | Pepperdine University | 855 (91%) | $32,986 | 412 (44%) | $8,877 | |
| 84 | University of Illinois Chicago | 3,024 (72%) | $15,421 | 838 (20%) | $7,494 | |
| 84 | Worcester Polytechnic Institute | 1,282 (95%) | $28,005 | 731 (54%) | $14,606 | |
| 84 | Yeshiva University | 581 (94%) | $31,055 | 160 (26%) | $6,267 | |
| 88 | American University | 1,089 (62%) | $31,402 | 758 (43%) | $9,121 | |
| 88 | Baylor University | 3,202 (97%) | $20,409 | 1,335 (41%) | $16,353 | |
| 88 | Howard University | 2,478 (100%) | $21,422 | 1,586 (64%) | $7,796 | |
| 88 | Marquette University | 1,975 (100%) | $31,683 | 893 (45%) | $9,519 | |
| 88 | Rochester Institute of Technology | 3,155 (99%) | $31,931 | 2,095 (65%) | $10,110 | |
| 88 | Southern Methodist University | 1,127 (69%) | $36,850 | 414 (25%) | $14,284 | |
| 88 | University of California-Santa Cruz | 2,475 (65%) | $21,564 | 1,331 (35%) | $6,799 | |
| 88 | University of Delaware | 4,255 (87%) | $12,996 | 2,773 (57%) | $10,817 | |
| 88 | University of South Florida | 5,387 (81%) | $10,012 | 1,654 (25%) | $8,928 | |
| 97 | Florida International University | 2,689 (90%) | $10,012 | 343 (12%) | $5,388 | |
| 97 | Fordham University | 2,422 (94%) | $33,278 | 1,335 (52%) | $9,585 | |
| 97 | Rutgers University-Camden | 487 (93%) | $15,677 | 242 (46%) | $9,467 | |
| 97 | Texas Christian University | 2,020 (81%) | $33,813 | 658 (26%) | $15,777 | |
| 97 | University of Colorado Boulder | 3,772 (54%) | $10,838 | 2,135 (30%) | $10,773 | |
| Average | 2,359 (65.34%) | $31,336 | 1,149 (30.14%) | $9,228 | ||
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