Colleges with the Largest Average Institutional Grants

Colleges with the Largest Average Institutional Grants, ranked by average institutional grant award. Average among freshman recipients, not all students; combines need-based and merit aid. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 1,160 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1Colby CollegeWaterville, Maine$65,2967%1501$17k$80k89%2,40735 mi 2Dartmouth CollegeHanover, New Hampshire$64,1655%1534$30k$97k96%4,54188 mi 3Amherst CollegeAmherst, Massachusetts$63,1679%1533$23k$78k94%1,91169 mi 4Harvard UniversityCambridge, Massachusetts$62,0734%1553$19k$102k98%7,6014 mi 5Columbia University in the City of New YorkNew York, New York$61,9514%1553$22k$102k96%8,973< 1 mi 6Wesleyan UniversityMiddletown, Connecticut$61,88316%1501$30k$74k93%3,06719 mi 7Williams CollegeWilliamstown, Massachusetts$61,5038%1533$18k$89k94%2,07698 mi 8Stanford UniversityStanford, California$61,0824%1553$14k$124k92%7,5544 mi 9Northwestern UniversityEvanston, Illinois$60,9258%1533$29k$89k95%9,2011 mi 10Washington and Lee UniversityLexington, Virginia$60,79714%1498$24k$95k94%1,881121 mi 11Pomona CollegeClaremont, California$60,7187%1534$19k$78k93%1,66633 mi 12Haverford CollegeHaverford, Pennsylvania$59,50212%1513$25k$80k90%1,4309 mi 13Swarthmore CollegeSwarthmore, Pennsylvania$59,4217%1534$23k$80k92%1,6133 mi 14Wellesley CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$59,41214%1520$25k$85k92%2,30013 mi 15Princeton UniversityPrinceton, New Jersey$57,8985%1553$6k$110k98%5,70922 mi 16Washington University in St LouisSt. Louis, Missouri$57,00712%1530$22k$86k94%7,857258 mi 17Duke UniversityDurham, North Carolina$56,9226%1548$30k$98k97%6,442111 mi 18Middlebury CollegeMiddlebury, Vermont$56,87911%1508$31k$76k91%2,73895 mi 19University of PennsylvaniaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania$56,7645%1553$29k$111k97%10,6503 mi 20Brown UniversityProvidence, Rhode Island$56,4355%1546$25k$93k96%7,2261 mi 21Yale UniversityNew Haven, Connecticut$56,3574%1534$24k$101k96%6,7581 mi 22Massachusetts Institute of TechnologyCambridge, Massachusetts$55,9835%1560$20k$143k96%4,5352 mi 23Johns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, Maryland$55,4666%1553$19k$88k94%5,6935 mi 24Vanderbilt UniversityNashville, Tennessee$55,1606%1549$16k$92k94%7,208380 mi 25University of ChicagoChicago, Illinois$55,1014%1554$15k$92k96%7,5691 mi 26Cornell UniversityIthaca, New York$55,0919%1535$29k$104k95%15,99561 mi 27Colgate UniversityHamilton, New York$55,01014%1508$29k$85k91%3,18061 mi 28Bowdoin CollegeBrunswick, Maine$54,8017%1520$14k$83k95%1,8733 mi 29Bard CollegeAnnandale-On-Hudson, New York$54,21352%1380$35k$47k68%2,41449 mi 30Smith CollegeNorthampton, Massachusetts$52,80521%1500$28k$64k89%2,54467 mi 31Wake Forest UniversityWinston-Salem, North Carolina$52,79022%1475$29k$78k89%5,485183 mi 32Barnard CollegeNew York, New York$52,7169%1520$29k$81k93%3,264< 1 mi 33Bates CollegeLewiston, Maine$52,66413%1468$29k$69k90%1,76018 mi 34Boston UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$52,52311%1480$24k$83k89%18,2483 mi 35Vassar CollegePoughkeepsie, New York$51,75719%1494$39k$71k91%2,44426 mi 36Hamilton CollegeClinton, New York$51,62114%1506$29k$78k91%2,03054 mi 37Rice UniversityHouston, Texas$51,4098%1553$13k$90k95%4,77620 mi 38Trinity CollegeHartford, Connecticut$50,05129%1415$35k$91k84%2,14631 mi 39Tufts UniversityMedford, Massachusetts$49,70911%1513$40k$83k94%7,0615 mi 40University of Notre DameNotre Dame, Indiana$49,59111%1520$27k$100k95%8,81825 mi 41Boston CollegeChestnut Hill, Massachusetts$49,34216%1507$42k$104k91%10,0856 mi 42Carleton CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$49,33620%1517$25k$76k90%2,086164 mi 43Claremont McKenna CollegeClaremont, California$48,89210%1527$29k$105k91%1,38834 mi 44Emory UniversityAtlanta, Georgia$48,64811%1520$23k$80k91%7,298219 mi 45Skidmore CollegeSaratoga Springs, New York$47,43521%1405$32k$69k83%2,694124 mi 46Davidson CollegeDavidson, North Carolina$47,29513%1469$17k$81k91%1,867167 mi 47Albion CollegeAlbion, Michigan$46,05181%—$14k$59k62%1,30074 mi 48Colorado CollegeColorado Springs, Colorado$46,01918%1365$33k$65k88%2,014705 mi 49Georgetown UniversityWashington, District of Columbia$45,59413%1487$41k$103k95%7,5691 mi 50Reed CollegePortland, Oregon$45,24225%1437$33k$63k71%1,32054 mi 51Babson CollegeWellesley, Massachusetts$45,22317%1457$41k$124k93%2,72811 mi 52Hobart William Smith CollegesGeneva, New York$45,14564%1319$32k$69k77%1,78628 mi 53New York UniversityNew York, New York$45,0879%1520$37k$83k88%28,6631 mi 54Pitzer CollegeClaremont, California$45,00225%—$34k$70k83%1,22734 mi 55Carnegie Mellon UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania$44,93612%1546$32k$115k94%7,304110 mi 56Franklin and Marshall CollegeLancaster, Pennsylvania$44,59328%1392$36k$76k84%1,79936 mi 57Northeastern UniversityBoston, Massachusetts$44,3535%1497$31k$93k91%17,3262 mi 58Grinnell CollegeGrinnell, Iowa$44,27415%1486$18k$63k88%1,729254 mi 59Wheaton College (Massachusetts)Norton, Massachusetts$43,69468%1308$30k$68k73%1,77312 mi 60Lehigh UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania$43,47826%1440$37k$106k88%5,89845 mi 61Gettysburg CollegeGettysburg, Pennsylvania$42,86839%1379$31k$72k83%2,09952 mi 62Lafayette CollegeEaston, Pennsylvania$42,61631%1424$34k$91k88%2,75748 mi 63Susquehanna UniversitySelinsgrove, Pennsylvania$42,57781%1232$29k$62k82%2,16395 mi 64Kalamazoo CollegeKalamazoo, Michigan$42,25975%1280$19k$66k76%1,14936 mi 65The College of WoosterWooster, Ohio$42,06360%1353$23k$60k74%1,73047 mi 66Rensselaer Polytechnic InstituteTroy, New York$41,92663%1456$36k$102k84%5,71499 mi 67St Lawrence UniversityCanton, New York$41,91554%1371$29k$67k79%1,91831 mi 68Berea CollegeBerea, Kentucky$41,62619%1249$6k$43k58%1,513277 mi 69Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York$41,26077%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 70Ursinus CollegeCollegeville, Pennsylvania$41,08992%1310$31k$74k73%1,49123 mi 71Villanova UniversityVillanova, Pennsylvania$41,04127%1460$44k$100k92%6,93812 mi 72University of RochesterRochester, New York$40,99640%1488$29k$79k85%6,3319 mi 73University of RichmondUniversity of Richmond, Virginia$40,88622%1497$31k$76k85%2,98022 mi 74DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana$40,64157%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 75Mount Holyoke CollegeSouth Hadley, Massachusetts$40,41036%1463$26k$58k84%2,16962 mi 76Ohio Wesleyan UniversityDelaware, Ohio$40,32656%—$21k$56k59%1,51679 mi 77Allegheny CollegeMeadville, Pennsylvania$40,24155%1275$23k$62k73%1,15628 mi 78Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida$40,12672%1176$19k$52k62%2,29722 mi 79Bucknell UniversityLewisburg, Pennsylvania$39,76029%1410$41k$94k86%3,876105 mi 80Coe CollegeCedar Rapids, Iowa$39,60364%1223$19k$57k66%1,164198 mi 81St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota$39,58948%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 82University of Southern CaliforniaLos Angeles, California$39,55410%1495$33k$92k92%20,44310 mi 83College of the Holy CrossWorcester, Massachusetts$39,24918%1353$39k$91k87%3,10636 mi 84Dickinson CollegeCarlisle, Pennsylvania$39,23442%1391$38k$70k80%2,27370 mi 85Muhlenberg CollegeAllentown, Pennsylvania$39,15972%1343$29k$69k82%1,72747 mi 86Bryn Mawr CollegeBryn Mawr, Pennsylvania$39,06629%1396$32k$75k82%1,35911 mi 87Lawrence UniversityAppleton, Wisconsin$38,86764%1350$23k$56k77%1,39628 mi 88Macalester CollegeSaint Paul, Minnesota$38,73729%1440$32k$64k87%2,131134 mi 89Case Western Reserve UniversityCleveland, Ohio$38,57837%1513$41k$88k87%6,4373 mi 90Kenyon CollegeGambier, Ohio$38,52831%1429$39k$72k82%1,73270 mi 91Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut$38,50637%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 92Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois$38,32555%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 93Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California$38,16687%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 94Knox CollegeGalesburg, Illinois$37,59371%1326$25k$55k68%1,127156 mi 95Loyola University MarylandBaltimore, Maryland$37,31375%1290$31k$83k79%3,8696 mi 96Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina$37,30743%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi

US Department of Education College Scorecard and IPEDS. Missing or suppressed values are excluded. A ranking is a comparison of the named measure, not an overall quality score.