Colleges Awarding Institutional Grants to the Most Freshmen

Colleges Awarding Institutional Grants to the Most Freshmen, ranked by freshmen receiving institutional grants. Share of full-time first-time freshmen receiving institutional aid; combines need-based and merit grants. Four-year colleges with at least 1,000 undergraduates. Online-only schools are excluded. This page lists all 1,164 colleges in the ranking. Search and filter the list.

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1The University of Arizona Global CampusChandler, Arizona100.0%——$31k$35k11%20,1527 mi 2St. John's University-New YorkQueens, New York100.0%83%1244$30k$70k66%9,4774 mi 3Marquette UniversityMilwaukee, Wisconsin100.0%81%1310$31k$78k83%7,6602 mi 4Loyola Marymount UniversityLos Angeles, California100.0%45%1359$48k$78k79%7,0942 mi 5Saint Leo UniversitySaint Leo, Florida100.0%78%—$21k$48k45%6,72126 mi 6Quinnipiac UniversityHamden, Connecticut100.0%72%1242$41k$84k76%6,5318 mi 7Seton Hall UniversitySouth Orange, New Jersey100.0%73%1322$31k$70k69%6,0367 mi 8Colorado Christian UniversityLakewood, Colorado100.0%——$30k$50k64%5,549740 mi 9Duquesne UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania100.0%84%1276$38k$75k77%5,350110 mi 10Gonzaga UniversitySpokane, Washington100.0%82%1335$35k$79k86%5,198224 mi 11Saint Joseph's University - PhiladelphiaPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania100.0%89%1258$30k$87k79%4,9486 mi 12University of New HavenWest Haven, Connecticut100.0%60%1160$34k$60k63%4,8412 mi 13Creighton UniversityOmaha, Nebraska100.0%80%1321$32k$74k83%4,348424 mi 14Ithaca CollegeIthaca, New York100.0%69%1312$34k$64k76%4,24262 mi 15Xavier UniversityCincinnati, Ohio100.0%86%1217$33k$65k69%4,207176 mi 16Samford UniversityBirmingham, Alabama100.0%82%1201$33k$58k77%4,206198 mi 17Cedarville UniversityCedarville, Ohio100.0%65%1241$24k$55k73%4,024125 mi 18Lewis UniversityRomeoville, Illinois100.0%71%1096$17k$66k67%4,01529 mi 19Merrimack CollegeNorth Andover, Massachusetts100.0%70%—$38k$76k70%3,91615 mi 20Johnson & Wales University-ProvidenceProvidence, Rhode Island100.0%88%1050$31k$43k55%3,8681 mi 21Thomas Jefferson UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania100.0%81%1243$29k$77k69%3,7551 mi 22Wentworth Institute of TechnologyBoston, Massachusetts100.0%91%1229$34k$83k68%3,7473 mi 23Monmouth UniversityWest Long Branch, New Jersey100.0%89%1223$31k$68k72%3,6841 mi 24Bradley UniversityPeoria, Illinois100.0%77%—$23k$67k76%3,574130 mi 25Biola UniversityLa Mirada, California100.0%74%1261$31k$57k68%3,47413 mi 26New York Institute of TechnologyOld Westbury, New York100.0%81%1311$22k$70k59%3,4402 mi 27Abilene Christian UniversityAbilene, Texas100.0%66%1194$26k$56k59%3,195316 mi 28Calvin UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan100.0%71%1233$23k$58k74%3,19332 mi 29Davenport UniversityGrand Rapids, Michigan100.0%98%—$18k$45k57%3,13435 mi 30Rider UniversityLawrenceville, New Jersey100.0%79%1227$25k$62k61%3,10624 mi 31Stevenson UniversityOwings Mills, Maryland100.0%79%—$27k$62k68%3,10214 mi 32Saint Xavier UniversityChicago, Illinois100.0%84%—$11k$59k57%3,0969 mi 33St Olaf CollegeNorthfield, Minnesota100.0%48%1380$24k$66k84%3,093165 mi 34University of IndianapolisIndianapolis, Indiana100.0%67%—$22k$54k56%3,005144 mi 35University of PortlandPortland, Oregon100.0%89%1277$28k$83k80%2,95746 mi 36Widener UniversityChester, Pennsylvania100.0%71%1180$26k$71k68%2,9511 mi 37Houston Christian UniversityHouston, Texas100.0%84%1084$21k$56k49%2,88627 mi 38Baldwin Wallace UniversityBerea, Ohio100.0%76%1194$28k$54k67%2,8428 mi 39Illinois Institute of TechnologyChicago, Illinois100.0%55%1311$18k$83k75%2,8331 mi 40University of TulsaTulsa, Oklahoma100.0%62%1389$15k$61k72%2,813443 mi 41Southern Adventist UniversityCollegedale, Tennessee100.0%66%1129$24k$54k49%2,773297 mi 42Keene State CollegeKeene, New Hampshire100.0%90%—$18k$54k60%2,69972 mi 43Campbell UniversityBuies Creek, North Carolina100.0%87%—$25k$55k61%2,68086 mi 44Milwaukee School of EngineeringMilwaukee, Wisconsin100.0%59%—$22k$89k67%2,6541 mi 45Niagara UniversityNiagara University, New York100.0%87%1168$17k$56k75%2,6533 mi 46Xavier University of LouisianaNew Orleans, Louisiana100.0%69%1080$17k$52k49%2,6285 mi 47Husson UniversityBangor, Maine100.0%81%1180$21k$45k59%2,61818 mi 48Olivet Nazarene UniversityBourbonnais, Illinois100.0%56%1117$21k$53k61%2,60342 mi 49Western New England UniversitySpringfield, Massachusetts100.0%83%1192$27k$73k64%2,60352 mi 50St. John Fisher UniversityRochester, New York100.0%66%1214$29k$67k74%2,56510 mi 51Dominican UniversityRiver Forest, Illinois100.0%90%1002$12k$60k55%2,5619 mi 52Drake UniversityDes Moines, Iowa100.0%64%1292$29k$72k74%2,543303 mi 53Stonehill CollegeEaston, Massachusetts100.0%66%—$33k$78k76%2,52814 mi 54Carroll UniversityWaukesha, Wisconsin100.0%67%1190$15k$58k71%2,52317 mi 55Truman State UniversityKirksville, Missouri100.0%84%1320$13k$56k69%2,513283 mi 56Augsburg UniversityMinneapolis, Minnesota100.0%82%—$24k$59k52%2,494134 mi 57Augustana CollegeRock Island, Illinois100.0%63%1165$23k$63k73%2,490150 mi 58Holy Family UniversityPhiladelphia, Pennsylvania100.0%71%1060$13k$62k61%2,4644 mi 59Le Moyne CollegeSyracuse, New York100.0%83%1255$22k$63k73%2,43934 mi 60University of Detroit MercyDetroit, Michigan100.0%75%1134$15k$71k67%2,4388 mi 61North Central CollegeNaperville, Illinois100.0%77%1213$21k$60k64%2,42828 mi 62University of MaryBismarck, North Dakota100.0%75%1159$18k$61k67%2,416409 mi 63Furman UniversityGreenville, South Carolina100.0%43%1371$30k$69k79%2,379188 mi 64Point Park UniversityPittsburgh, Pennsylvania100.0%97%—$26k$46k59%2,331109 mi 65Stetson UniversityDeLand, Florida100.0%72%1176$19k$52k62%2,29722 mi 66California Lutheran UniversityThousand Oaks, California100.0%76%1266$30k$69k70%2,29613 mi 67John Carroll UniversityUniversity Heights, Ohio100.0%81%1298$29k$63k79%2,2746 mi 68Benedictine CollegeAtchison, Kansas100.0%98%1252$28k$53k62%2,272423 mi 69Messiah UniversityMechanicsburg, Pennsylvania100.0%79%1236$27k$54k75%2,25961 mi 70Berry CollegeMount Berry, Georgia100.0%64%1220$22k$54k69%2,245268 mi 71Barry UniversityMiami, Florida100.0%77%—$23k$56k38%2,2122 mi 72Concordia University-WisconsinMequon, Wisconsin100.0%78%1190$36k$56k68%2,1971 mi 73Clarkson UniversityPotsdam, New York100.0%77%1304$30k$90k75%2,19627 mi 74Bellarmine UniversityLouisville, Kentucky100.0%86%1210$21k$62k64%2,161249 mi 75Otterbein UniversityWesterville, Ohio100.0%85%1220$19k$53k68%2,15790 mi 76University of New EnglandBiddeford, Maine100.0%92%—$38k$56k68%2,1351 mi 77DeSales UniversityCenter Valley, Pennsylvania100.0%77%1186$32k$61k72%2,12841 mi 78Salve Regina UniversityNewport, Rhode Island100.0%68%1232$37k$73k77%2,121< 1 mi 79Lewis & Clark CollegePortland, Oregon100.0%78%—$36k$62k75%2,12055 mi 80Shenandoah UniversityWinchester, Virginia100.0%77%—$30k$58k67%2,11661 mi 81Cumberland UniversityLebanon, Tennessee100.0%67%—$19k$58k46%2,104378 mi 82Saint Anselm CollegeManchester, New Hampshire100.0%78%1201$35k$73k80%2,08734 mi 83Taylor UniversityUpland, Indiana100.0%74%1220$25k$52k74%2,025114 mi 84University of Mount UnionAlliance, Ohio100.0%78%1088$23k$53k59%1,99552 mi 85Wilkes UniversityWilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania100.0%91%1136$28k$63k63%1,98596 mi 86Indiana Wesleyan University-MarionMarion, Indiana100.0%89%1082$23k$60k67%1,974105 mi 87Northwood UniversityMidland, Michigan100.0%65%—$27k$63k63%1,97418 mi 88Augustana UniversitySioux Falls, South Dakota100.0%68%1195$24k$59k73%1,965317 mi 89Moravian UniversityBethlehem, Pennsylvania100.0%54%1183$31k$62k72%1,94946 mi 90Arcadia UniversityGlenside, Pennsylvania100.0%80%1190$29k$58k67%1,9488 mi 91Saint Mary's College of CaliforniaMoraga, California100.0%87%—$30k$79k70%1,9478 mi 92Connecticut CollegeNew London, Connecticut100.0%37%1432$36k$75k82%1,9372 mi 93Vanguard University of Southern CaliforniaCosta Mesa, California100.0%62%—$21k$60k57%1,9334 mi 94Saint Ambrose UniversityDavenport, Iowa100.0%77%1093$25k$60k61%1,916150 mi 95DePauw UniversityGreencastle, Indiana100.0%57%1340$22k$71k75%1,905139 mi 96Elizabethtown CollegeElizabethtown, Pennsylvania100.0%78%1204$27k$62k76%1,86849 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.