Most Students Receiving Merit Aid

Many colleges advertise generous merit scholarships without explaining that ther
e are actually several different kinds of merit aid. Some colleges, for example,
give fancy merit-sounding names to scholarships that they award to qualified st
udents who have also shown that they can't afford the college's full price.
The federal government only awards Pell Grants based on the student's need for M
ONEY to pay for college. Some elite colleges also only award aid to students wh
o they believe can't afford tuition, since they say all of their students are me
ritorious.
This chart lists the colleges that report the highest percentages of students in
the 2013-2014 academic year who "had no financial need and who were awarded ins
titutional non-need-based scholarship or grant aid," excluding athletic awards a
nd tuition benefits.
School Percent of students receiving non-need based aid
Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture
Scottsdale, AZ 100%
Webb Institute
Glen Cove, NY 79%
Cooper Union
New York, NY
72%
Hillsdale College
Hillsdale, MI 49%
Furman University
Greenville, SC 48%
Franklin W. Olin College of Engineering
Needham, MA
48%
School of the Art Institute of Chicago
Chicago, IL
47%
Denison University
Granville, OH 45%
Samford University
Birmingham, AL 43%
Trinity University
San Antonio, TX 42%
Birmingham-Southern College
Birmingham, AL 41%
SUNY College Oneonta
Oneonta, NY
41%
New England Conservatory of Music
Boston, MA
41%
University of Tulsa
Tulsa, OK
40%
Millsaps College
Jackson, MS
40%
College of Wooster
Wooster, OH
39%
Rhodes College
Memphis, TN
39%
Marquette University
Milwaukee, WI 38%
Grace College and Seminary
Winona Lake, IN 38%
University of Denver
Denver, CO
38%
University of Dayton
Dayton, OH
38%

Gonzaga University
Spokane, WA
38%
St. Mary's College
Notre Dame, IN 38%
Mississippi College
Clinton, MS
38%
Hendrix College
Conway, AR
37%
School Percent of students receiving non-need based aid
Lindenwood University
St. Charles, MO 37%
Centre College
Danville, KY
37%
Ouachita Baptist University
Arkadelphia, AR 36%
Oberlin College
Oberlin, OH
36%
Augustana College
Sioux Falls, SD 36%
Eckerd College
St. Petersburg, FL
36%
Southwestern Oklahoma State University
Weatherford, OK 36%
Truman State University
Kirksville, MO 35%
Muhlenberg College
Allentown, PA 34%
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology
Socorro, NM
34%
Carroll College
Helena, MT
34%
Savannah College of Art and Design
Savannah, GA
34%
Washington College
Chestertown, MD 34%
Illinois Institute of Technology
Chicago, IL
33%
Tulane University
New Orleans, LA 33%
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney, VA
33%
Drake University
Des Moines, IA 33%
Rose-Hulman Institute of Technology
Terre Haute, IN 33%
Willamette University
Salem, OR
33%
Illinois Wesleyan University
Bloomington, IL 33%
Menlo College
Atherton, CA
33%
Southwestern University
Georgetown, TX 33%
Baylor University
Waco, TX
33%
Southern Utah University
Cedar City, UT 32%
University of Dallas
Irving, TX
32%
New College of Florida

Sarasota, FL
32%
Westminster College alt Lake City, UT
Creighton University
Omaha, NE
32%
California Lutheran University
Thousand Oaks, CA
32%
Lawrence University
Appleton, WI
32%
Calvin College
Grand Rapids, MI
32%
Southern Methodist University
Dallas, TX
32%
Transylvania University
Lexington, KY 32%
Wesleyan College
Macon, GA
31%
University of South Carolina
Columbia, SC
31%
St. Lawrence University
Canton, NY
31%
University of Jamestown
Jamestown, ND 31%
St. Joseph's University
Philadelphia, PA
31%
Abilene Christian University
Abilene, TX
31%
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY 31%
San Francisco Art Institute
San Francisco, CA
31%
The Catholic University of America
Washington, DC 30%
Covenant College
Lookout Mountain, GA
30%
Juniata College
Huntingdon, PA 30%
Clark University
Worcester, MA 30%
Loyola University New Orleans
New Orleans, LA 30%
University of Portland
Portland, OR
30%
Iowa State University
Ames, IA
30%
Whitman College
Walla Walla, WA 29%
Kalamazoo College
Kalamazoo, MI 29%
Miami University Oxford
Oxford, OH
29%
Webber International University
Babson Park, FL 28%
Westmont College
Santa Barbara, CA
28%
Hobart and William Smith Colleges
Geneva, NY
28%
St. Michael's College
Colchester, VT 28%
University of Tampa
Tampa, FL
28%

32%

Albion College
Albion, MI
28%
Taylor University
Upland, IN
28%
Bennington College
Bennington, VT 28%
Ohio Wesleyan University
Delaware, OH
28%
Indiana University Bloomington
Bloomington, IN 27%
Monmouth University
West Long Branch, NJ
27%
St. Louis University
St. Louis, MO 27%
University of Puget Sound
Tacoma, WA
27%
Lipscomb University
Nashville, TN 27%
Stonehill College
Easton, MA
27%
St. John's University
Collegeville, MN
27%
Queens University of Charlotte
Charlotte, NC 27%
Hope College
Holland, MI
27%
Northeastern University
Boston, MA
26%
Duquesne University
Pittsburgh, PA 26%
Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute
Troy, NY
26%
University of Vermont
Burlington, VT 26%
Beloit College
Beloit, WI
26%