Schools Ranked by Institution Financial Aid Rate

Financial aid is a top priority for most prospective college students. The higher the percentage of students who receive financial aid directly from the school, the more desirable the college should be to attend. This data refers to the percentage of undergraduate students receiving financial aid for the 2010-11 academic year directly from the institution they attend. The financial aid figures are provided by the College Navigator database from the U.S. Department of Education.

College Navigator did not have financial aid figures for all of the colleges on our list. We did not, however, want to penalize those colleges without data. To that end, we simply excluded those schools from the rankings in this category.

Rank School FT to PT
Faculty Ratio		 Institution
Fin. Aid Rate		 Acceptance Rate Retention Rate Graduation Rate Accred.
Years		 Default
Rate		 Job Place. Rate  
1 Anderson University 0.56 to 1 100% 73% 72% 48% 53 8% N/A  
1 Augustana College 2.50 to 1 100% 80% 83% 65% 81 4% N/A  
1 Barclay College 0.63 to 1 100% 100% 76% 41% 37 12% N/A  
1 Central Christian College of Kansas 1.19 to 1 100% N/A 62% 54% 37 8% N/A  
1 Chatham University 0.46 to 1 100% 62% 70% 60% 88 3% 68%  
1 Cornerstone University 69.00 to 1 100% 63% 77% 44% 35 6% N/A  
1 Culver-Stockton College 1.45 to 1 100% 66% 65% 41% 88 13% N/A  
1 Dakota Wesleyan University 1.07 to 1 100% 76% 66% 42% 99 13% N/A  
1 Dordt College 1.70 to 1 100% 80% 81% 66% 43 3% N/A  
1 Duquesne University 0.97 to 1 100% 70% 87% 76% 77 2% N/A  
1 Georgetown College 2.58 to 1 100% 88% 71% 59% 93 4% N/A  
1 Grace College and Theological Seminary 1.36 to 1 100% 95% 79% 56% 36 4% N/A  
1 Graceland University-Lamoni 1.76 to 1 100% 50% 68% 51% 92 6% N/A  
1 Illinois Institute of Technology 1.43 to 1 100% 64% 89% 64% 76 5% N/A  
1 Lakeland College 0.16 to 1 100% 82% 70% 42% 51 5% N/A  
1 McKendree University 0.52 to 1 100% 68% 76% 54% 42 9% N/A  
1 Missouri Valley College 1.66 to 1 100% 50% 50% 26% 96 18% N/A  
1 Mount Mary College 0.47 to 1 100% 53% 66% 46% 86 6% N/A  
1 Notre Dame College 0.37 to 1 100% 89% 67% 47% 1 8% N/A  
1 Ohio Dominican University 0.76 to 1 100% 61% 57% 48% 78 8% N/A  
1 Oklahoma Christian University 1.13 to 1 100% 51% 76% 45% 46 9% N/A  
1 Rasmussen College-Minnesota 0.17 to 1 100% 71% 44% 39% 33 14% N/A  
1 Saint Joseph's College of Maine 0.45 to 1 100% 88% 75% 55% 51 3% N/A  
1 Saint Leo University 0.11 to 1 100% 93% 66% 46% 45 7% N/A  
1 Schreiner University 1.04 to 1 100% 61% 64% 40% 78 12% N/A  
1 Southwestern College (1) 0.29 to 1 100% 87% 70% 57% 80 9% N/A  
1 Spring Arbor University 0.29 to 1 100% 74% 74% 56% 52 6% N/A  
1 Sterling College 1.03 to 1 100% 49% 62% 48% 84 14% N/A  
1 Tabor College 0.54 to 1 100% 91% 69% 52% 47 9% N/A  
1 Union College 2.40 to 1 100% 74% 56% 32% 80 10% N/A  
1 University of New England 1.28 to 1 100% 82% 75% 58% 46 3% N/A  
1 University of St Francis 0.46 to 1 100% 44% 79% 63% 74 3% N/A  
1 University of the Sciences 1.80 to 1 100% 64% 83% 65% 50 2% N/A  
1 Waldorf College 15.67 to 1 100% 49% 37% 45% 64 7% 87%  
1 Walsh University 0.74 to 1 100% 77% 75% 60% 42 6% N/A  
1 Wheeling Jesuit University 1.53 to 1 100% 72% 71% 62% 50 7% N/A  
37 Allied American University to 1 99% N/A N/A N/A 4 N/A N/A  
37 Anna Maria College 0.33 to 1 99% 60% 61% 49% 1 7% N/A  
37 Arcadia University 0.58 to 1 99% 54% 76% 62% 66 5% N/A  
37 Baldwin-Wallace College 0.83 to 1 99% 63% 81% 70% 99 3% N/A  
37 Bluefield College 0.70 to 1 99% 49% 56% 36% 63 9% N/A  
37 Briar Cliff University 1.97 to 1 99% N/A 69% 45% 67 8% N/A  
37 Chaminade University of Honolulu 0.47 to 1 99% 90% 71% 38% 52 10% N/A  
37 Colorado Christian University 0.20 to 1 99% 81% 72% 42% 31 6% N/A  
37 Gannon University 1.23 to 1 99% 85% 79% 67% 61 4% N/A  
37 Howard Payne University 2.83 to 1 99% 69% 57% 46% 64 15% N/A  
37 Jacksonville University 1.31 to 1 99% 42% 60% 40% 62 13% N/A  
37 Lewis University 0.53 to 1 99% 62% 77% 62% 49 7% N/A  
37 Misericordia University 0.53 to 1 99% 57% 86% 64% 77 5% N/A  
37 Mount Aloysius College 0.58 to 1 99% 72% 62% 51% 69 10% N/A  
37 Mount Vernon Nazarene University 0.76 to 1 99% 72% 70% 57% 40 5% N/A  
37 Newman University 0.53 to 1 99% 43% 70% 28% 45 8% N/A  
37 North Greenville University 2.39 to 1 99% 58% 73% 46% 55 6% N/A  
37 Olivet Nazarene University 0.62 to 1 99% 80% 73% 58% 56 4% N/A  
37 Our Lady of the Lake University-San Antonio 0.75 to 1 99% 55% 59% 36% 89 10% N/A  
37 Rocky Mountain College of Art and Design 0.68 to 1 99% N/A 59% 56% 12 17% N/A  
37 Saint Joseph College 0.57 to 1 99% 78% 75% 56% 74 6% N/A  
37 Saint Peter's College 0.73 to 1 99% 67% 73% 51% 77 11% N/A  
37 Spring Hill College 1.95 to 1 99% 49% 76% 61% 90 7% N/A  
37 The University of Findlay 4.14 to 1 99% 69% 78% 57% 79 6% N/A  
37 University of the Cumberlands 1.83 to 1 99% 70% 62% 43% 48 11% N/A  
62 Charleston Southern University 1.17 to 1 98% 65% 63% 38% 42 6% N/A  
62 Crown College 0.29 to 1 98% 78% 63% 53% 62 8% N/A  
62 DeSales University 0.49 to 1 98% 73% 81% 69% 42 3% N/A  
62 Grantham University to 1 98% N/A 38% 33% 51 N/A N/A  
62 Holy Names University 0.32 to 1 98% 64% 70% 39% 63 11% N/A  
62 Hope International University 0.23 to 1 98% 52% 67% 33% 43 9% N/A  
62 Huntington University 0.74 to 1 98% 88% 80% 62% 51 4% N/A  
62 Mississippi College 0.73 to 1 98% 44% 75% 51% 90 7% N/A  
62 Northwest Nazarene University 0.79 to 1 98% N/A 72% 52% 82 6% N/A  
62 Norwich University 0.92 to 1 98% 66% 77% 55% 79 4% N/A  
62 Oklahoma Wesleyan University 15.50 to 1 98% 58% 66% 48% 34 10% N/A  
62 Pace University-New York 0.53 to 1 98% 79% 78% 53% 55 5% N/A  
62 Rivier College 18.25 to 1 98% 81% 78% 37% 64 3% N/A  
62 Robert Morris University 0.90 to 1 98% 79% 81% 59% 44 4% N/A  
62 Saint Mary-of-the-Woods College 0.59 to 1 98% 51% 59% 57% 93 10% N/A  
62 Shorter University 1.36 to 1 98% 65% 68% 47% 89 12% N/A  
62 Truett-McConnell College 0.62 to 1 98% 83% 74% 28% 46 17% N/A  
62 University of Bridgeport 0.36 to 1 98% 57% 53% 28% 61 15% N/A  
62 University of Dayton 2.37 to 1 98% 75% 86% 74% 84 2% N/A  
62 University of Hartford 0.78 to 1 98% 62% 72% 55% 51 7% N/A  
62 University of Mary 0.48 to 1 98% 75% 72% 52% 43 4% N/A  
62 Valparaiso University 2.18 to 1 98% 74% 81% 71% 83 4% N/A  
62 Viterbo University 0.52 to 1 98% 78% 71% 47% 58 6% N/A  
62 Worcester Polytechnic Institute 3.00 to 1 98% 57% 95% 76% 75 3% N/A  
86 Bethel College-Mishawaka 0.75 to 1 97% 69% 85% 51% 41 9% N/A  
86 California Lutheran University 0.77 to 1 97% 44% 85% 64% 50 3% N/A  
86 Concordia University 0.33 to 1 97% 76% 72% 51% 31 5% N/A  
86 Florida Institute of Technology 0.61 to 1 97% 57% 80% 56% 48 9% N/A  
86 Lindsey Wilson College 0.89 to 1 97% N/A 54% 28% 61 14% N/A  
86 Missouri Baptist University 0.35 to 1 97% 58% 66% 28% 34 7% N/A  
86 Roberts Wesleyan College 7.92 to 1 97% 51% 73% 65% 49 8% N/A  
86 Rosemont College 0.24 to 1 97% 54% 67% 58% 82 9% N/A  
86 Santa Fe University of Art and Design 0.36 to 1 97% 33% 60% 48% 47 7% N/A  
86 Southern Nazarene University 0.44 to 1 97% N/A 62% 44% 56 8% N/A  
86 The College of Saint Scholastica 0.95 to 1 97% 81% 77% 63% 81 5% N/A  
86 Toccoa Falls College 1.74 to 1 97% 50% 67% 50% 55 5% N/A  
86 University of New Haven 0.58 to 1 97% 64% 75% 52% 46 5% N/A  
86 University of Saint Francis-Fort Wayne 10.58 to 1 97% 54% 72% 54% 55 9% N/A  
86 Wilkes University 0.61 to 1 97% 75% 82% 58% 75 6% N/A  

Methodology

For each college, we gathered data for nine different metrics: the number of full-time faculty per part-time faculty member; institutional financial aid, acceptance, retention, graduation, job placement, and default rates; years accredited; and undergraduate tuition. Learn more