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  
101 Ashland University-Ohio 0.90 to 1 96% 72% 72% 61% 74 5% 100%  
101 Brenau University 0.65 to 1 96% 34% 69% 44% 65 8% N/A  
101 Brescia University 1.14 to 1 96% 48% 61% 32% 55 14% N/A  
101 Cumberland University 0.51 to 1 96% 49% 71% 34% 50 14% N/A  
101 Hamline University 1.01 to 1 96% 71% 80% 68% 98 5% N/A  
101 Harding University 2.45 to 1 96% 72% 81% 63% 58 4% N/A  
101 John Brown University 0.64 to 1 96% 73% 78% 66% 50 3% N/A  
101 Judson College 1.80 to 1 96% 74% 65% 38% 87 5% N/A  
101 Maryville University of Saint Louis 0.37 to 1 96% 67% 82% 68% 71 3% N/A  
101 New England College 0.62 to 1 96% 77% 60% 38% 45 11% N/A  
101 Oakland City University 0.22 to 1 96% 69% 43% 59% 35 7% N/A  
101 Patten University 0.35 to 1 96% N/A 20% 19% 32 23% N/A  
101 Rider University 0.73 to 1 96% 73% 82% 63% 57 7% N/A  
101 Seattle Pacific University 1.25 to 1 96% 70% 85% 74% 79 2% 90%  
101 Siena Heights University 0.44 to 1 96% 55% 66% 44% 72 7% N/A  
101 The New School 0.25 to 1 96% 69% 82% 60% 52 7% N/A  
101 University of Saint Mary 0.75 to 1 96% 55% 47% 42% 84 7% N/A  
118 Campbellsville University 0.86 to 1 95% 63% 66% 44% 49 10% N/A  
118 Green Mountain College 1.57 to 1 95% 67% 63% 44% 78 10% N/A  
118 Kentucky Wesleyan College 1.17 to 1 95% 52% 54% 44% 64 18% N/A  
118 St. John's University-New York 0.73 to 1 95% 46% 79% 57% 91 10% N/A  
118 Stevens Institute of Technology 1.65 to 1 95% 42% 93% 79% 85 4% N/A  
118 Thomas University to 1 95% N/A 63% 9% 28 9% N/A  
118 Trine University 1.34 to 1 95% 72% 73% 44% 46 10% N/A  
118 University of La Verne 0.51 to 1 95% 59% 86% 58% 57 5% N/A  
118 Utica College 0.67 to 1 95% 78% 64% 44% 66 7% N/A  
118 Vanguard University of Southern California 0.45 to 1 95% 74% 75% 55% 48 5% N/A  
118 York College 1.28 to 1 95% 84% 67% 43% 42 12% N/A  
129 Abilene Christian University 8.48 to 1 94% 64% 75% 60% 41 10% 18%  
129 Biola University 1.24 to 1 94% 77% 86% 71% 51 3% N/A  
129 Bryan College 0.77 to 1 94% 57% 69% 56% 43 7% N/A  
129 Edgewood College 0.73 to 1 94% 72% 80% 51% 54 3% N/A  
129 George Fox University 0.94 to 1 94% 80% 80% 62% 53 3% N/A  
129 Kentucky Christian University 2.50 to 1 94% 35% 67% 44% 28 14% N/A  
129 Lesley University 3.63 to 1 94% 66% 76% 49% 60 4% N/A  
129 Lindenwood University 0.43 to 1 94% 53% 70% 45% 94 5% N/A  
137 Eastern University 0.40 to 1 93% 74% 80% 66% 58 6% N/A  
137 Fontbonne University 0.42 to 1 93% 63% 74% 43% 86 10% N/A  
137 North Park University 0.68 to 1 93% 47% 75% 52% 86 10% N/A  
137 Northwood University-Florida Education Center 0.26 to 1 93% 46% 57% 34% 28 13% N/A  
137 Queens University of Charlotte 0.80 to 1 93% 74% 70% 60% 80 8% N/A  
137 Saint Joseph's University 0.69 to 1 93% 78% 89% 76% 90 4% N/A  
137 Washington Adventist University 24.50 to 1 93% N/A 69% 28% 70 10% N/A  
144 Dowling College 0.25 to 1 92% 82% 65% 39% 41 7% N/A  
144 Embry Riddle Aeronautical University-Prescott 2.19 to 1 92% 82% 78% 57% N/A 6% 91%  
144 Michigan Technological University 4.41 to 1 92% 74% 83% 65% 84 3% N/A  
144 Salve Regina University 0.93 to 1 92% 70% 80% 73% 56 4% N/A  
148 Roosevelt University 0.51 to 1 91% 74% 65% 46% 66 6% N/A  
148 Savannah College of Art and Design 4.81 to 1 91% 49% 82% 64% 7 7% N/A  
148 Seton Hall University 0.94 to 1 91% 85% 81% 66% 80 5% N/A  
148 Taylor University 1.22 to 1 91% 84% 85% 80% 65 5% N/A  
148 University of Great Falls 0.52 to 1 91% N/A 55% 28% 77 8% N/A  
148 University of Scranton 1.75 to 1 91% 72% 88% 77% 85 3% N/A  
154 Adelphi University 0.48 to 1 90% 69% 81% 66% 91 5% 50%  
154 Columbia International University 4.88 to 1 90% 67% 82% 58% 64 3% N/A  
154 Keystone College 0.35 to 1 90% 91% 70% 44% 76 13% N/A  
154 Limestone College 1.13 to 1 90% 51% 59% 41% 84 14% N/A  
154 National Louis University 0.57 to 1 90% 86% 57% 26% 8 7% N/A  
154 Northwest Missouri State University 4.08 to 1 90% 70% 69% 50% 91 7% N/A  
154 Saint Thomas Aquinas College 0.67 to 1 90% 81% 76% 58% 40 7% N/A  
161 Asbury University 0.97 to 1 89% 63% 80% 71% 72 6% N/A  
161 Berkeley College-New York 0.57 to 1 89% N/A 50% 33% 19 19% N/A  
161 Blue Mountain College 2.21 to 1 89% 52% 68% 50% 85 12% N/A  
161 Friends University 0.47 to 1 89% 64% 66% 25% 61 11% N/A  
161 Marymount University 0.61 to 1 89% 78% 70% 48% 54 4% N/A  
161 Regis University 0.32 to 1 89% 76% 82% 62% 90 7% N/A  
161 Sacred Heart University 0.57 to 1 89% 64% 75% 68% 43 4% N/A  
161 Saint Joseph's College-New York 0.37 to 1 89% 76% 87% 65% 84 6% N/A  
161 Southern New Hampshire University 0.19 to 1 89% 84% 72% 57% 39 7% N/A  
161 The University of Texas of the Permian Basin 2.20 to 1 89% 79% 59% 34% 37 16% N/A  
161 University of Illinois at Springfield 1.56 to 1 89% 60% 75% 61% 37 9% N/A  
161 University of the Incarnate Word 0.68 to 1 89% 95% 78% 43% 87 13% N/A  
173 Baker University 0.15 to 1 88% 92% 77% 55% 99 7% N/A  
173 Bellevue University 0.37 to 1 88% N/A 50% 37% 35 9% N/A  
173 Dallas Baptist University 29.50 to 1 88% 44% 74% 56% 53 8% N/A  
173 DePaul University 1.00 to 1 88% 64% 86% 66% 87 4% 81%  
173 Oklahoma Baptist University 1.83 to 1 88% 66% 77% 51% 60 8% N/A  
173 San Diego Christian College 0.46 to 1 88% 39% 62% 31% 30 9% N/A  
173 The University of Texas at Brownsville 1.48 to 1 88% N/A 46% 19% 17 16% N/A  
173 Valley City State University 2.46 to 1 88% 87% 57% 42% 97 10% N/A  
181 Caldwell College 0.68 to 1 87% 62% 76% 58% 60 10% N/A  
181 Hofstra University 0.99 to 1 87% 59% 80% 58% 72 6% N/A  
181 Pfeiffer University 1.24 to 1 87% 59% 69% 45% 70 7% N/A  
181 University of Houston-Victoria 1.62 to 1 87% 41% 54% N/A N/A 7% N/A  
181 University of the Southwest 0.50 to 1 87% N/A 49% 18% 32 17% N/A  
181 University of Toledo 2.27 to 1 87% N/A 65% 45% 90 10% N/A  
187 Bethel University 0.49 to 1 86% 48% 62% 32% 60 16% N/A  
187 Fisher College 0.25 to 1 86% 59% 71% 40% 42 19% N/A  
187 Franciscan University of Steubenville 1.16 to 1 86% 76% 84% 71% 52 2% N/A  
187 Nova Southeastern University 0.98 to 1 86% 58% 70% 43% 41 4% N/A  
191 Endicott College 0.49 to 1 85% 59% 88% 67% 60 3% N/A  
191 Grand Canyon University 0.07 to 1 85% 37% 59% 31% 44 15% N/A  
191 Saint Louis University-Main Campus 2.13 to 1 85% 62% 85% 61% 96 4% N/A  
191 Webster University 0.14 to 1 85% 72% 80% 61% 87 8% N/A  
195 Champlain College 0.47 to 1 84% 85% 76% 62% 40 3% 83%  
195 Fort Hays State University 6.93 to 1 84% 68% 63% 42% 97 7% N/A  
195 Franklin Pierce University 0.47 to 1 84% 93% 62% 49% 44 8% N/A  
195 Quinnipiac University 0.60 to 1 84% 63% 87% 77% 54 2% N/A  
195 Southeastern University 1.56 to 1 84% N/A 66% 42% 26 11% N/A  
200 Hannibal-Lagrange College 0.82 to 1 83% 60% 61% 45% 54 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