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  
200 Mercy College 0.31 to 1 83% 60% 68% 29% 44 8% N/A  
200 University of Denver 1.04 to 1 83% 68% 89% 78% 98 4% N/A  
203 Capitol College 0.20 to 1 82% 56% 74% 37% 36 7% N/A  
203 Lasell College 0.54 to 1 82% 74% 64% 47% 80 7% N/A  
203 Wayland Baptist University 0.41 to 1 82% 99% 50% 37% 56 13% N/A  
206 Albertus Magnus College 0.17 to 1 81% 87% 76% 51% 80 9% N/A  
206 Belhaven University 0.60 to 1 81% 48% 63% 48% 71 7% N/A  
206 Davenport University 137.00 to 1 81% 93% 68% 25% 36 10% N/A  
206 Husson University 11.22 to 1 81% 75% 74% 38% 38 12% N/A  
206 Presentation College 1.59 to 1 81% 75% 67% 39% 41 11% N/A  
206 The Art Institute of Pittsburgh-Online Division 0.24 to 1 81% 75% 63% 21% N/A 23% N/A  
212 Indiana Institute of Technology 0.15 to 1 80% 65% 59% 19% 50 11% N/A  
212 Liberty University 2.25 to 1 80% N/A 73% 48% 32 7% N/A  
212 Northeastern University 0.91 to 1 80% 35% 95% 77% 72 4% N/A  
212 Regent University 13.46 to 1 80% 82% 76% 33% 28 5% N/A  
216 Arizona State University 10.33 to 1 79% 87% 84% 57% 81 6% N/A  
216 Bacone College 0.27 to 1 79% 52% 31% 14% 47 30% N/A  
216 Bay State College 0.26 to 1 79% 76% 75% 22% 38 19% N/A  
216 King College 1.27 to 1 79% 66% 67% 41% 65 9% N/A  
216 Lawrence Technological University 0.39 to 1 79% 47% 77% 44% 45 6% N/A  
216 Nebraska Methodist College of Nursing & Allied Health 4.00 to 1 79% 34% 92% 78% 23 4% N/A  
216 Oakland University 0.98 to 1 79% 68% 73% 40% 46 6% N/A  
223 Mississippi University for Women 2.06 to 1 78% 44% 75% 39% 91 9% N/A  
223 Oklahoma State University-Main Campus 6.36 to 1 78% 82% 80% 62% 96 6% N/A  
225 Cedarville University 2.21 to 1 77% 75% 85% 68% 37 2% N/A  
225 Goucher College 1.72 to 1 77% 73% 81% 70% 91 3% N/A  
225 Lynn University 1.33 to 1 77% N/A 60% 42% 45 8% N/A  
225 Mayville State University 42.00 to 1 77% N/A 53% 26% 95 6% N/A  
225 Southern Methodist University 1.79 to 1 77% 55% 89% 75% 91 6% N/A  
230 La Roche College 0.60 to 1 76% 46% 73% 52% 33 7% N/A  
230 Southwestern Adventist University 26.50 to 1 76% N/A 58% 46% 54 15% N/A  
230 Wayne State University 1.59 to 1 76% 76% 77% 26% 97 10% N/A  
233 Bowling Green State University-Main Campus 3.25 to 1 75% 76% 72% 58% 96 7% N/A  
233 Marist College 0.66 to 1 75% 34% 92% 80% 48 2% N/A  
233 Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences 69.67 to 1 75% 80% 82% 69% 38 1% N/A  
233 Mercy College of Health Sciences 0.81 to 1 75% 55% 50% 50% 13 5% N/A  
233 Reinhardt University 0.54 to 1 75% 58% 56% 48% 59 15% N/A  
238 Goodwin College 0.28 to 1 74% N/A 44% 45% 29 6% N/A  
238 Suffolk University 0.98 to 1 74% 79% 75% 55% 60 4% N/A  
238 University of Northern Colorado 2.58 to 1 74% 73% 70% 46% 96 8% N/A  
241 Clarkson College 4.25 to 1 73% 32% 79% 59% 28 5% N/A  
241 Illinois Eastern Community Colleges-Olney Central College 0.77 to 1 73% N/A 58% 46% 49 24% N/A  
241 The University of Texas at Dallas 2.96 to 1 73% 53% 83% 61% 40 8% N/A  
241 Western State College of Colorado 4.33 to 1 73% 93% 63% 39% 97 12% N/A  
245 Eastern Michigan University 1.51 to 1 72% 66% 76% 40% 97 9% N/A  
245 Iowa State University 5.89 to 1 72% 81% 88% 68% 96 4% N/A  
245 William Carey University 0.95 to 1 72% 83% 77% 51% 54 8% N/A  
248 George Washington University 0.89 to 1 71% 32% 94% 81% 90 2% N/A  
248 Pepperdine University 1.25 to 1 71% 32% 93% 81% 63 2% N/A  
248 Southern Arkansas University Main Campus 2.82 to 1 71% 67% 60% 33% 83 17% N/A  
248 University of Alabama in Huntsville 1.75 to 1 71% 64% 79% 45% 42 7% N/A  
248 University of Arizona 3.56 to 1 71% 75% 77% 61% 95 6% N/A  
253 AIB College of Business 0.51 to 1 69% 58% 65% 50% 26 9% N/A  
253 Southeast Missouri State University 102.25 to 1 69% 97% 71% 46% 97 10% N/A  
255 Tiffin University 0.21 to 1 68% 51% 69% 47% 27 7% N/A  
256 Ferris State University 1.86 to 1 67% 77% 71% 42% 53 6% N/A  
256 Marylhurst University 0.26 to 1 67% 70% 67% N/A 35 5% N/A  
256 Northern Michigan University 1.69 to 1 67% 72% 73% 47% 96 7% N/A  
256 Southwestern Assemblies of God University 1.02 to 1 67% 32% 66% 36% 64 14% N/A  
256 Temple University 1.29 to 1 67% 63% 87% 68% 91 6% N/A  
256 The University of Tennessee 4.33 to 1 67% 70% 84% 63% 12 8% N/A  
256 University of Maine 2.46 to 1 67% 78% 78% 60% 83 7% N/A  
256 University of San Francisco 0.73 to 1 67% 58% 84% 70% 63 4% N/A  
264 Highland Community College 0.29 to 1 66% N/A 53% 24% 35 9% N/A  
264 Mississippi State University 7.52 to 1 66% 63% 83% 60% 86 7% N/A  
264 Murray State University 2.67 to 1 66% 81% 72% 53% 84 8% N/A  
264 Wichita State University 1.61 to 1 66% 94% 73% 44% 85 6% N/A  
268 Adams State College 0.91 to 1 65% 64% 54% 20% 62 19% N/A  
268 Baker College of Flint 0.12 to 1 65% N/A 48% 11% 35 19% 97%  
268 Northern State University 7.75 to 1 65% 94% 68% 37% 94 10% N/A  
268 University of Nebraska at Kearney 2.77 to 1 65% 86% 77% 61% 96 6% N/A  
272 Cardinal Stritch University 0.32 to 1 64% 48% 71% 46% 59 8% N/A  
272 Central Michigan University 1.92 to 1 64% 68% 76% 54% 97 4% 35%  
272 Emporia State University 12.10 to 1 64% 82% 69% 43% 97 8% N/A  
272 Kansas State University 6.01 to 1 64% 99% 82% 56% 96 5% N/A  
272 North Carolina Central University 2.36 to 1 64% 61% 68% 38% 74 15% N/A  
272 Northern Arizona University 1.37 to 1 64% 65% 73% 52% 82 7% N/A  
272 University of Massachusetts-Dartmouth 1.48 to 1 64% 71% 74% 48% 48 6% N/A  
272 Western Carolina University 2.64 to 1 64% 39% 72% 50% 66 6% N/A  
280 Grand Valley State University 1.89 to 1 63% 83% 82% 63% 44 3% N/A  
281 Auburn University 6.50 to 1 62% 70% 89% 66% 90 7% N/A  
281 Cecil College 0.21 to 1 62% N/A N/A 8% 38 15% N/A  
281 Hawaii Pacific University 0.68 to 1 62% 71% 67% 39% 39 5% N/A  
284 Dickinson State University 0.70 to 1 61% 66% N/A N/A 84 5% N/A  
284 Eastern Oregon University 7.93 to 1 61% 74% 72% 32% 81 10% N/A  
284 Fayetteville State University 5.83 to 1 61% 61% 70% 31% 65 17% N/A  
284 Southern Oregon University 2.07 to 1 61% 59% 69% 33% 84 7% N/A  
284 University of Southern California 1.96 to 1 61% 23% 97% 90% 63 3% N/A  
289 Northwestern Oklahoma State University 1.19 to 1 60% 100% 59% 37% 90 15% N/A  
289 Tennessee Temple University 5.00 to 1 60% 25% 33% 27% 12 22% N/A  
289 University of Central Missouri 2.08 to 1 60% 80% 73% 50% 97 7% N/A  
289 University of Massachusetts-Lowell 0.93 to 1 60% 64% 79% 50% 37 5% N/A  
289 University of Nevada-Reno 0.88 to 1 60% 88% 79% 51% 74 7% N/A  
289 Western Michigan University 1.61 to 1 60% 83% 74% 56% 97 5% N/A  
295 Central Washington University 2.64 to 1 59% 78% 78% 56% 94 5% 100%  
295 Hutchinson Community College 0.45 to 1 59% N/A 63% 30% 52 7% N/A  
295 Montana Tech of the University of Montana 2.29 to 1 59% 88% 68% 40% 80 7% N/A  
295 University of Illinois at Chicago 1.64 to 1 59% 63% 79% 54% 42 4% N/A  
295 University of Minnesota-Twin Cities 3.39 to 1 59% 47% 90% 70% 99 3% N/A  
295 University of Missouri-Columbia 2.36 to 1 59% 81% 85% 69% 99 4% 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