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  
295 University of Northern Iowa 3.32 to 1 59% 77% 82% 67% 99 4% N/A  
302 Colorado Northwestern Community College 0.56 to 1 58% N/A 51% 20% 36 15% N/A  
302 Monroe College-Main Campus 0.46 to 1 58% 61% 66% 51% 22 9% N/A  
302 Ohio University-Main Campus 2.79 to 1 58% 86% 80% 65% 99 9% N/A  
302 Peru State College 0.76 to 1 58% N/A 53% 26% 97 11% N/A  
302 University of California-Los Angeles 3.81 to 1 58% 26% 97% 90% 63 3% N/A  
302 University of South Carolina-Columbia 2.62 to 1 58% 70% 87% 70% 95 3% N/A  
302 University of South Dakota 2.57 to 1 58% 89% 78% 48% 99 6% N/A  
302 University of Southern Mississippi 3.51 to 1 58% 63% 72% 47% 83 11% N/A  
302 University of West Alabama 28.00 to 1 58% 68% 57% 30% 74 12% N/A  
302 Washington State University 5.80 to 1 58% 84% 84% 67% 94 6% N/A  
312 Granite State College 0.01 to 1 57% N/A 60% 17% 32 12% N/A  
312 Kent State University at Kent 1.19 to 1 57% 89% 75% 50% 97 9% N/A  
312 Minnesota School of Business-Richfield 0.12 to 1 57% N/A 64% 31% 59 17% N/A  
312 Plymouth State University 0.83 to 1 57% 74% 74% 59% 57 4% N/A  
312 Southwestern Oklahoma State University 3.82 to 1 57% 92% 57% 37% 90 17% N/A  
312 University of Massachusetts Amherst 4.74 to 1 57% 66% 89% 67% 80 4% N/A  
312 University of Nebraska-Lincoln 3.87 to 1 57% 59% 84% 67% 99 4% N/A  
312 University of Nevada-Las Vegas 1.25 to 1 57% 82% 76% 39% 48 7% N/A  
320 Northwestern State University of Louisiana 2.13 to 1 56% 82% 69% 34% 71 14% N/A  
320 Oregon State University 3.30 to 1 56% 81% 81% 61% 88 4% N/A  
320 Pittsburg State University 3.16 to 1 56% 77% 73% 50% 97 9% N/A  
320 Stevens Henager College 0.21 to 1 56% N/A 38% 33% 8 N/A N/A  
320 University of Alabama at Birmingham 12.11 to 1 56% 72% 79% 45% 42 6% N/A  
320 University of Baltimore 0.85 to 1 56% 32% 77% N/A 41 72% N/A  
320 West Virginia University 2.92 to 1 56% 87% 78% 57% 86 8% N/A  
327 Delta State University 2.41 to 1 55% 58% 61% 32% 82 13% N/A  
327 The University of Tennessee-Martin 1.35 to 1 55% 73% 73% 48% 61 16% N/A  
327 University of Louisville 2.50 to 1 55% 75% 78% 51% 97 8% N/A  
330 Indiana State University 2.56 to 1 54% 85% 58% 43% 97 10% N/A  
330 Lake Region State College 3.10 to 1 54% N/A 54% 52% 38 8% N/A  
330 Laramie County Community College 0.44 to 1 54% N/A 58% 13% 37 17% N/A  
330 Marshall University 2.53 to 1 54% 81% 70% 45% 84 10% N/A  
330 New England Institute of Technology 0.66 to 1 54% N/A 67% 49% 30 6% N/A  
330 Oregon Institute of Technology 11.08 to 1 54% 64% 73% 43% 50 6% N/A  
330 Salem State University 0.79 to 1 54% 57% 73% 42% 59 10% N/A  
337 Bob Jones University 3.71 to 1 53% N/A 78% 62% 6 4% N/A  
337 Howard University 3.81 to 1 53% 54% 83% 63% 91 7% N/A  
337 Lewis-Clark State College 1.65 to 1 53% 63% 56% 31% 48 14% N/A  
337 The University of Texas at San Antonio 2.54 to 1 53% 83% 62% 27% 38 11% N/A  
337 Union Institute & University 0.10 to 1 53% N/A 71% 9% 27 6% N/A  
337 University of Massachusetts-Boston 1.01 to 1 53% 68% 75% 40% 40 6% N/A  
337 University of South Alabama 2.27 to 1 53% 87% 65% 38% 44 8% N/A  
337 University of South Florida-Main Campus 7.26 to 1 53% 38% 88% 52% 47 10% N/A  
337 Wright State University-Main Campus 1.96 to 1 53% N/A 62% 41% 44 8% N/A  
346 Bay Mills Community College to 1 52% N/A 49% 11% 17 N/A N/A  
346 Texas A & M University 22.71 to 1 52% 63% 92% 81% 88 5% N/A  
348 California State University-Northridge 0.87 to 1 51% 74% 75% 46% 52 9% N/A  
348 Johns Hopkins University 12.45 to 1 51% 19% 96% 91% 91 1% N/A  
348 Mid-Plains Community College 0.31 to 1 51% N/A 50% 35% 47 20% N/A  
348 Montana State University 2.23 to 1 51% 61% 74% 51% 80 3% N/A  
348 North Carolina A & T State University 3.28 to 1 51% 61% 74% 41% 76 14% N/A  
348 Post University 0.12 to 1 51% 77% 57% 36% 40 19% N/A  
348 Western Oregon University 1.01 to 1 51% 89% 68% 39% 88 5% N/A  
355 Angelo State University 4.18 to 1 50% 93% 61% 31% 76 16% N/A  
355 California Baptist University 1.08 to 1 50% 74% 77% 55% 51 8% N/A  
355 New England College of Business and Finance 0.09 to 1 50% N/A 100% N/A 6 0% N/A  
355 South Dakota State University 2.44 to 1 50% 92% 73% 59% 96 5% N/A  
355 St Vincent's College 0.33 to 1 50% 87% 50% 100% 18 6% N/A  
355 The University of Texas at Arlington 2.29 to 1 50% 69% 71% 40% 48 10% N/A  
355 Washburn University 0.90 to 1 50% 100% 62% 38% 99 10% N/A  
362 Fitchburg State University 0.79 to 1 49% 68% 73% 47% 59 4% N/A  
362 Georgetown University 1.66 to 1 49% 20% 96% 94% 91 1% N/A  
362 Park University 0.15 to 1 49% 76% 67% 39% 99 10% N/A  
362 Strayer Virginia 0.20 to 1 49% N/A 52% 19% 31 14% N/A  
366 Indiana Wesleyan University 0.22 to 1 48% 72% 75% 67% 46 7% N/A  
366 Iowa Central Community College 0.28 to 1 48% N/A 55% 39% 38 20% N/A  
366 University of North Carolina at Greensboro 3.82 to 1 48% 65% 76% 53% 91 4% N/A  
366 University of North Dakota 10.18 to 1 48% 70% 77% 54% 99 4% N/A  
366 University of North Texas 2.67 to 1 48% 65% 78% 49% 87 10% N/A  
371 Duke University 43.36 to 1 47% 16% 97% 94% 117 1% N/A  
371 Missouri Southern State University 2.06 to 1 47% 97% 60% 33% 63 12% N/A  
371 Northwestern College 0.47 to 1 47% 94% 32% 23% 15 21% N/A  
371 Stephen F Austin State University 3.16 to 1 47% 63% 65% 44% 85 14% N/A  
371 University of Louisiana Monroe 4.09 to 1 47% 92% 69% 35% 57 13% N/A  
371 University of Michigan-Ann Arbor 4.36 to 1 47% 41% 96% 90% 99 2% N/A  
377 Eastern Wyoming College 0.98 to 1 46% N/A N/A 34% 36 23% N/A  
377 Florida International University 1.46 to 1 46% 51% 82% 43% 38 9% N/A  
377 Keiser University-Ft. Lauderdale 1.44 to 1 46% 89% 84% 57% 21 20% N/A  
377 The University of Alabama 2.75 to 1 46% 44% 86% 66% 115 6% N/A  
377 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 6.25 to 1 46% 34% 97% 89% 112 1% N/A  
382 Jacksonville State University 1.97 to 1 45% 84% 68% 32% 77 13% 100%  
382 Langston University 2.21 to 1 45% N/A 56% 13% 64 33% N/A  
382 Midwestern State University 2.72 to 1 45% 52% 68% 34% 62 10% N/A  
382 North Carolina State University at Raleigh 5.12 to 1 45% 54% 89% 72% 84 3% N/A  
382 University of Kentucky 5.27 to 1 45% 69% 82% 59% 97 4% N/A  
382 Western Illinois University 10.25 to 1 45% 66% 71% 53% 99 11% N/A  
388 Morehead State University 3.89 to 1 44% 89% 74% 36% 82 12% N/A  
388 Sullivan University 0.87 to 1 44% N/A N/A 52% 33 25% N/A  
388 SUNY College at Plattsburgh 1.31 to 1 44% 48% 81% 59% 60 4% N/A  
388 The University of Texas at Tyler 2.30 to 1 44% 46% 64% 40% 38 12% N/A  
392 Missouri Western State University 0.96 to 1 43% N/A 62% 28% 93 20% N/A  
392 Purdue University-Main Campus 6.26 to 1 43% 68% 90% 68% 99 3% N/A  
392 SUNY Institute of Technology at Utica-Rome 0.72 to 1 43% 38% 71% 47% 33 4% N/A  
392 University of Arkansas at Little Rock 1.34 to 1 43% 96% 62% 22% 83 15% N/A  
396 Ball State University 4.63 to 1 42% 68% 79% 56% 87 5% N/A  
396 Colorado State University-Fort Collins 2.78 to 1 42% 76% 83% 64% 87 3% N/A  
396 Cowley County Community College 0.34 to 1 42% N/A 50% 29% 37 19% N/A  
396 Drury University 0.22 to 1 42% 80% 73% 57% 97 14% N/A  
396 Eastern New Mexico University-Main Campus 1.67 to 1 42% 63% 64% 24% 65 18% 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